pop-rock band<\/a> took home two Grammy Awards for the tune, including Best Arrangement for Voices and Best New Artist. They beat Boston, for crying out loud!\u00a0<\/p>\nDespite releasing several singles and albums throughout the rest of the 1970s, they totally disappeared from the US Top 40. They\u2019ve since reunited on and off again, but it\u2019ll always be crazy to me that they fizzled out so quickly after delivering one of the best tunes of the 70s.<\/p>\n
Rickie Lee Jones<\/p>\n
This rock-meets-R&B talent really deserved more hits than she got. Jones\u2019 debut single, the 1979 tune \u201cChuck E.\u2019s In Love\u201d, was a No. 4 hit on the Hot 100 chart and also made it to the Top 20 in the UK and Australia. It was pop-jazz radio fodder, and by far Jones\u2019 most successful song. Unfortunately, none of her follow-up singles did nearly as well. The follow-up \u201cYoung Blood\u201d barely made it to No. 40. To mainstream listeners, Jones had disappeared. But she didn\u2019t actually disappear. Jones continues to make sorely underrated music across rock, pop, R&B, and jazz today, her last release being the 2023 jazz record Pieces Of Treasure.<\/p>\n
Looking Glass<\/p>\n
Remember the soft rock hit \u201cBrandy (You\u2019re A Fine Girl)\u201d from 1972? Looking Glass had quite a hit on their hands with this jam, as it topped the Hot 100 that year and did similarly well across other charts. And yet, after that debut hit, the band never made it to the Top 30 on that chart again. The 1973 song \u201cJimmy Loves Mary-Anne\u201d did fairly well at No. 33, but the band didn\u2019t hit the charts at all with the follow-up \u201cSweet Somethin\u2019\u201d, and they called it quits in 1975.<\/p>\n
Thankfully, this entry on our list of 1970s rock bands that disappeared didn\u2019t disappear for good. In 2003, OG member Elliot Lurie revived the band with new members.<\/p>\n
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