Gary Puckett & The Union Gap ~ Similar Artists
The Tremeloes
- 100% match to Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
When UK chart-toppers Brian Poole And The Tremeloes parted company in 1966 few would have wagered that the backing group would outdo the lead singer. Remarkably, however, the relaunched Tremeloes went on to eclipse not only Poole, but the original hit-making act. At the time of...
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Classics IV
- 86% match to Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
The Turtles
- 78% match to Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
Having begun their career playing in college-based surf instrumental groups, the Nightriders and the Crossfires, this Westchester, Los Angeles-based sextet abruptly switched to beat music during 1964 in imitation of the Beatles. The line-up consisted of Howard Kaylan (Howard...
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The Four Seasons
- 75% match to Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
This highly acclaimed New Jersey, USA vocal group first came together in the mid-50s with a line-up comprising vocalists Frankie Valli (Francis Stephen Castelluccio, 3 May 1934 (1937 is also regularly cited), Newark, New Jersey, USA), brothers Nick and Tommy DeVito (b. 19 June...
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Dr. Hook
- 71% match to Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
Sporting denims and buckskin, Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show epitomized much of the countrified and "laid-back" style that was in vogue during the early 70s, but though their material was sung in a Dixie drawl and three members were genuine southerners, they began in 1968 as a...
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The Moody Blues
- 70% match to Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
The lengthy career of the Moody Blues has come in two distinct phases. The first from 1964-67, when they were a tough R&B-influenced unit, and the second from 1967 to the present, where they are now regarded as rock dinosaurs performing a blend of melodic pop utilizing...
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The Vogues
- 68% match to Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
This US vocal group was formed in Turtle Creek, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by schoolfriends Bill Burkette (lead baritone), Don Miller (baritone), Hugh Geyer (first tenor) and Chuck Blasko (second tenor). They began singing as the Val-Aires in 1960, but took the above name...
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Despite their professional appellation, Bill Medley (William Thomas Medley, 19 September 1940, Santa Ana, California, USA) and Bobby Hatfield (b. Robert Lee Hatfield, 10 August 1940, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA, d. 5 November 2003, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA) were not related. They...
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The Box Tops
- 66% match to Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
Formed in 1965, and originally known as the Devilles, this Memphis, Tennesse, USA-based quintet - Alex Chilton (William Alexander Chilton, 28 December 1950, Memphis, Tennessee, USA; guitar/vocals), Gary Talley (b. 17 August 1947, Memphis, Tennessee, USA; lead guitar), Bill...
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