Genre(s) Years (together) Members Discography Videos Roots/Acoustic Ministry 1996 and 2000 Terry Talbot (guitar, vocals) Barry McGuire (guitar, vocals) 1995 When Dinosaurs Walked the Earth 1997 Ancient Garden 1999 Frost and Fire 2000 Talbot McGuire LIVE NextPrevious Related articles Scientific Paradoxes are Omens of Advance McDonald’s Sues Protesters For Rejecting The Fast Food Junk Lifes True Beginnings Secret Colonies on Mars The […]
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Biography Genre(s) Origin Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference The New Christy Minstrels are an American folk music group founded by Randy Sparks in 1961. They recorded over 20 albums and had several hits, including “Green, Green”, “Saturday Night” and “Everybody Loves Saturday Night” (two different songs), “Today”, “Denver”, and “This Land Is Your Land”. Their […]
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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 […]
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Biography Genre(s) Origin Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference Firehouse arrived at the tail end of the pop-metal explosion of the late ’80s and early ’90s, releasing their first album in 1991. Featuring the combined talents of vocalist C.J. Snare, Michael Foster, Bill Leverty, and Perry Richardson, the group’s melodic, commercial hard […]
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Biography AKA Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference Formed in Miami, FL in 1988. Released eponymous debut album in 1991 to much critical acclaim, but went largely unnoticed by the public. Their sound was described as heavy metal-meets-Beatles-harmony, as their music was crunchy and heavy, while many of […]
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Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Also Member of Reference Born in Oklahoma City during 1935, McGuire had relocated to New York City and joined up with folk revivalists the New Christy Minstrels by the early ’60s. He was anointed the band’s lead singer and appeared on several albums and their first hit single, “Green, […]
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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” […]
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Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Labels Videos Reference The Tornados were an English instrumental group of the 1960s that acted as backing group for many of record producer Joe Meek‘s productions and also for singer Billy Fury. They enjoyed several chart hits in their own right, including the UK and U.S. Number […]
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Biography AKA Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference Harry Belafonte originally wanted to put together a benefit concert featuring black musicians to raise money for Africa. Ken Kragen (who became president of the organization United Support of Artists for Africa) thought an American version of “Band Aid” would be a […]
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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. […]
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Biography Genre(s) Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels The Teen Queens were an American musical group from the 1950s, most remembered for their hit single “Eddie My Love“, which reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #3 on the R&B Best Sellers charts in March 1956. The group consisted of sisters Betty and Rosie Collins, at 16 and 14 respectively, sisters […]
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Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference The Bonnie Sisters were an American pop group from New York. The three members were all nurses at Bellevue Hospital. After hearing The DeJohn Sisters on the radio, they began singing together at work, calling themselves The Belle Aimes initially. After performing on Arthur Godfrey‘s […]
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Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Also Member of Reference The Turbans were an African American doo-wop group, who formed in Philadelphia in 1953. The original members were: Al Banks (lead tenor), Matthew Platt (second tenor), Charlie Williams (baritone), and Andrew “Chet” Jones (bass). They came from Downtown Philadelphia (around Bainbridge and South Street). […]
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Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference The El Dorados were an American doo-wop group, who achieved their greatest success with the song “At My Front Door”, a no. 1 hit on the R&B chart in 1955. The group formed in Chicago in 1952, originally as “Pirkle Lee and the Five […]
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Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Also Member of Reference The Penguins were an American doo-wop group of the 1950s and early 1960s, best remembered for their only Top 40 hit, “Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)“, which was one of the first rhythm and blues hits to cross […]
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