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 […]
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Biography Genre(s) Origin Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference Pop Rock Roots Acoustic Folk World Country 1962 Banjo, Guitar – Art Podell Bass – Jimmy Bond Vocals, Guitar – Barry Kane, Barry McGuire Here & Now A1 Another Man A2 Summer‘s Over A3 Gold Wedding Ring A4 Drunken Sailor A5 Far Side Of The Hill A6 Fireball Mail B1 Bull ‘Gine Run B2 Land […]
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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 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 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 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 Reference The Three Chuckles was an early American rock & roll group from Brooklyn. Although designated rock & roll by contemporary observers, the sound of The Three Chuckles is closer to vocal pop, in hindsight. Teddy Randazzo They formed around 1950, naming themselves after a popular candy […]
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