Sweathog (band)

Sweathog (band)

Sweathog was an American rock band.

Group members Lenny Goldsmith and David Leonard Johnson first met in 1967 while Johnson was playing in a group called The Persuaders; after Johnson did a stint with the Beach Boys and Dr. John, he reconvened with Lenny and formed Sweathog along with Barry Frost, who at that time was playing with Lee Michaels and had been in Lenny's band in San Jose. Robert Morris "BJ" Jones played with Johnson in Blue Mountain Eagle and was invited to join Sweathog. In October of 1970, Sweathog became the house band at The Chronicle, a night club in the San Fernando Valley managed by Ed Jordan. Soon after they released two albums on CBS Records in the early 1970s, and are best known for their hit single "Hallelujah", which hit #33 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1971. Sweathog was signed to the Premier Talent Agency and became a top opening act for Black Sabbath, Emerson Lake & Palmer, The J. Geils Band, Edgar Winter's White Trash, Grand Funk Railroad and more.

Band members

*Lenny Lee Goldsmith (vocals, keyboards)
*Robert Morris "B.J." Jones (vocals, guitar)
*David L. Johnson (vocals, bass guitar)
*Barry "Frosty" Frost (drums)

Discography

*"Sweathog" (CBS Records, 1971)
*"Hallelujah" (CBS, 1972)

References

*Joel Whitburn, "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits". 7th edn, 2000
* [http://wm02.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:kpfuxq95ldfe~T5 Sweathog] at Allmusic.com


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Blue Mountain Eagle (band) — Blue Mountain Eagle was a short lived American rock group that evolved out of New Buffalo Springfield in August 1969 and recorded a lone album for Atlantic/Atco Records, which they were personally signed to by label founder Ahmet… …   Wikipedia

  • Welcome Back, Kotter — Sweathog redirects here. For the band, see Sweathog (band). Welcome Back, Kotter Format Sitcom Created by Gabe Kaplan …   Wikipedia

  • Mouse and the Traps — Origin Tyler, Texas Genres Garage rock Years active 1965–1969, 1986 Labels Fraternity Records Bell Records …   Wikipedia

  • James Booker — James Carroll Booker III (December 17, 1939 November 8, 1983) was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, son and grandson of Baptist ministers, both of whom played the piano. He spent most of his childhood on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, where his father …   Wikipedia

  • Lee Michaels — (born Michael Olsen, November 24, 1945, Los Angeles, California) plays the Hammond organ, piano, and guitar (plus vocals), and is best known for his 1971 Top 10 pop hit single, Do You Know What I Mean. Contents 1 Career 2 Album discography …   Wikipedia

  • 1971 in music — Events* February 5 Eric Burdon War disbanding. They never performed togeather again until April 21, 2008 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. * February 8 Bob Dylan s hour long documentary film, Eat the Document , premieres at New York s Academy… …   Wikipedia

  • Englewood, New Jersey — Infobox Settlement official name = City of Englewood, New Jersey settlement type = City nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250x200px map caption = Map highlighting Englewood s location …   Wikipedia

  • The Music People — Infobox Album Name = The Music People Type = Compilation album Artist = Various artists Released = 1972 Recorded = Genre = Rock Length = Label = CBS Records 64950/66315 [It is assumed that these are the US UK serial numbers] Producer = Various… …   Wikipedia

  • Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer — Chuck episode Chuck is forced to win Missile Command …   Wikipedia

  • Karl Ferris — Infobox Artist bgcolour = #6495ED name = Karl Ferris imagesize = caption = birthname = birthdate = 1948 location = Hastings, United Kingdom deathdate = deathplace = nationality = British field = Photography training = movement = works = patrons …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”