Biography Genre(s) Origin Years Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference The Equals were a British pop, R&B and rock group,[1] that formed in North London, England in 1965. They are mainly remembered for their million-selling chart-topper, “Baby, Come Back“. Eddy Grant, then sporting dyed blonde hair, founded the group. Completing the original line-up were […]
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Biography AKA Genre(s) Instrument(s) Origin Years Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Also Member of Reference JOSH WHITE (1914 – 1969) was the artist most responsible for introducing black folk, blues and spiritual music to white America and the rest of the world. He left his home in Greenville, South Carolina at the age of seven […]
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Biography Genre(s) Origin Years Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Associated Acts Reference The Osmonds are an American family music group with a long and varied career—a career that took them from singing barbershop music as children, to achieving success as teen-music idols, to producing a hit television show, and to continued success as solo […]
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Biography Genre(s) Origin Years Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Associated Acts Reference Train is an American pop rock band from San Francisco. The band currently consists of a core trio of Pat Monahan (vocals), Jimmy Stafford (guitar), and Scott Underwood (drums). With a lineup that included original members Monahan, Stafford, Underwood, Rob Hotchkiss, […]
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Biography Genre(s) Origin Years Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Associated Acts Reference Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969 and are regarded as one of the seminal hard rock acts of the early 1970s. Uriah Heep’s progressive/art rock/heavy metal fusion’s distinctive features have always included a massive keyboard sound, […]
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Biography AKA Genre(s) Instrument(s) Origin Years Discography Videos Labels Also Member of Associated Acts Reference Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou; born 29 March 1943, professionally known as Vangelis, is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock, and orchestral music. He is best known for his Academy Award-winning score for the film Chariots of Fire, […]
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Biography Genre(s) Origin Years Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Associated Acts Reference Guy Sobell was a guitarist in a Vancouver band, The Ken Clark Trio, and while in Europe, he had heard music by Swedish group The Spotnicks and the English group The Shadows and decided to form his own band after returning […]
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Biography AKA Genre(s) Instrument(s) Origin Years Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Also Member of Reference Terrence Ross “Terry” Jacks (born March 29, 1944, Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and environmentalist, best known for his chart-topping 1974 hit song “Seasons in the Sun”. Early life Terry Jacks was born and raised in […]
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Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference 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 […]
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Biography Genre(s) Origin Years Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Associated Acts Reference Vanilla Fudge is an American rock band known predominantly for their psychedelic renditions of popular songs. The band’s original lineup—vocalist/organist Mark Stein, bassist/vocalist Tim Bogert, lead guitarist/vocalist Vince Martell, and drummer/vocalist Carmine Appice—recorded five albums during the years 1966–69, before disbanding in […]
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Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference The Lovin’ Spoonful is an American rock band of the 1960s, named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. When asked about his band, leader John Sebastian said it sounded like a combination of “Mississippi John Hurt and Chuck […]
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Biography Genre(s) Origin Years Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Associated Acts Reference 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 […]
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Biography Genre(s) Origin Years Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Associated Acts Reference The Archies are a fictional garage band founded by Archie Andrews, Reggie Mantle, and Jughead Jones, a group of adolescent characters of the Archie universe, in the context of the animated TV series, The Archie Show. The group is also known for […]
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Biography AKA Genre(s) Instrument(s) Origin Years Discography Videos Labels Also Member of Reference Music career Muir has cited bands such as The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, Black Sabbath, UFO, AC/DC, Van Halen, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Led Zeppelin and Kiss as his early musical influences, and has said that he was introduced to funk music […]
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Biography AKA Genre(s) Origin Years Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Associated Acts Reference Upcoming Gigs King’s X is an American rock band that combines progressive metal, funk and soul with vocal arrangements influenced by gospel, blues, and British Invasion rock groups. The band’s lyrics are largely based on the members’ struggles with religion and […]
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