This week, the week of March 7-11, 2016, we will be looking at songs from solo artists after they left their own groups.
We call it: "Splitsville"
March 8, 2016
This week marks the 46th anniversary of Diana Ross performing as a solo artist for the first time. So let's look at those brave souls who stepped out of the comfort of a group and struck out on their own!
I strongly debated this entry with the staff behind the blog (me).
Technically this single was released BEFORE the group he founded broke up. However given the inevitability of the group dissolving I felt it was fit this week's theme in the end.
Released on July 26, 1969 and reaching #14 on the Hot 100, "Give Peace a Chance" was the first solo single by a member of the Beatles.
There is some debate on *when* the Beatles actually split though. Was in December, 1970 when Paul McCartney filed a lawsuit? Or in March, 1971 when the suit was finally resolved? Or in 1975 when the last of the legal ends had been tied up?
In April, 1971 Ringo Starr released "It Don't Come Easy". George Harrison went to #1 with "My Sweet Lord" on December 26, 1970.
~ Glenn
I strongly debated this entry with the staff behind the blog (me).
Technically this single was released BEFORE the group he founded broke up. However given the inevitability of the group dissolving I felt it was fit this week's theme in the end.
Released on July 26, 1969 and reaching #14 on the Hot 100, "Give Peace a Chance" was the first solo single by a member of the Beatles.
There is some debate on *when* the Beatles actually split though. Was in December, 1970 when Paul McCartney filed a lawsuit? Or in March, 1971 when the suit was finally resolved? Or in 1975 when the last of the legal ends had been tied up?
In April, 1971 Ringo Starr released "It Don't Come Easy". George Harrison went to #1 with "My Sweet Lord" on December 26, 1970.
~ Glenn
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