Rock 'n' Roll Arithmetic

BillyC96

Canadian rockers with the same name as a Canadian football team / untamed windows to the soul = band / song

deckerp

Research required.....but I did get it. I'll delay in case someone else knows it off the top of their head.

RunTimer

Song hint is a dead give away, but I'm stumped on the Band

BillyC96

They had a huge hit with 'Sweet City Woman'.

deckerp

BillyC96 wrote: »

They had a huge hit with 'Sweet City Woman'.

That's the one I remember.

snookeroo

Great '70s AM radio tune

kcdambuster

The Stampeders / Wild Eyes

BillyC96

snookeroo wrote: »

Great '70s AM radio tune

I agree!

You're up kcdambuster.

kcdambuster

This could be under the thread. "Name a Song. Who Recorded It? Who Else Recorded It?"

Colour change. (Mood change too). / Composers = Dartford Boys (Recorded it too). Artist = Lucknow Lad. (Very big in UK, not so much in US?). Think roots!

Song / Artistes

BillyC96

I figured out the artists, but had to dig for the song. Let's see how others fare.

kcdambuster

I thought that one might be a bit obscure! Maybe we have a similar music base BillyC.

BillyC96

I like the Dartford boys a lot, Lucknow lad, not so much.

I'm not familiar with the song tbh, but might recognise it if I heard it. I'll hunt it down.

BillyC96

I found it, and do remember it. Probably haven't heard it in 40 years!

kcdambuster

Good Stuff.

Maybe more clues needed for others.
Artists.
1. Now geriatric but still rocking.
2. One of the top sellers in UK singles chart history.

BillyC96

And I believe 2. still tours as well. Amazing what these old guys do.

deckerp

Is the second artist Cliff Richard?

kcdambuster

Yep. Born in Lucknow, India.

kcdambuster

December's Children.

deckerp

I like Cliff Richard's songs that charted in the US, but you're right, he didn't have much success here. It'll be hard to come up with a match for me.

kcdambuster

Mick and Keith wrote it for "themselves", and Cliff Richard recorded it in 1966.

1. December's Children album.
2. Only got to UK #15.

deckerp

kcdambuster wrote: »

Mick and Keith wrote it for "themselves", and Cliff Richard recorded it in 1966.

1. December's Children album.
2. Only got to UK #15.

I found "Blue Turns to Grey" on the Rolling Stone's album you mentioned.

kcdambuster

Yeah. That's it.

Maybe that was a bit too obscure. (Album track and number 15 only, as a single).

Love this thread, but must remember - age, location and time warp musical taste in future problems.

deckerp

OK, here's a deceptively simple and hard to believe problem. I was just listening to a countdown on a local station from 1977 and heard this.

ABBA + 1 = [song]

This song is the only number one song in the U.S. I can't hardly believe this was the case. Can someone in our group name that song without researching it?

VikMcAnik

Fernando? nope...lol

deckerp

That isn't one of my favorites, but was a big hit for them. More so in the UK than the US.

That's the idea though. Only one of their hits was a number one in the US.

RunTimer

yikes

now for good (or bad) I'm forced to recall the Abba Catalog

Waterloo?

Mustang_Susie

Take a Chance On Me?

RunTimer

duelling with @Mustang_Susie

Whiner Winner takes it All?

kcdambuster

I Have A Dream, (That you will let me use Wikipedia)

deckerp

Not Waterloo.
Not Take A Chance On Me.
Not Winner Takes It All.

All good stuff though.

Research is allowed if you can't think of more of their hits.