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The Guess Who is a rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba that was one of the first Canadian groups to establish a major successful following both in their own country as well as abroad. In their late 60s and early 70s heyday, the guys took influence from late period British invasion bands as well as stuck alongside them on the charts. They were notably the first Canadian rock n roll group to have a #1 hit in the United States thanks to the success of 1970's "American Woman". The band evolved out of "Chad Allan and the Expressions" (often shortened to...

Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (1911–1965) was a popular musician and bandleader specialising in performing satirical arrangements of popular songs. Ballads and classical works receiving the Jones treatment would be punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, and ridiculous vocals. Jones was born on the 14th December 1911 in Long Beach, California. He got his nickname by being so thin that he was compared to a railroad spike. At the age of eleven he got his first set of drums. As a teenager he played in bands that he formed himself. A railroad restaurant chef taught him how to use pots and pans,...

Patrick Cairns "Spike" Hughes (19 October 1908 – 2 February 1987) was a British jazz musician, composer and music journalist. He was the son of Irish composer, writer and song collector Herbert Hughes and great grandson of the sculptor Samuel Peploe Wood. Hughes was a multi-dimensional musician, playing the double bass, composing operatic scores, arranging jazz recordings and writing books on topics ranging from gardening to Toscanini's music. Hughes' small recording group was one of the earliest artists signed to Decca Records in England, spanning the period from 1930 to 1933, including over 30 sessions. Originally billed as Spike Hughes...

Guess Why a Polish band was formed in September 1993 in Buk near Poznań by: Przemysław 'Perła' Wejmann (guitar, vocals, lyrics) and Roman 'Kostek' Kostrzewski (drums), both playing in a metal band Repostor at the same time. A few days later two other musicians joined the newly formed band: Paweł 'Paulus' Czubek from Delirium Tremens (bass) and Piotr 'Piciu' Przybylski (keyboards, back-up vocals). For the first two years the band rehearsed and played many concerts alongside various groups throughout the country. This turned out to be an essential period for the whole band, as Guess Why gained their first experiences...