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Badfinger

684,567 plays (103,204 listeners)

Badfinger were a rock/pop (or "power pop") band formed in Swansea, Wales in 1965. During the early 1970s the band was touted as the heir apparent to The Beatles in part because of their close working relationship with the "Fab Four." Badfinger's meteoric rise and demise became a cautionary tale for the rock music industry.

REO Speedwagon

1,863,075 plays (269,597 listeners)

REO Speedwagon is an American rock band that grew in popularity in the Midwestern United States during the 1970s and peaked in the early 1980s as one of America’s most popular arena rock bands at this time.

Big Star

2,223,800 plays (148,147 listeners)

Big Star was an American rock and roll band of the early 1970s whose work is often cited as a prime example of power pop. Drawing upon pop music traditions — especially The Beatles, The Byrds, The Kinks, The Zombies, Badfinger, The Who, Todd Rundgren, Moby Grape, The Beach Boys and Free — Big Star's music was lyrical, powerful, and at times melancholic pop for the post-1960s generation.

Foghat

1,010,879 plays (174,720 listeners)

In the late 1960’s Roger Earl & Lonesome Dave Peverett first toured America as members of the seminal British band Savoy Brown .

The Raspberries

151,134 plays (21,040 listeners)

The Raspberries were a rock and roll band from Cleveland, Ohio. They had a brief run of success in the 1970s, but are considered highly influential in the power pop genre .

Sammy Hagar

530,335 plays (81,209 listeners)

Sammy Hagar, popular in the early- mid 1980's for fast paced, guitar-driven, hard pop-rock with a masculine, lets-go-party attitude, joined the band Van Halen as lead vocalist after David Lee Roth's departure from the group. (Before joining Van Halen he sang lead vocals in Ronnie Montrose's classic rock band Montrose.

Night Ranger

551,643 plays (98,906 listeners)

Night Ranger is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California in the early 80's. A band that epitomized the mega-selling, big hair, soft metal sound, Night Ranger took a break at the end of that decade but reunited in 1996 and they continue to perform in various guises.

The Knack

785,571 plays (154,307 listeners)

There have been several bands with this name. 1. The Knack are a Los Angeles-based rock band, via Detroit, that rose to fame with their first single, "My Sharona", an international hit in 1979.