After that, Bogert & Appice departed to form another group, Cactus (In 1972, they left Cactus and formed Beck, Bogert & Appice with guitarist Jeff Beck). On March 14, 1970, Vanilla Fudge played a farewell concert at the Phil Basille's Action House. The self-titled debut album quotes " Strawberry Fields Forever" at the end, with the line "there's nothing to get hung about". The members of Vanilla Fudge were great admirers of The Beatles, and covered several of their songs including " Ticket to Ride" and " Eleanor Rigby". This version featured Stein's psychedelic-baroque organ intro and Appice's energetic drumming. The band's biggest hit was its cover of " You Keep Me Hangin' On", a slowed-down, hard rocking version of a song originally recorded by The Supremes. Morton had a gift for melodramatic productions in the studio. Produced by Shadow Morton who the band met through the Rascals. Led Zeppelin, then an emerging band, was the opening act on their American tour. The group was then "discovered" and managed by reputed Lucchese crime family member Phillip Basile, who operated several popular clubs in New York. Originally calling themselves The Pigeons, they changed the name to Vanilla Fudge in 1966, after the replacement of Brennan by Appice. The pair were so impressed by the swinging sound and floods of organ of The Rascals they decided to form their own band with Martell and Rick Martin's drummer, Joey Brennan. Stein and Bogert played in a local band called Rick Martin & The Showmen.
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