Biography AKA Genre(s) Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Also Member of Reference Lucille Bogan (April 1, 1897 – August 10, 1948) was an American blues singer, among the first to be recorded. She also recorded under the pseudonym Bessie Jackson. The music critic and sexologist Ernest Borneman stated that Bogan, along with […]
Biography Genre(s) Years (together) Discography Videos Also Member of Reference Born in Philadelphia, Collins moved with his family to Barnegat, New Jersey around 1879 and as a teenager worked as a volunteer lifesaver on the Jersey shore, beginning an enthusiasm for sailing that became a lifelong pursuit. However, his fine baritone voice – heard in […]
Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference Mountain is an American rock band that formed in Long Island, New York in 1969. Originally comprising vocalist and guitarist Leslie West, bassist/vocalist Felix Pappalardi, keyboardist Steve Knight and drummer N. D. Smart, the band broke up in 1972 and has […]
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) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Also Member of Reference Detroit hard rockers Frijid Pink formed in 1967, originally comprised of singer Thomas Beaudry (stage name Kelly Green), guitarist Gary Ray Thompson, bassist Tom Harris, keyboardist Larry Zelanka, and drummer Richard Stevers. After two years of relentless touring […]
Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference Shocking Blue was founded in 1967 by Robbie van Leeuwen. The group had a minor hit in 1968 with “Lucy Brown is Back in Town”. After Mariska Veres took over the vocals, the group charted a world-wide hit with the […]
Biography AKA Genre(s) Origin Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference Best remembered for their 1967 novelty smash “Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead,” pop combo the Fifth Estate began their career in Stamford, CT, in 1964 as the Demen. Originally comprised of singer Don Askew, guitarists Rick Engler and Ken Evans, […]
Biography Genre(s) Origin Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference The Amboy Dukes was an American rock music band of the late 1960s and early 1970s from Detroit, Michigan, best remembered for their one hit single “Journey to the Center of the Mind.” The band’s name comes from the title of a […]
Biography AKA Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Also Member of Reference Songwriter and guitarist Bruce Innes formed the group in Calgary, Alberta in 1966. Initially, Bruce Innes, Graham Bruce and Bliss Mackie worked as a trio and Dixie Lee (Stone) Innes joined the group in 1967, contributing rich […]
Biography AKA Genre(s) Origin Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference Bubble Puppy was formed in 1966 in San Antonio, Texas, by Rod Prince and Roy Cox who had previously performed together in the rock group called the Bad Seeds. Looking to form a “top gun rock band” based on the concept […]
Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference The band was formed in 1965 in Louisville, doing mostly covers. But as competition among Louisville groups to write and record original music increased, the Rugbys recorded and released two singles in 1968, “Walking the Streets Tonight”, written by Doug […]
Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Also Member of Reference As an offshoot of the massive nine-piece Grant Smith and the Power, the four original members of Motherlode (guitarist Ken Marco, saxophonist Steve Kennedy, keyboardist William “Smitty” Smith, and Wayne Stone on drums) split the funky corridors of […]
Biography AKA Genre(s) Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference The Paradons are know best for the beautiful “Diamonds and Pearls,” which reached number 18 on the pop chart in 1960, nine rungs higher than it registered on the R&B chart. The quartet, comprised of friends William Powers and Bill […]
Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference The Shells — led by Nate Bouknight (aka “Little Nat”) — scored with a Top 30 hit with “Baby Oh Baby,” charting for the tiny Johnson label in 1957. The group — Bouknight, Randy “Shade Alston (tenor), Bobby Nurse (tenor), Danny Small […]
