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 Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Associated Acts Reference Atomic Rooster was an English progressive rock band, originally composed of former members of the The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Throughout their history, keyboardist Vincent Crane was the only constant member, and wrote the majority of their material. Their […]
Biography Genre(s) Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Videos Labels Reference The Pipkins were a short-lived novelty duo, best known for their hit single “Gimme Dat Ding” (written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood), which reached No. 6 in the UK Singles Charts and No. 9 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in […]
Biography AKA Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Also Member of Reference Split Enz were one of the most successful New Zealand musical acts of the 1980s. Formed in the early 1970s and variously featuring Phil Judd and brothers Tim Finn and Neil Finn, the band would go on […]
Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Also Member of Reference The Boomtown Rats are an Irish New Wave band that had a series of Irish and UK hits between 1977 and 1985. The group is led by vocalist Bob Geldof. The other members of the original line-up were […]
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Biography AKA Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference The Jaggerz are a pop/rock band from Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. They are a one-hit wonder, their only major success being the single “The Rapper”. Released on the Kama Sutra label, “The Rapper” was #2 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart […]
Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Also Member of Reference The Buggles were a British New Wave duo consisting of Trevor Horn (vocals, bass guitar, guitar) and Geoff Downes (keyboards, synthesizers, electric piano, piano, drums, percussion, backing vocals). They are best known for their 1979 debut single “Video […]
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 Also Member of Reference Forming in Los Angeles in the late ’70s, the Knack (Doug Fieger, vocals/guitar; Berton Averre, lead guitar; Prescott Niles, bass; and Bruce Gary, drums) were neither punk nor rock, but pure simple pop, standing out among the musical […]
Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Also Member of Reference Pub rock and R&B-influenced Moving Pictures are best remembered for their power ballad “What About Me?,” which shot the band to number one in Australia in 1982. Formed by singer Alex Smith and writer Gary Frost, they signed […]
Biography AKA Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Also Member of Reference The one-hit wonder behind the disco novelty smash “Kung Fu Fighting,” Carl Douglas was also the first Jamaican-born artist to score a number one single in the United States. Douglas was raised in both California and Jamaica, and eventually moved […]
Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference One-hit wonders Wild Cherry was led by Rob Parissi (singer, guitarist, songwriter), who originally formed the group in 1970. Influenced by the likes of the Yardbirds and Sly & the Family Stone (and named after a flavor of cough drops), the […]
Biography Origin Genre(s) Members Years (together) Peak Date Discography Song Highlights Labels Also Member of Reference Videos (December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer-songwriter best known for his folk rock songs including “Taxi,” “W*O*L*D,” “Flowers Are Red,” and the No. 1 hit “Cat’s in the Cradle.” Chapin was also a dedicated humanitarian who […]
Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference Sniff ‘n’ the Tears is a British rock band best known for their 1979 song “Driver’s Seat“, a hit in many countries (including No. 15 on the American Billboard Hot 100 chart). The exception was the UK itself where a problem […]