Margo Guryan

Although she is best known for her 1968 sunshine pop gem Take a Picture, Margo Guryan's career began a decade earlier as a jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Inspired by hearing the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows," she tried her hand at writing pop songs and got lucky with the beguiling single "Sunday Morning," which became a hit for Spanky & Our Gang, Oliver, and several other acts. Her own version of the song anchored Take a Picture, an album that over subsequent decades became an influential and much-loved cult classic. In the years after its release, Guryan retreated back ...