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Smokie
Smokie
English rock band
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Paul Gilbert
Paul Gilbert
American musician
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Nicky Chinn
Nicky Chinn
English songwriter and record producer
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Saxon
Saxon
British heavy metal band
4
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
American rock band
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UFO
UFO
English heavy metal and hard rock band
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Mr. Big
Mr. Big
American rock band
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Def Leppard
Def Leppard
British rock band
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38 Special
38 Special
American rock band
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Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy
Irish rock band
10
Space
Space
English band
11
Molly Hatchet
Molly Hatchet
American southern rock/hard rock band
12
Sponge
Sponge
alternative rock band from Detroit
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Racey
Racey
British pop group
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Stryper
Stryper
American band
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Mike Chapman
Mike Chapman
Australian record producer and songwriter
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Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick
American rock band
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Mud
Mud
UK glam rock band
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Screaming Trees
Screaming Trees
band
19
The Turtles
The Turtles
American rock band led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman
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Andy Hurley
Andy Hurley
American musician
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Eurythmics
Eurythmics
British music duo
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Heart
Heart
American rock band
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Lou Reed
Lou Reed
American musician, recording artist, singer-songwriter (1942-2013)
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The Temper Trap
The Temper Trap
Australian band
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SNFU
SNFU
band
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Aerosmith
Aerosmith
American rock band
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Youth Group
Youth Group
band
28
The Police
The Police
English rock band
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Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar
American singer and songwriter
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Graham Bonnet
Graham Bonnet
English vocalist and songwriter
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Wishbone Ash
Wishbone Ash
British rock band
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The Mission
The Mission
English gothic rock band
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Then Jerico
Then Jerico
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Ride
Ride
British shoegazing band
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Blur
Blur
English alternative rock band
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Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night
American band
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Daughtry
Daughtry
American rock band
38
The Alarm
The Alarm
Welsh alternative rock/new wave band
39
The Pretenders
The Pretenders
English-American rock band
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Status Quo
Status Quo
rock band from England
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The Animals
The Animals
English band
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Slade
Slade
British rock band
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Eric Martin
Eric Martin
American musician
44
Yes
Yes
English rock band
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Sloan
Sloan
Canadian rock band
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Bread
Bread
1970s American soft rock band from California

The Sweet, sometimes also shortened to just Sweet, is a British glam rock band that rose to worldwide fame in the 1970s. Their best known line-up consisted of lead vocalist Brian Connolly, bass player Steve Priest, guitarist Andy Scott, and drummer Mick Tucker. The group was originally called The Sweetshop.

The band was formed in London in 1968 and achieved their first hit, "Funny Funny", in 1971 after teaming up with songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman and record producer Phil Wainman. During 1971 and 1972, their musical style followed a marked progression from the Archies-like bubblegum style of "Funny Funny" to a Who-influenced hard rock style supplemented by a striking use of high-pitched backing vocals.

The band first achieved success in the UK charts, with thirteen Top 20 hits during the 1970s alone, with "Block Buster!" (1973) topping the chart, followed by three consecutive number two hits in "Hell Raiser" (1973), "The Ballroom Blitz" (1973) and "Teenage Rampage" (1974). The band turned to a more hard rock style with their mid-career singles, like 1974's "Turn It Down". "Fox on the Run" (1975) also reached number two on the UK charts. These results were topped in West Germany and other countries on the European mainland. They also achieved success and popularity in the US with the top ten hits "Little Willy", "The Ballroom Blitz", "Fox on the Run", and "Love is Like Oxygen".

The Sweet had their last international success in 1978 with "Love Is Like Oxygen". Connolly left the group in 1979 to start a solo career and the remaining members continued as a trio until disbanding in 1981. From the mid-1980s, Scott, Connolly and Priest each played with their own versions of Sweet at different times. Connolly died in 1997, Tucker in 2002 and Priest in 2020. Andy Scott is still active with his version of the band. Sweet have since sold over 35 million albums worldwide.