The Rose Garden

The Rose Garden was a folk rock musical group from Los Angeles, California which was active in 1967 and 1968. The members were Diana DeRose on lead vocals and acoustic guitar, John Noreen on 12-string guitar and backup vocal, James Groshong on lead vocal and guitar, William Fleming on bass and Bruce Bowden on drums. In 1967, they signed with Atco Records and had enjoyed a hit record with "Next Plane To London" which reached #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at the end of that year. They released their self-titled album in April 1968 which includes the hit song. Subsequent releases were unsuccessful and dissention within the group led to its break-up by the end of 1968.