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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?

Entries Beginning with D

Band		Name		Comments & Submittor Name
The Dave Matthews Band		David Matthews		Back in 2003, Matthews was briefly dropped out of The Dave Matthews Band and did a solo project. - Mickey D.
Davy Jones and the Lower Third		Davy Jones		No, not the one from the Monkees -- this one later became David Bowie. - Alan the Ottoman
Debarge		El Debarge		El released "Who's Johnny?" in 1986 for the Short Circuit original soundtrack. - Celeste
Default		Dallas Smith		Dallas Smith crossed genres from the hard rock group Default to a solo career in country music. Smith has become a top performing artist in his home country of Canada. - harderman
Default		Dallas Smith		Smith earned success after going solo as a country music artist. He recorded his first album "Jumped Right In" in 2012, which spawned the hits "Somebody, Somewhere", "Jumped Right In" and "What Kinda Love". Smith still performs with Default, not abandoning the band altogether. - harderman
Deliverance		Paul Janz		Christian rock group formed in Germany by Canadian born brothers Ken, Danny and Paul Janz whose only claim to fame in North America was the minor 1979 hit 'Leaving LA'. Returning to Canada in the 80s, Paul went solo, and charted over a dozen hits in Canada between 1985-1993. His biggest (and only Top 10 hit) was 'Every Little Tear' in 1990 - whistledog
Destiny's Child		Beyonce		The most successful singer out of this threesome. Career started in 2002 or 2001. - Dongquan
Destiny's Child		Beyonce		Ever since she gone solo, she became a diva, and she's been doing good without the band. - Sierra
Destiny's Child		Beyonce		The sales of her solo albums speak for themselves. - shesoul
Digital Underground		Tupac Shakur		He was never in the limelight with this band, now look at him. He's making songs beyond the grave! - Paul Warren
Dio		Vivian Campbell		Vivian joined Whitesnake for a year or so, but after Steve Clarke's death in 1991, he became the lead guitarist for Def Leppard. He still is, in fact and he seems a lot happier than when he worked with Dio! - GlamRockNinjaLord
The Dirty Sock Funtime Band		Mike Messer		Mike Messer, the lead singer and guitarist of the Dirty Sock Funtime Band, is the only member still performing music after the band broke up. - Brionna Secret
The Dirty Sock Funtime Band		Nadine Nassar		Nadine was a dancer in the band for only a brief time. She appeared in a few music videos as the teal-haired dancer wearing an orange T-shirt and dancing with the little kids. After leaving the band, she traveled the world and became an opera singer. - Brionna Secret
Dokken		Jeff Pilson		Jeff is the current bassist for Foreigner. It's a band who have way more prominent bass playing than Dokken. Enough Said! - GlamRockNinjaLord
The Doobie Brothers		Michael McDonald		Michael got into the band when the lead singer was sick. He left the Doobies in 1983 and had a top 10 hit with "I Keep Forgettin'" and also a #1 hit with Patti LaBelle's "On My Own". - KL Fan
The Dovells		Len Barry		The Dovells had one big hit with "Bristol Stomp". As a soloist , Len Barry had an equally big hit with "1-2-3". He had another fairly big solo hit with "Like a Baby" and a minor hit with "Somewhere", - Barry Disbrow
Dream Theater		John Petrucci		He's got an awesome instrumental prog metal album. I don't have it, but I've listened to some of it on Last.fm. - 2:49 AM
The Drifters		Ben E King		Once the Platters rejected the idea to sing "Stand by Me", Ben E King decided that he would record it instead! - Paul Warren
Duran Duran		Andy Taylor		Andy released two albums in his solo career after leaving Duran Duran, but mostly played guitar and produced for other musicians. He now has left the group *twice*, this time after the group's big reunion tour with the classic lineup. He is a pretty good singer in his own right, but underrated, and had problems working with the rest of the group. - Lisa
Duran Duran		Andy Taylor		It was after 1985 that Andy released some solo albums. He didn't have as much success as he did when he was with Duran Duran. - Celeste

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