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Bands who Added a Lead Singer

RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,783 Posts
edited October 2011 in Strut Central
Name some bands who added a lead singer presumably to achieve commercial success:

Journey and Kool and the Gang come to Mind

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  • asstroasstro 1,754 Posts
    Black Eyed Peas
  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,783 Posts
  • asstroasstro 1,754 Posts
    Earth, Wind, & Fire
  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
    RAJ said:

    They always had a lead singer. David Clayton Thomas replaced Al Kooper after the first album.
  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    Journey?
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    asstro said:
    Earth, Wind, & Fire

    Didnt they always have vocalists in the band and just recruit Bailey from Denver?
  • Bon VivantBon Vivant The Eye of the Storm 2,018 Posts
    Genesis.
  • minimini 880 Posts
    The Soul Investigators
  • minimini 880 Posts
    Grandmaster Flash
  • jamesjames chicago 1,863 Posts
    Velvet Underground

    Dixie Chicks
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    james said:
    Velvet Underground

    Dixie Chicks

    The musical worldview implied by this post is staggering.
  • asstroasstro 1,754 Posts
    batmon said:
    asstro said:
    Earth, Wind, & Fire

    Didnt they always have vocalists in the band and just recruit Bailey from Denver?

    I took this thread to mean added and/or replaced an earlier lead vocalist. EWF, Journey, and KATG all did more or less the same thing.
  • TheKindCromangTheKindCromang 1,463 Posts
    BATTLES
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    I was thinking replaced also.
    First 2 to pop in my head before the thread even opened were:
    Van Halen
    Jefferson Airplane

    Far more intriguing is instrumental groups who added a vocalist.
    From with in the group:
    Meters
    Booker T and MGs

    Jazz
    Charles Mingus -> Joni Mitchell
    Every big band

    Bands that added a singer named Thomas to get hits:
    Elvin Bishop
    Starship
    Santana
    Otis Redding
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    Fame Gang
    Wrecking Crew
    Dixie Fliers
    Mar Keys
    Stuff
    Section
  • HorseleechHorseleech 3,830 Posts
    Can
  • holmesholmes 3,532 Posts
    Pantera
  • kalakala 3,362 Posts
    niteliters to new birth
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Total Concept Unlimited to Rose Royce
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes + Theodore Pendergrass

    Successful groups that subtracted a lead singer:
    Impressions, twice
    Supremes
    Miracles

    I suppose most long lived vocal groups had lead singers come and go, but the above groups stand out for the high profile of their lead singers.
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