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Old 12-04-2011, 12:43 AM
 
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Songs by artists who would later become famous in styles of music different from the style they became famous in.


Ronnie James Dio:


Ronnie Dio & The Prophets LOVE PAINS 1962 - YouTube

Debbie Harry:


Debbie Harry - Djini Judy (1968) - YouTube

Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Anderson of ABBA:


The Hep Stars - Surfin bird / Tallahassee Lassie (Live) - YouTube

There have to be many others....
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Old 12-04-2011, 12:46 AM
 
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One of my favs! The Blues just got some balls!!

AC/DC - Show Business - YouTube
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Old 12-04-2011, 02:47 AM
 
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As a kid I knew "Chicago" as a pleasant, if maybe a tad sappy, Pop-Rock band who did songs like "You're the Inspiration" and "Hard to Say I'm Sorry." However later I later I learned they started as a jazzy/bluesy group called "The Chicago Transit Authority." Apparently a fairly rollicking one too. (Not a great example as I think they were known in those days, not exactly "before they were famous.")


Chicago - I´m a man - YouTube
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Old 12-04-2011, 09:26 AM
 
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There is stuff on YouTube, before GaGa hit big, she played under her real name, no outlandish outfits, sitting at a Piano, very folky/country-ish, in the lower Mahattan bars
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Old 12-04-2011, 02:20 PM
 
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Only Benny was in Hep Stars.
Here is Björn:

Hootenanny Singers (Björn/ABBA) - Brittisk ballad (Taube) - YouTube
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Old 12-04-2011, 04:41 PM
 
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Lemmy from Motorhead played guitar for a couple of years.


the rockin' vickers- stay by me - YouTube
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Old 12-04-2011, 05:40 PM
 
Location: Houston, texas
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Kenny Rogers and The First Edition did this

Just Dropped In - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - YouTube

Before this

Lucille (cover hi-fi) - Kenny Rogers - YouTube
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Old 12-04-2011, 05:40 PM
 
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Go Now! by The Moody Blues with lyrics - YouTube

much different sound then there future mega songs most people I know were surprised to hear this was the Moodies
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Old 12-04-2011, 05:57 PM
 
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Pat Benetar got her start in a off broadway musical written by Harry Chapin in 1975

The Believer - Interview with Pat Benatar
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Old 12-04-2011, 09:31 PM
 
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Jimmy Page 1957 - YouTube


Frank Zappa's Bicycle Debut - YouTube


bee gees wine and women 1964 - YouTube

Bee Gees - Please, Please Me (1963) - YouTube
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