Sweet (band)

Sweet (referred to as "The Sweet" on one album) were a popular British rock group of the 1970s.

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British - 1970s

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Although Sweet were largely known for their Glam Rock image and several teenage anthem top 40 singles, they also released several albums throughout a 10 year career. At their peak in the 1970s, Sweet had sold 50 million singles and albums worldwide, including four top 10 hits in the United States. The extent of Sweet's domination of the charts in Europe resulted in eight number 1 singles in Germany with pop oriented tunes as "Co Co", "Little Willy", and "Wig Wam Bam". Sweet's success continued with more rock oriented tunes such as "Blockbuster", "Hellraiser", "Ballroom Blitz", "Teenage Rampage", and "Fox On The Run". Worldwide, Sweet achieved 16 consecutive top 40 hit singles during 1971-1978.

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Glam Rock - United States

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The classic Sweet line-up consisted of vocalist Brian Connolly, drummer Mick Tucker, bassist Steve Priest, and guitarist Andy Scott. Sweet are perhaps best remembered for their glam stage clothing - glitter, platform boots, chain mail shirts, and makeup - practically defining the camp extreme of the glam rock look. Scott would later say it only happened because they needed an excuse to meet Top of the Pops dancers Pan's People and reasoned that going to the make-up room was a good method of doing so.

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Brian Connolly - Mick Tucker - Steve Priest - Andy Scott - Glam rock - Top of the Pops - Pan's People - Make-up

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