Biography AKA Genre(s) Instrument(s) Origin Peak Date Years Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Also Member of Reference 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 […]
Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Associated Acts Reference 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 […]
Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference Crabby Appleton was an American rock band in the early 1970s. Fronted by singer-songwriter Michael Fennelly, they scored a Top 40 hit with their first single, “Go Back.” Though nearly everyone in the group was from a Los Angeles, California based […]
Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference Percy Mayfield (August 12, 1920 – August 11, 1984) was an American songwriter famous for the songs “Hit the Road Jack” and “Please Send Me Someone to Love“, as well as a successful rhythm and blues artist known for his […]
Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Also Member of Reference The Count Five was a 1960s garage rock band from San Jose, California, best known for their Top 10 single “Psychotic Reaction”. The band was founded in 1964 by John “Mouse” Michalski (born 1948, Cleveland, Ohio) (lead guitar) […]
Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference The Poni-Tails were an American girl group from Lyndhurst, Ohio. Formed in a suburb of Cleveland, the Poni-Tails – Toni Cistone, Karen Topinka and Patti McCabe – started singing at Brush High School, which they all attended. Tom Ilius, a […]
Biography Genre(s) Peak Date Years (together) Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Also Member of Reference Best-known for his 1970 hit “Spirit in the Sky,” singer/songwriter Norman Greenbaum was born November 20, 1942, in Malden, MA. He began his musical career while a student at Boston University, playing area coffeehouses before relocating to the West Coast […]
Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference Spirit was a highly regarded rock band that achieved modest commercial success, charting 11 albums in the U.S. between 1968 and 1977. Founded in Los Angeles in 1967 by musicians who had a mixture of rock, pop, folk, blues, classical, […]
Biography Genre(s) Origin Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference TRIXTER was formed in 1983 in Paramus, New Jersey by STEVE BROWN & PETER LORAN. After a year in the basement and the addition of new drummer, MARK GUS SCOTT, they played their first live gigs. They began play ing the NJ […]
Biography AKA Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Also Member of Reference The Surfaris were an American surf rock band formed in Glendora, California in 1962. They are best known for two songs that hit the charts in the Los Angeles, California area, and nationally by May 1963: “Surfer Joe” […]
Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference The Cadets are an American doo wop group, formed in Los Angles in the late 40’s. The group began as a gospel group, the Santa Monica Soul Seekers, in the late 1940s. The members were Lloyd McCraw, Willie Davis, Austin “Ted” Taylor, Aaron Collins, Glendon Kingsby, and Will “Dub” Jones. […]