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Barry De Vorzon

Lead singer about “We Wonder What She’s Doing Tonight,” the only real hit by Fresh York-based the Tamerlanes in 1963, Barry de Vorzon has continued to create his existence felt like a maker and composer. His ratings have been noticed in such movies as Xanadu, Moving Thunder, Bless the Beasts …

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The Congress of Wonders

From the SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Bay Area, the Congress of Wonders comedy team produced several albums reflecting the concerns of the late-’60s/early-’70s hippie counterculture: drugs, sex, and political/social satire. Just like the Firesign Theater and Country wide Lampoon, they utilized the studio room as an instrument to improve their …

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The DeFranco Family

Making use of their youthful exuberance and lighthearted method of pop, the DeFranco Family was probably one of the most successful pop sets of the 1970s. Their debut 1973 solitary, “Heartbeat, From the Lovebeat,” offering the business lead vocals of after that-13-year-old Tony DeFranco, reached number 3 for the Billboard …

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Labelle

The feminine trio in charge of the proto-disco funk classic “Female Marmalade,” LaBelle’s outlandish space-age costumes and brash incorporation of rock and roll & move were a long way off from their start as an average ’60s female group, not forgetting the afterwards solo career of frontwoman Patti LaBelle. While …

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Barry Blue

b. Barry Ian Green, 4 Dec 1950, London, Britain. Briefly well-known in the first 70s because the pop musician Barry Blue, the youthful Barry Green’s early forays into music included playing in Spice (a forerunner to large rock-band Uriah Heep). He documented several singles as Barry Green for Decca Information …

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The Drones

The Drones were a Uk punk music group, specifically from Manchester, made up of guitarist Gus “Gangrene” Callendar, bassist Steve “Whisper” Cundall, vocalist/guitarist M.J. Drone (Mike Howells), and drummer Peter “Ideal” Howells. They started as an R&B-influenced pub music group called Rockslide but produced the changeover to punk following its …

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Connie Cato

b. 30 March 1955, Bethalte, East St. Louis, Missouri, USA. A vocalist and guitarist, Cato produced several well-known singles within the 70s. Her tracks had been slanted towards nation music although in addition they had an attract the wider viewers. Her 1974 debut for Capitol Information included the small US …

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Crime

Proclaiming themselves as “San Francisco’s first in support of rock and roll & roll strap,” Crime was a forerunner in America’s do-it-yourself punk background, liberating their first solo in late 1976. Though they under no circumstances described themselves as punk (a term they sensed was a mass media concoction), Crime …

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Creative Source

The Los Angeles-based quintet Creative Source seemingly appeared away from nowhere in the first ’70s to score using a funky disco rendition of Costs Withers’ “WHO’S He (And WHAT’S He for you).” The group, made up of Barbara Berryman, Barbara Lewis, Don Wyatt, Steve Ranagan, and Celeste Rose, was maintained …

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Kopperfield

Michigan was a powerhouse area for rock and roll & move music in the late ’60s and early ’70s. From Motown towards the MC5, the Stooges, and the machine to lesser-known lighting just like the Rationals and Frijid Green, their state was in charge of a few of the most …

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