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George Baker - 21% match to Blue Swede

Led by vocalist George Bouens - who assumed the stage surname ‘Baker’ - this MOR Dutch quintet scaled charts throughout Europe and then North America in 1970 with a debut single, ‘Little Green Bag’, composed by Bouens and group member Jan Visser. Bouens alone wrote his Selection’s next major hit, ‘Una Paloma Blanca’, which caught a holiday moo Read more

Joe Tex - 14% match to Blue Swede

Joseph Arrington Jnr., 8 August 1933, Rogers, Texas, USA, d. 13 August 1982, Navasota, Texas, USA. The professional career of this popular singer began onstage at the Apollo. He won first place in a 1954 talent contest and duly secured a record deal. Releases on King Records, Ace Records and the Anna labels were derivative and disappointing, but Tex meanwhile honed his songw Read more

Andy Kim - 11% match to Blue Swede

Edison Lighthouse - 11% match to Blue Swede

This UK conglomeration was essentially a vehicle for session singer Tony Burrows, who also sang with White Plains, the Brotherhood Of Man and the Pipkins. The backing musicians were originally part of a band called Greenfield Hammer before they became a studio ‘re-creation’ and hit group. The Tony Macaulay /Barry Mason composition ‘Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Read more

Looking Glass - 11% match to Blue Swede

This New Jersey, USA-based quartet was led by vocalist/guitarist Elliot Lurie (19 August 1948, Brooklyn, New York, USA) with backing from Larry Gonsky (keyboards), Pieter Sweval (b. 13 April 1948, d. 23 January 1990; bass) and Jeffrey Grob (drums). Initially as a mid-heavy rock band, they played the east coast bar circuit for many months before refining their act for record Read more