The Great Society (Grace Slick, husband Jerry Slick, brother-in-law Darby Slick, Peter Vandergelder, Bard Dupont and Dave Miner) released "Somebody To Love" (Darby Slick) in 1966 to little fanfare. The track is on their 1968 live concert album "Conspicuous Only In Its Absence".

Later that year Grace left The Great Society to join The Jefferson Airplane (Grace Slick, Marty Balin, Paul Kantner, Jack Casady, Jorma Kaukonen and Spencer Dryden). Their album "Surrealistic Pillow" contains the hit version of "Somebody To Love". The single peaked at number five on Billboard.