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Another band, that never made the song a hit, played it to keep the crowd happy....very confusing??
Fans thought The Who had recorded the song and kept asking for it
Clue # 2
The song made the band famous, but the band never made the song famous....well sort of....even more confusing???
The song was promoted by the Label as “Guess Who” is singing it to make people believe it was part of the English Invasion in the ‘60’s..the band then changed their name to “The Guess Who” The Guess Who never did sing the song as a recoring.
Clue # 3
In one country the song peaked at #27 before it peaked at #1...huh???
Australia...Chad Allen And The Expressions reached # 27 in early 1965 and Normie Rowe took it to #1 later with a cover of Johnny Chester’s version
Clue # 4 (last before bedtime)
You might want to enlist the help of John Voorpostel...he might know something about it...
John, being a Canadian should know a little bit about The Guess Who
Clue # 5
One of the coolest promotions ever was about this song....
The Label promoted the song all over N/A
Clue # 6
The song was the biggest single for the decade in which it was released in one of the countries....
Normie Rowe in Australia
Clue # 7
The lead singer of the band is considered one of the best voices ever in all of Rock, but he wasn't the lead on the song...
.Burton Cummings
Clue # 8
You'll know the song in about 1 -2 seconds...
great opening
Clue #9
Van Morrison even covered the song...
Clue # 10
An improvised song by this band became a monster #1 hit in the US...American Woman
Clue #11
One of the band members left to form another great rock band...Randy Bachman BTO
Clue #12
The member who left the band had his guitar stolen in 1976....he got it back 45 years later...this should give it away ....found by facial recognition on the internet (Youtube)
Last edited by VNORTH2; 09/19/2302:52 PM.
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