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10 Songs that feature a different vocalist to usual


This list was prompted by a question on University Challenge recently

  1. The Kinks, "Death of a Clown" (1967) Dave Davies not brother Ray
  2. Canned Heat, "Going Up the Country" (1968) Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson not Bob "The Bear" Hite
  3. Marshall Tucker Band, "Can't You See" (1973) Toy Caldwell not Doug Gray
  4. The Eagles, "Take It to the Limit" (1975) Bassist Randy Meisner not Glenn Frey
  5. Blue Oyster Cult, "(Don't Fear) the Reaper" (1976) Buck Dharma not Eric Bloom
  6. Police, "On Any Other Day" (1979) Stewart Copeland not Sting
  7. ABBA Does your mother know? (1979) Björn Ulvaeus not Agnetha Fältskog or Anni-Frid Lyngstad
  8. Toto, "Africa" (1983) David Paich not Bobby Kimball or Steve Lukather
  9. U2 "Numb" (1993) The Edge not Bono
  10. Oasis, "Don't Look Back in Anger" (1996) Noel Gallagher not brother Liam
(There are lots of Queen contenders but no obvious one. I toyed with including Ringo Starr singing With a little help from my friends. May be Happy Nightmare on the first Focus album where Martiin Dresden sings could be added but that's pretty obscure)

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