Big Hits Not Sung By The Lead Singer

Sometimes a band has a huge hit with a song that wasn’t sung by the lead singer.  And every now and then one of those songs becomes a huge hit.  Here’s a list of 9 classic examples:

1.  “We’re An American Band”Grand Funk Railroad, 1973 . . . sung by drummer Don Brewer.

2.  “Take It to the Limit”The Eagles, 1975 . . . sung by original bassist Randy Meisner.

3.  “Beth”KISS, 1976 . . . sung by drummer Peter Criss.

4.  “Don’t Fear the Reaper”Blue Oyster Cult, 1976 . . . sung by guitarist Buck Dharma.  (Technically all five members of BOC sang.  And while Eric Bloom was their most frequent lead singer, Buck sang a lot of tracks, including their three best-known songs, “Reaper”, “Burnin’ For You” and “Godzilla”.)

5.  “Tempted”Squeeze, 1980 . . . sung by keyboardist Paul Carrack, who was only with the band for ONE ALBUM.

6.  “Africa”Toto, 1983 . . . sung by keyboardist David Paich.

7.  “Sister Christian”Night Ranger, 1984 . . . sung by drummer Kelly Keagy, who wrote it for his younger sister.

8.  “These Dreams”Heart, 1986 . . . sung by guitarist Nancy Wilson.

9.  “Happy”The Rolling Stones, 1972 . . . sung by Keith Richards, who generally takes the vocals on one song per album, and this is one that became a hit.

Source: Rollingstone.com