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1969: Argent

Orb — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 20:56:09 +0000

Biography Argent is an English rock band founded in 1969 by keyboardist Rod Argent, formerly of The Zombies. The first three demos from Argent, recorded in the autumn of 1968 featured Mac MacLeod on bass guitar though he was not meant to become a member of the group. Original members of the band were bassist […]

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1971: Bill Withers

Orb — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 19:34:19 +0000

Biography An American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. He recorded a number of major hits including “Lean on Me”, “Ain’t No Sunshine“, “Use Me”, “Just the Two of Us”, “Lovely Day”, and “Grandma’s Hands”. His life was the subject of the 2009 documentary film Still Bill. Withers was born the […]

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1972: Captain Beyond

Orb — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 02:33:32 +0000

Biography The original line-up for Captain Beyond were singer Rod Evans (ex-Deep Purple), drummer Bobby Caldwell (ex-Johnny Winter), guitarist Larry “Rhino” Reinhardt (ex-Iron Butterfly), bassist Lee Dorman (ex-Iron Butterfly) and keyboardist Lewie Gold. Gold left due to personal reasons before the first album was recorded. The remaining line-up recorded the self-titled debut album, released in […]

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1969: Bloodrock

Orb — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 01:56:09 +0000

Biography Bloodrock was an American hard rock band, based in Fort Worth, Texas, that had considerable success in the 1970s, and was one of the earliest of a number of significant bands to emerge from the Fort Worth club and music scene during the early to mid-1970s. Bloodrock initially formed in Fort Worth in 1963, […]

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1957: Ronnie James Dio

Orb — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 02:32:30 +0000

Biography Ronnie James Dio was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Italian American parents who had moved to Portsmouth from Cortland, New York, where they had grown up. The family resided in Portsmouth for only a short time before Dio’s parents returned to Cortland. Dio listened to a great deal of opera while growing up, […]

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1970: Donnie Iris

Orb — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 01:27:30 +0000

Biography Donnie Iris (born Dominic Ierace on February 28, 1943) is an American rock musician known for his work with the Jaggerz and Wild Cherry during the 1970s, and for his solo albums since the 1980s with his backing band, the Cruisers. He wrote the #2 Billboard hit, “The Rapper”, with the Jaggerz […]

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1968: Bread

Orb — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 18:33:06 +0000

Biography Bread was a rock band from Los Angeles, California. They placed 13 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart between 1970 and 1977 and were a prime example of what later was labeled soft rock. The band consisted of David Gates (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, violin, viola, percussion), Jimmy Griffin (vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion), […]

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1975: Angel

Orb — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 23:23:03 +0000

Biography Angel was discovered by Kiss bass player Gene Simmons performing at a nightclub and was eventually signed to the same label as Kiss, Casablanca. Angel’s image of dressing in all white was a deliberate contrast to Kiss, which wore black. Angel sported an androgynous image and elaborate stage sets. It was slammed by rock […]

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1954: The Spinners

Orb — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 22:45:54 +0000

Biography The Spinners are an American soul music vocal group, active for over 50 years, and with a long run of classic hits especially during the 1970s. The group, originating from Detroit, still tours regularly as of 2014 although Henry Fambrough is the only original member. The group is also listed as the Detroit Spinners, […]

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1958: Harry Nilsson

Orb — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 21:33:44 +0000

Biography Harry Edward Nilsson III (June 15, 1941 – January 15, 1994), usually credited as Nilsson, was an American singer-songwriter who achieved the peak of his commercial success in the early 1970s. He is known for the hit singles “Everybody’s Talkin'” (1969), “Without You” (1971), and “Coconut” (1972). Nilsson also wrote the song “One” made […]

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1970: The Partridge Family

Orb — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 22:52:02 +0000

Biography The Partridge Family is an American television sitcom series about a widowed mother (Shirley Jones) and her five children who embark on a music career. It ran from September 25, 1970, until March 23, 1974, on the ABC network as part of a Friday-night lineup, and had subsequent runs in syndication. Cast and characters […]

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1972: 10cc

Orb — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 03:18:08 +0000

Biography 10cc is an English art rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. The band initially consisted of four musicians—Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme—who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the “10cc” name in 1972. For the most part, 10cc featured […]

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1971: White Witch

Orb — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 21:59:53 +0000

Biography White Witch was a glam rock/psychedelic/hard rock band from Tampa, Florida that made two albums for Capricorn Records in the early 1970s. Their name was a paean to “white magic”, contrary to the “black magic” of groups like Black Sabbath. As the band announced before their shows: “To bring good where there once was […]

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1970: Jay Ferguson

Orb — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 20:57:16 +0000

Biography Jay Ferguson (born John Arden Ferguson; May 10, 1947) is an American rock/pop musician, known for his work with Spirit and Jo Jo Gunne, and his 1978 solo hit “Thunder Island“. His later career has been as a composer of music for television programs and films. Childhood and early musical career Born in Burbank, […]

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1971: Jo Jo Gunne

Orb — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 03:56:13 +0000

Biography Jo Jo Gunne is a rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1971 by Jay Ferguson (keyboards, vocals and guitar) and Mark Andes (bass guitar and vocals) after they had left Spirit. The group’s name is derived from “Joe Joe Gun”, a Chuck Berry song that peaked at #83 as a single […]

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