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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?
Band | Name | Comments & Submittor Name | ||
| B2K | Omarion | Omarion isn't as good solo as he is with B2K. - Celeste | ||
| Backstreet Boys | Brian Littrell | He has always had the best voice. He Can totally pull it off. The guys would be nothing without him. - Brianne | ||
| Backstreet Boys | Nick Carter | He spun off some hits from his 2002 album Now Or Never but I think he's a little better off with the Backstreet Boys than he is without them. - Celeste | ||
| The Band | Robbie Robertson | After the breakup of The Band, Robertson worked as a film composer for Martin Scorsese before releasing his debut solo album in 1987. He had many popular solo hits in Canada, but oddly enough his big international hit 'Somewhere Down the Crazy River' was not a Top 40 hit in Canada - whistledog | ||
| Barenaked Ladies | Steven Page | On February of 2009, Steve Page left The Barenaked Ladies to pursue a solo career. - Paul Warren | ||
| Bass Is Bass | Ivana Santilli | She's not as good as a solo artist as she was with the soul R&B group Bass Is Bass. - Celeste | ||
| Bass Is Bass | Ivana Santilli | She's not as good as a solo artist as she was with the soul R&B group Bass Is Bass. - Celeste | ||
| Be-Bop Deluxe | Bill Nelson | Recognizing the restraints placed on him as part of a solid group that was never going to get much air-play, Bill didnt need fame as much as an artistic outlet. (I wonder what he's doing these days) - princejellyfigh | ||
| Beach Boys | Brian Wilson | The Beach Boys went downhill once 'SMiLE' didn't get released in 1967 and Brian Wilson wasn't even really a Beach Boy after that. Now Brian Wilson is doing much better than his other band. - Paul Warren | ||
| Beatles | John Lennon | John went on to have a successful solo career until he was shot dead by Mark David Chapman in 1980. In an ABC news interview he was asked if the Beatles would ever get back together. He replied that he "didn't know" if that would ever happen. - Celeste | ||
| Beatles | Paul McCartney | In 1970, Paul McCartney released "McCartney" with only himself doing all the music and with a little help from his first wife Linda. - Paul Warren | ||
| Beatles | Ringo Starr | Ringo has an interesting solo career, though he had no #1 albums, he had an All-Starr Band with other popular musicians. - Paul Warren | ||
| Beatles | John Lennon | John was actually the first Beatle to release a hit called "Give Peace a Chance" without being with the Beatles. - Paul Warren | ||
| Beatles | George Harrison | George, the quiet Beatle, released the album "All Things Must Pass" which was Harrison's best album ever. - Paul Warren | ||
| Bee Gees | Andy Gibb | I'm not sure what Andy would have been if he hadn't split from his brothers and become addicted to drugs. He knew that he didn't want to do what Barry, Maurice, and Robin were doing. - Celeste | ||
| 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 | ||
| Big Brother and the Holding Company | Janis Joplin | Her biggest solo hit, a rendition of Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee," is a work of art in my book, and better than anything she did with Big Brother and the Holding Company. - Raphael | ||
| Black Eyed Peas | Fergie | She's getting WAY more publicity now... - Emi | ||
| Black Sabbath | Ozzy Osbourne | He is even more successful than when he was with the band, which was already pretty much a success when he left. - joeking | ||
| Blue Angel | Cyndi Lauper | The band broke up in 1980, three years before Lauper released her platinum album "She's So Unusual". - shepop | ||
| Brinsley Schwarz | Nick Lowe | After the group broke up, Lowe went on to a successful performing career as a solo artist and with his band Rockpile. He also made his mark as the producer of Elvis Costello and Graham Parker's early albums. - Todd W. Zimmerman | ||
| Buffalo Springfield | Neil Young | Young had a good solo career with a #1 Album called 'Harvest'. - Paul Warren |
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