In the early 1970s Grand Funk was selling out arenas. They had formed in 1969 as Grand Funk Railroad. That name was as a play on words for the Grand Trunk Western Railroad, a well-known railroad in Michigan. The railroad objected to the use of the name so in 1972 the group became just Grand …
This is a nice simple song by the name of “How Long.” It was the only hit by the group, Ace. They were from Britain. They had a couple albums after this that didn’t go anywhere. So the group broke up in 1977. The song got up to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 list …
Earth, Wind and Fire had a really big hit with “Shining Star” in 1975. It was written by three members of the group; Maurice White (lead vocal), Larry Dunn (clavinet), and Philip Bailey (vocals & congas). The song was at the top of both the Billboard and Cash Box charts for the week of May …
“Jackie Blue” was the only #1 song by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils. When they were picking a name for the group they first wanted to be called “Family Tree” but that group name was already in use. Then they thought about the name “Buffalo Chips” but decided against it. So they finally started calling themself …