The folk-rock duo of guitarist/vocalists Denny Zager and Richard Evans made their bid for temporary greatness with In the Year 2525, a post-apocalyptic vision of life in the future. Formed in Lincoln, NE, Zager Evans hit number one with In the Year 2525 less than a month after its release in summer 1969 (the single was written by Evans, allegedly in half an hour). The LPs In the Year 2525 (Exordium Terminus) and The Early Writing of Zager Evans followed in quick succession before the end of the year, but the pair's chart run had finished. Food for the Mind, released in 1971, proved their final LP. ~ John Bush, Rovi