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Do you ever wonder?

Do you ever wonder why some artists (individuals or groups) attain success through critical acclaim and/or record (cd) sales?

Here is my list of those who have made it in the recording/entertainment industries and is completely puzzling to me.

Please list your own; it's irrelevant what you think of mine.

OK, here you go (in no particular order):

Sheryl Crow
Norah Jones
Michael Bolton
Celine Dion
Joe Cocker
Manhattan Transfer
Boston
Rickie Lee Jones
Pink
Phil Collins

That's enough to get started; show me what you got.
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jhugg9
9 posts
 
The first three are in order. The rest are a tie.

1 John Lennon solo
2 Paul McCartney solo
3 The Eagles

Kansas,Styx,Bruce Springsteen(everything after Darkness on the Edge of Town), Phil Collins, Billy Joel, Elton(everything after Yellow Brick Road) Rod Stewart (most everything after Every Picture) J Tull (everything after Minstrel in the Gallery), The Who (most everything after K Moon died), and finally, The Stones, (eveything after Tatoo You).
mnnc
175 posts
 
Geez...I could go on and on however...to add to short list
Pink
Beyonce
Van Hagar
Bob Segar
Liberace
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lokie
528 posts
 
Jhugg9- You nailed it.
byegolly
140 posts
 
Rod Stewart. What was that "if u think i'm sexy just reach out and touch me blah blah dreck that he moved into? He may have a LA mansion full of gold and satin do-dahs, but that dude sold out big time.
chashmal
605 posts
 
What about Wynton Marsalis, the revisionist fraud who made a career off of the supposition that innovation was dead and the 'art of jazz' should be about copying the past? He is not a traditionalist. A traditionalist works in a tradition which is based on INVENTION. He invents nothing. He merely gives echoes of bygone sounds.
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