His publicist Michael Jensen announced the news but did not provide a cause of death.
The discs second single was Get Together, but it fared even less well, peaking at No.
62 at the end of the Summer of Love.
Jesse Colin Young, left, and at bottom with The Youngbloods c. 1968Facebook; Getty Images
Despite playing onAmerican Bandstand,the band appeared destined for also-ran status.
Nows the time for it.
And they told him, Now Augie, we dont do that.
You know we released it once.
And he said, You release a song again or Im out of here.
He was too valuable for them to lose.
So they put it out again, and he was right, of course.
The country was ready.
The reissue would change everything for the quartet.
Get Together stormed the pop chart that summer with its laid-back Byrds vibe and gentle percussion hook.
It remains a popular radio track across multiple formats.
The song was penned by Chet Powers, a pseudonym for future Quicksilver Messenger Service member Dino Valenti.
The Youngbloods version reached No.
5 as hippies occupied San Francisco and the counterculture became pop culture.
