Top 40 bands named after a member who wasn't lead singer

[jlthorpe]

Van Halen
Mike and the Mechanics (lead singer Paul Young)
J. Geils Band (lead singer Peter Wolf)

[johnnywest]

The Alan Parsons Project I think.

[slf]

Manfred Mann (lead singers Paul Jones and Mike D'Abo)
Manfred Mann's Earth Band (lead singers Mick Rogers and the better-known Chris Thompson)
The Dave Clark Five (lead singer the late Mike Smith;RIP)

[wppcproductions]

Would Fleetwood Mac fall into this category .Mick Fleetwood as drummer.John McVie as bass player.

Stevie Nicks as lead singer,Lindsey Buckingham on Guitar and lead and now returning Christine McVie on Keyboards and lead.

I love these guys.They and stevie is my all time favorites .

Great hearing Casey counting down their tunes along with the solo work over the years.

[mstgator]

Kool and the Gang (Robert "Kool" Bell was a bassist; they had their biggest success with James Taylor on lead, although Bell contributed vocals on their pre-JT funk hits when they didn't really have a lead singer)

[mga707]

Elvin Bishop Group--Mickey Thomas, later of Starship, sang lead on their big hit "Fooled Around and Fell In Love" in 1976.

[mga707]

Surprised Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes haven't been named yet. Lead singer, the late Teddy Pendergrass.

[mkarns]

Santana? Carlos doesn't sing .

[carrie]

Dave Clark Five
Spencer Davis Group

[pb]

Jun 24, 2014 20:49:22 GMT -5 mkarns said:

Santana? Carlos doesn't sing .

Occasionally he does (I think he may have helped sing "Evil Ways" and he sang "Everything's Coming Our Way" which gets some Classic Rock play).

Another one is Edgar Winter Group. Edgar sang sometimes but I believe Dan Hartman sang "Free Ride" and "River's Rising," two of their three top 40 hits (the other was the instrumental "Frankenstein").

[davewollenberg]

Paul Carrack ALSO sang lead in the Mechanics. 'Silent running' and, 'The living years', were his leads.

[johnnywest]

Giuffria