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NAMES OF '60s/'70s GROUPS OFTEN CONFUSED WITH OTHER GROUPS...

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jfrancispastirchak

Lets see if this thread catches on...

Moody Blues/Pink Floyd
Gerry & The Pacemakers/Freddie & The Dreamers
The Osmonds/The Jacksons
Beatles/Knickerbockers
Luciano Pavaratti/Mother Teresa
 
Okay....I'll add the Fifth Dimension (early stuff) with the Mamas and Papas. On "Go Where You Want to Go", the Fifth Dimension's producer went so far as to bring in the same backup musicians who played on the M&Ps original.

If we want to expand into solo performers, I'll add....

Kenny Dino, Terry Stafford, and Ral Donner with Elvis
Barry Young with Dean Martin (Actually, if you listen closely to "One Has My Heart", Young's voice doesn't really sound all that much like Martin's....but the phrasing and the arrangement are a spot-on knockoff).
 
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cyberdad said:
Okay....I'll add the Fifth Dimension (early stuff) with the Mamas and Papas. On "Go Where You Want to Go", the Fifth Dimension's producer went so far as to bring in the same backup musicians who played on the M&Ps original.
If we want to expand into solo performers, I'll add....
Kenny Dino, Terry Stafford, and Ral Donner with Elvis
Barry Young with Dean Martin (Actually, if you listen closely to "One Has My Heart", Young's voice doesn't really sound all that much like Martin's....but the phrasing and the arrangement are a spot-on knockoff)
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Thanks for expanding into solos. It was my intention to include all Top 40 categories. And you nailed it on Terry Stafford & Elvis.
 
And, speaking (again) of Elvis, shortly after the King's death, a then-obscure figure named Ronny MacDowell recorded what I believe was the very first Elvis tribute song. And yes, he sounded just like Elvis.
 
I brought this up about a year ago, but it doesn't hurt to put it here....

The Canadian band Klaatu released an album in 1977, and rumor spread like wildfire that they were the Beatles reunited.

A poster said that the band members were not photographed on the album, probably pushing the rumor along quite well.

Also, the Wonder Who? WERE the 4 Seasons.

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Captain Beefheart's Magic Band/The Mothers of Invention
Ronnie & the Daytonas/Jan & Dean
Count Five/The Yardbirds
Chad & Jeremy/Peter & Gordon
 
"Hear Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again" by the Fortunes sounds SO much like Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons. Still hard for me to believe that it's not Frankie.

My favorite singer-songwriter, Eric Carmen, is frequently mistaken for Eric Clapton. GRRRRR.....!!

The Sylvers could easily be mistaken for the Jackson 5. And Rick Springfield has often been confused with Bruce Springsteen.
Then there's The Who & The Guess Who.

Also, it's not easy for me to sort out all the songs between the various black male quartets: Temptations, the O'Jays, 4 Tops & the Spinners. Not to mention the Isley Bros.

I heard a DJ play "Candida" and say it was by Tony & Dawn Orlando! Amazingly no one corrected him & later he did it again. LOL
 
A caller to a station that I formerly worked for thought "Denise" was by the Four Seasons. Since I knew that it was actually by Randy & the Rainbows, it never occurred to me that there were those who thought that they sounded like the Four Seasons.

And during the recording of "Rhythm of the Rain" by the Cascades, it was thought that that song was intended for Rick(y) Nelson, but as far as I know, he never recorded it.
 
Fontella Bass' "Rescue Me" was often mistaken for Aretha Franklin.

Red Ryder's "Lunatic Fringe" could pass for a Pink Floyd song.

Kiss' "Hard Luck Woman" was allegedly written for Rod Stewart, and it has that sound.

When I was a kid I confused Judy Collins with Joni Mitchell.
 
I thought Cry Like a Baby was done by "Elvis", but it was done by "The Box Tops"
I thought Sentimental Lady was done by "America", but it was done by "Bob Welch"
I thought We Just Disagree was done by "Gordon Lightfoot", but it was done by "Dave Mason"

My father thought Suspicious Minds was done by "The Grass Roots" but my grandfather finally corrected him in 2000 and said it was "Elvis" when it was last played on AM 790 KBME on his Bose Wave Radio, which we still have unused.
 
RIN3GUY said:
Rick Springfield has often been confused with Bruce Springsteen.
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Rick Springfield's song "Bruce" is about that very confusion with Springsteen. It was recorded about 1978, was then rereleased about 1984-1985 (after Rick had become a bit better known, and at the height of Born In the USA mania) and became a minor hit for him. It was probably a bit embarrassing to him by then, but it was still a humorous, tongue-in-cheek song.
 
firepoint525 said:
RIN3GUY said:
Rick Springfield has often been confused with Bruce Springsteen.
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Rick Springfield's song "Bruce" is about that very confusion with Springsteen. It was recorded about 1978, was then rereleased about 1984-1985 (after Rick had become a bit better known, and at the height of Born In the USA mania) and became a minor hit for him. It was probably a bit embarrassing to him by then, but it was still a humorous, tongue-in-cheek song.
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I remember Rick singing "Bruce" on a late '70s variety show. That was when he recorded for, I believe, Capitol. In the early '80s he gained new fame on "General Hospital" and signed with RCA, recording "Jesse's Girl" and other hits. Capitol dug up some of their old Springfield songs, added new music tracks and released their album "Beautiful Feelings" to capitalize on Rick's new success. (When Michael Jackson had his '80s fame, Motown pulled much the same stunt... refurbishing songs he recorded for them years earlier, like "One Day in Your Life" and "Farewell My Summer Love," and including a "Motown Glitter Glove" with the album. It was a cheap cotton work glove with glitter glued onto it in the shape of the Motown logo. Damn thing shed glitter like a dog sheds fur.) )
 
I can't believe there was actual confusion of Springsteen and Springfield. Their voices and their music sounded nothing like each other's.
 
How about "Games" by Redeye. 1971 IIRC. Everyone thought it was Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
 
In the 80's....some of Madonna's early songs could be confused with Cyndi Lauper.

Material Girl and Borderline
 
jfrancispastirchak said:
And, speaking (again) of Elvis, shortly after the King's death, a then-obscure figure named Ronny MacDowell recorded what I believe was the very first Elvis tribute song. And yes, he sounded just like Elvis.
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Macdowell is so good..dick Clark used him as the voice of Elvis, in the Movie starring Kurt Russell as Elvis...Macdowell recording you mentioned "the King is Gone" is awesome...
 
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