"Co-Co" was originally featured on the 1971 „Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be" album. The Sweet - Official Website. The group's determinedly effete, glam-rock image was reinforced by a succession of Top 10 hits. Sweet toured extensively and continued to chart with Chinn and Chapman compositions. In 1973, the band produced their first number one hit, Blockbuster, which went on to achieve platinum status.
The Give Us A Wink album, released in 1976 and featuring the top twenty single Action, attained gold status in America and continued the group’s move toward album-oriented rock. www.thesweet.com Booking agent: ABS Agency, PO … 5 October 1945, Hamilton, Scotland) played together in Wainwright's Gentlemen, a small-time club circuit band whose repertoire comprised a mixture of Motown, R&B and psychedelia. The band were introduced to the writing partnership of Chinn and Chapman, who were to provide the band with a string of hit singles.However, the band were writing their own hard-rock numbers on the b-sides of these hits. The Sweet epitomised the UK 70’s Glam Rock movement with their trademark glitter and glam make-up. The band spent the summer playing festivals and gigs throughout the U.S. and Canada, including, among others: Moondance Jam in Walker, MN; headlining at the Rock ‘n’ Resort Festival in N. Lawrence, OH; London, Ontario’s Rock The Park; another headlining gig at Peterborough’s Festival of Lights; the Common Ground Festival in Lansing, MI; and a benefit concert for victims of California’s wildfires at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, CA.In January 2009, The Sweet presented at the industry’s Pollstar Awards cocertand played a short set at the Nokia Theater, marking the first time in the ceremony’s history that a band performed at the show. The Hits stand the test of time and the current line-up with original guitarist Andy Scott still keep the audiences shouting for more! The nucleus of The Sweet came together in 1966, when drummer Michael Thomas Tucker (b. The Sweet) shot to the top of the charts in the 1970s, selling over forty million records. First sold at shows and later released worldwide in an exclusive deal with Amazon.com, the release garnered favorable reviews in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Report, Classic Rock Revisited and Hard Rock Haven, among others. 30 June 1949, Wrexham, Wales) and the new line-up signed to RCA.
Biografie The Sweet Bandhistorie Im Jahr 1968 gründeten vier Briten die Band The Sweet, die später zu einer der erfolgreichsten Glam-Rock-Bands der 70er Jahren werden sollte. Sweet stood out with a charismatic stage presence and a relentless, innovative fusion of grinding hard rock and melodic vocal harmonies far ahead of its time.
Legendary rock band Sweet (a.k.a. The pair broke away to form Sweetshop, later shortened to just Sweet, with Steve Norman Priest (b. Sweet toured extensively and continued to chart with Chinn and Chapman compositions.Fans were increasingly attracted to the heavier rock songs written by the group which appeared on the B sides of their singles, and the struggle for creative control ultimately led to a split with Chinn and Chapman. In 1973, the band produced their first number one hit, Blockbuster, which went on to achieve platinum status. 23 February 1950, Hayes, Middlesex) on bass and Frank Torpey on guitar. In addition to local gigs at the House of Blues on L.A.’s Sunset Strip and Universal’s Citywalk, 2009 saw the band return to Canada for sold-out shows at the Mae Wilson Theater and Casino Regina, as well as the Nakusp Music Festival and Rockin’ the Fields in Minnedosa, Manitoba.
The Sweet were also a force to be reckoned with in pure rock music terms too. The keyboard spot was manned by ex-Crow and World Classic Rockers alumni Stevie Stewart.After an initial appearance on L.A. rock station 95.5 KLOS’s popular Mark & Brian radio program, the “Are You Ready Steve?” tour kicked off at the Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood in June, 2008. 1.531 Personen sprechen darüber. 1,360 talking about this. The Sweet (USA and Canada only) — — 46 — — — 191 1973 Sweet and Middle of the Road (one side only) — — — — — — — 1975 The Sweet Singles Album (Australia & New Zealand only) — 2 — — — 21 — 1975 Strung Up (double live & compilation album) 9 10 5 17 12 4 … U.S. festivals included Minnesota’s Halfway Jam, Rockin’ the Rivers in Montana (with Pat Travers and Peter Frampton), and two late-summer shows at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.The new band recorded a cover version of the Beatles’ “Ticket to Ride,” which was included on Cleopatra Records’ “Abbey Road,” a Fab Four tribute CD that was released in March 2009. April 2009 saw the release of a new two-disc, career-spanning greatest hits album called “Action: The Sweet Anthology,” which was released on Shout Factory Records and received a coveted four-star rating in Rolling Stone Magazine. Sweet bounced back onto the charts in 1978, scoring another top ten hit in both the U.S. and the U.K with Love Is Like Oxygen. He enlisted fellow Brit Stuart Smith, an old friend and a classically-trained former axeman for the bands Sidewinder and Heaven & Earth, on guitar. 17 July 1947, Harlesden, London, England) and vocalist Brian Francis Connolly (b. 17 July 1947, Harlesden, London, England) and vocalist Brian Francis Connolly (b. L.A. native Richie Onori, Smith’s bandmate in Heaven & Earth, was brought in on drums. Legendary rock band The Sweet shot to the top of the charts in the 1970s with such hits as Ballroom Blitz, Fox on the Run,Love is Like Oxygen, Little Willy, Hellraiser, Teenage Rampage, Blockbuster and Action.Formed in the U.K. in 1968, the original lineup featured vocalist Brian Connolly, bassist/vocalist Steve Priest, drummer Mick Tucker and guitarist Frank Torpey (later replaced by Mick Stewart and, subsequently, by Andy Scott). 5 October 1945, Hamilton, Scotland) played together in Wainwright's Gentlemen, a small-time club circuit band whose repertoire comprised a mixture of Motown, R&B and psychedelia. The recording was produced by Phil Wainman. Formed in the U.K. in 1968, the original lineup featured vocalist Brian Connolly, bassist/vocalist Steve Priest, drummer Mick Tucker and guitarist Frank Torpey (later replaced by Mick Stewart and, subsequently, by Andy Scott).