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Sometimes a lead singer gets kicked out of a band, or leaves when their head gets too big for them. How well did they do on their own?
The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are 164 Better Off Solo entries on the site.
Band | Name | Comments & Submittor Name | ||
| Nirvana | Dave Grohl | Now the lead singer of the Foo Fighters, arguably more popular than Nirvana but not as infuential. He has also played for Tom Petty's Heartbreakers, Queens of the Stone Age, and Nine Inch Nails, and is now in a supergroup called Them Crooked Vultures. - dxman | ||
| Kenny Rogers and the First Edition | Kenny Rogers | After going solo and switching from psychedelic rock to country, he broke out. - dxman | ||
| The Johner Brothers | Brad Johner | I think he is doing better without his brother Ken. - Travis | ||
| Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers | Frankie Lymon | Frankie Lymon was a boy wonder with the Teenagers during the early days of Rock & Roll, with such hits as "Why Do Fools Fall In Love","I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent" , etc. Then he decided to go solo and virtually disappeared from the music scene. So did the Teenagers. - Dan | ||
| The Chad Mitchell Trio | John Denver | John Denver was a replacement for one of the original Chad Mitchell trio before he made it on his own..He left in the mid 60's when hootenanny and folk music was waning. Lucky for him, because he made it big afterwards with "Sunshine On My Shoulder" "Annie's Song" "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and the various Rocky Mountain songs... - Dan | ||
| The Platters | Tony Williams | Tony Williams was the lead singer of the Platters when they had their great hits--"The Great Pretender", "Only You", "Twilight Time", "Heaven On Earth". He left the band to pursue a solo career but never did make it on hos own... - Dan | ||
| The Eagles | Don Henley | He's much better off with the band than he is without but he did have quite a number of hit singles on his own. - Celeste | ||
| N'Sync | Justin Timberlake | While N'Sync had a few hits, Justin Timberlake had many more solo. - UDon'tNeedToKnow1024 | ||
| The Yardbirds | Jeff Beck | Jeff Beck has had a huge amount of hits, been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and has influenced a ton of other musicians. - dxman | ||
| Pretty Ricky | Pleasure P | Though 3/4 of them were rappers, they were considered by many to be an R&B group because Pleasure had such a strong presence. Soon after their sophomore album "Late Night Special" was released, Pleasure left the group to go solo. His album "The Introduction of Marcus Cooper" has been very successful, debuting in the Billboard Top 10, as well as "Did You Wrong," "Boyfriend #2," and "Under" becoming strong hits. As for Pretty Ricky-I think Spectacular's dance video explains everything. - Burmy87 | ||
| Vinegar Joe | Robert Palmer | Vinegar Joe never took off, but Robert Palmer's career actually did. From "Every Kinda People" to the MTV Videos with all the female clones. - Paul Warren | ||
| Buffalo Springfield | Neil Young | Young had a good solo career with a #1 Album called 'Harvest'. - Paul Warren | ||
| The Champs | Glen Campbell | Glen Campbell replaced one of the original members of the Champs after they had a big hit with "tequila" in the late fifties. The Champs did not fare very well during Glen's tenure with the group. Several years after he left the group, he became a very sucessful country/pop singer and even had his own television show. - Barry Disbrow | ||
| The Tokens | Neil Sedaka | He was the Tokens' original lead singer. While he was with the group, they were not very successful. After he left, both he and the Tokens would become very successful. - Barry Disbrow | ||
| Hard-Fi | Richard Archer | Featured in a Tommy Hools song back in 2003 way before Hard-Fi released their first ever single. - Dongquan | ||
| Destiny's Child | Beyonce | The most successful singer out of this threesome. Career started in 2002 or 2001. - Dongquan | ||
| BeForU | Riyu Kosaka | The old BeForU rocked, but I think the new BeForU tried way too hard to sound mainstream. Riyu's single "Kokoro No Ato" proves she's still as good as in the old days. - DJ Blaze | ||
| Tarantula Joy Hypnosis | Dan & Travis | We left to start our own band (Carless Roadtrip). We have had more success already. I did not put our last names over the internet for security reasons but we are better of now. - Travis | ||
| Mamas and the Papas | Cass Elliot | The Mammas and the Papas were a great group, but after they broke up, it opened up many new opportunities for Mama Cass. - Barry Disbrow | ||
| Shadows | Bobby Vee | The Shadows were called upon as a replacement for Buddy Holly who had just died in a plane crash. They were well received, but not commercially successful. As a soloist, Bobby Vee had a substantial number of hits. - Barry Disbrow |
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