TOP TEN: The Best Songs Of Sweet RETRO
On June 4th the 3rd member of the Glam Rock Band Sweet Steve Priest passed away. In dedication to his group and their music I put together my favorite 10 songs of this band that were especially huge in the early mid70s. They were formed in 1968 with singer and lead vocalist Brian Connolly, drummer Mike Tucker and bassist Steve Priest. In 1970 guitarrist Andy Scott joined the formation and completed the group. Only Andy Scott is still alive, Connolly passed in 1997 and Tucker died in 2002. Their first chart success came in 1971 when the reissue of their single Funny Funny reached the Top 20 in the UK Single Charts but became a huge hit across the mainland of Europe with, 1 s in Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands. Their next single CoCo reached, 2 in the UK and topped the chart in Germany (they had a total of 8, 1 singles in Germany alone). In November that year they released their debut album Funny How Sweet CoCo Can Be The next years they had
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