Hits List: Guess Who

Sometimes you will see an artist enjoy immediate success, but that is really the rarity.  The story of the Guess Who is much more common.  They went through several lineup and name changes and seven years of recording before they had a Top 10 hit in the United States.  They finally found the right combination, and thrived with the songwriting team of Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings.  Here is the complete Hits List for the Guess Who:




As Chad Allan & the Reflections:
1962:  "Tribute to Buddy Holly"
1963:  "Shy Guy"
1964:  "Stop Teasing Me"

As Bob Ashley & the Reflections
1963:  "Inside Out"

As the Guess Who:
1965:  "Shakin' All Over" (#22, #1 Canada, #27 Australia)
           "Tossin' and Turnin'" (#3 Canada)
           "Hey Ho, What You Do to Me" (#3 Canada)
1966:  "Hurting Each Other" (#19 Canada)
           "Believe Me" (#10 Canada)
           "Clock on the Wall" (#16 Canada)
           "And She's Mine" (#32 Canada)
1967:  "His Girl" (#45 U.K., #19 Canada)
           "Pretty Blue Eyes" (#48 Canada)
           "This Time Long Ago" (#30 Canada)
           "Flying on the Ground is Wrong" (#36 Canada)
1968:  "When Friends Fall Out" (#75 Canada)
           "Of a Dropping Pin" (#97 Canada)



1969:  "These Eyes" (#6, #7 Canada, #100 Australia)
           "Laughing" (#10, #1 Canada)
           "Undun" (#22, #21 Canada, #73 Australia)--underrated
1970:  "No Time" (#5, #1 Canada, #43 Australia)
           "American Woman" (#1, #19 U.K., #1 Canada, #43 Australia)
           "No Sugar Tonight" (#1, #19 U.K., #1 Canada)
           "Hand Me Down World" (#17, #10 Canada, #65 Australia)--highly underrated
           "Share the Land" (#10, #2 Canada, #63 Australia)
1971:  "Bus Rider" (#63 Australia"
           "Hang on to Your Life" (#43, #5 Canada)
           "Proper Stranger" (#85 Australia)
           "Albert Flasher" (#29, #13 Canada, #28 Australia)
           "Broken (#55, #15 Canada)
           "Rain Dance" (#19, #3 Canada, #55 Australia)--underrated
           "Sour Suite" (#50, #12 Canada)
1972:  "Life in the Bloodstream" (#39 Canada)
           "Heartbroken Bopper" (#47, #12 Canada, #83 Australia)
           "Guns, Guns, Guns" (#70, #58 Canada)
           "Runnin' Back to Saskatoon" (#96, #9 Canada)
1973:  "Follow Your Daughter Home" (#61, #20 Canada)
           "Orly" (#21 Canada)
           "Glamour Boy" (#14 Canada)



1974:  "Star Baby" (#39, #9 Canada, #95 Australia)--underrated
           "Clap for the Wolfman" (#6, #4 Canada, #39 Australia)
1975:  "Dancin' Fool" (#28, #14 Canada, #85 Australia)
           "Loves Me Like a Brother" (#21 Canada)
           "Seems Like I Can't Live With You, But I Can't Live Without You" (#81 Canada)
           "Rosanne"(#58 Canada)
           "When the Band Was Singin' 'Shakin' All Over'"
1976:  "Silver Bird" (#63 Canada)

Canada stuck with their native songs and it paid off.  The Guess Who had 40 hits with 16 of those going Top 10 and three #1's.  In the U.K., the group had 17 hits, with 8 of those Top 10 and two #1's.|