In 1964 in Tampa, Florida, the band, The Tropics, emerged by Buddy Pendergrass along with Wayne Guida, Ronnie Ferer, and Spencer Hinkle. Not long after, the Tropics began to perform all over Florida and the Southeastern US where they toured alongside The Who, The Young Rascals, Herman's Hermits, and Heinz Heinz & Dad. In 1966 they won the International Battle of the Bands, signed a recording contract with Columbia Records, and quickly became the top pop rock-band in the Southeastern.
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White Witch
American rock band
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Steve Smith
American drummer
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Atlanta Rhythm Section
American band
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The Groupies
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The Daybreakers
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The Allman Joys
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Nick Curran
American musician
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Henry Paul
American musician
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Buddy Miles
American rock and funk drummer
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Buddy Rich
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Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
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The Rascals
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Victor Feldman
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The Vagrants
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Buddy Jewell
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The Crickets
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The Outcasts
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Ronnie Van Zant
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The Dearly Beloved
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The Outsiders
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Buddy Morrow
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The Shag
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Artimus Pyle
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Buddy Lucas
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Kenney Jones
drummer
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The Smugglers
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Charlie Watts
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MFSB
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The Bruthers
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Deja Voodoo
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Ronnie Montrose
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The Knickerbockers
American rock band, formed in Bergenfield, New Jersey, in 1964
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The Honeydrippers
British rock band
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Sugarloaf
band
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Ronnie Dawson
American musician
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Jim Dickinson
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Stabilizers
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The Bad Seeds
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Ronnie James Dio
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Odie Payne
American Chicago blues drummer
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Mitch Mitchell
English drummer (1946-2008)