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* CoveredUp: They reached #3 with "Some Kind of Wonderful", originally recorded in 1967 by the New York {{Soul}} band Soul Brothers Six. The Soul Brothers Six version wasn't a huge hit nationally (it only got to #91 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and didn't even make the R&B chart), but it was massively popular in Grand Funk's homebase of Detroit.
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** Also their CoveredUp version of "Some Kind of Wonderful" qualifies.
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* CriticalDissonance: At their peak, they drew huge crowds and enjoyed platinum-selling albums, but the music press hated them.
* SignatureSong: "We're An American Band", which supposedly arose from an argument the band had at a bar with British group Humble Pie over the merits of British versus American rock. Grand Funk drummer Don Brewer stood up and after bragging about American rock heroes such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley, proudly announced, "We're an American band!", although Brewer says "it never happened".
* SignatureSong: "We're An American Band", which supposedly arose from an argument the band had at a bar with British group Humble Pie over the merits of British versus American rock. Grand Funk drummer Don Brewer stood up and after bragging about American rock heroes such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley, proudly announced, "We're an American band!", although Brewer says "it never happened".
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* CriticalDissonance: They were the Music/{{Nickelback}} of TheSeventies. At their peak, they were one of the biggest rock bands of the decade as they drew huge crowds and crowds, enjoyed platinum-selling albums, and sold out stadiums, but the music press hated them.
them and saw them as a symbol of everything wrong with contemporary American rock music.
* SignatureSong: "We're An American Band", which supposedly arose from an argument the band had at a bar with British group Humble Pie over the merits of British versus American rock. Grand Funk drummer Don Brewer stood up and after bragging about American rock heroes such asJerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Music/JerryLeeLewis, Music/FatsDomino, Music/LittleRichard, and Elvis Presley, Music/ElvisPresley, proudly announced, "We're an American band!", although Brewer says "it never happened".happened".
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* SignatureSong: "We're An American Band", which supposedly arose from an argument the band had at a bar with British group Humble Pie over the merits of British versus American rock. Grand Funk drummer Don Brewer stood up and after bragging about American rock heroes such as
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* SignatureSong: "We're An American Band", which supposedly arose from an argumentargument the band had at a bar with British group Humble Pie over the merits of British versus American rock. Grand Funk drummer Don Brewer stood up and after bragging about American rock heroes such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley, proudly announced, "We're an American band!", although Brewer says "it never happened".
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* DeaderThanDisco: Between 1970 and 1974 they were one of the biggest bands in America, ranking alongside Music/LedZeppelin, Music/BadCompany and Music/TheWho as a top live draw. Since breaking up, they haven't maintained the same reputation and popularity of any of those groups.
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* DeaderThanDisco: Betwee 1970 and 1974 they were one of the biggest bands in America, ranking alongside Music/LedZeppelin, Music/BadCompany and Music/TheWho as a top live draw. Since breaking up, they haven't maintained the same reputation and popularity of any of those groups.
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* DeaderThanDisco: Betwee Between 1970 and 1974 they were one of the biggest bands in America, ranking alongside Music/LedZeppelin, Music/BadCompany and Music/TheWho as a top live draw. Since breaking up, they haven't maintained the same reputation and popularity of any of those groups.
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* SignatureSong: "We're An American Band", which supposedly arose from an argument
