# Vocalists Who Sang Lead on Big Hits With Different Groups

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 2, 2006, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalists-who-sang-lead-on-big-hits-with-different-groups/355063 "2006-05-02T04:47:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalists-who-sang-lead-on-big-hits-with-different-groups/355063/41 "2006-05-03T04:04:21Z")

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No Billboard hits, but legendary nonetheless:  
**Ronnie James Dio** (Elf / Rainbow / Black Sabbath / Dio)

> [@cstamets](#):
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> …but can’t recall if Shaw sang with Styx and don’t believe Nugent sang with the Amboy Dukes…

Tommy Shaw, yes – “Crystal Ball”, “Fooling Yourself”, “Blue Collar Man”, “Too Much Time On My Hands”, etc.

Nugent? Dunno…don’t think he ever sang lead until “Cat Scratch Fever”

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**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalists-who-sang-lead-on-big-hits-with-different-groups/355063/42 "2006-05-03T04:08:51Z")

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> [@cstamets](#):
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> … but can’t recall if Shaw sang with Styx …

Definitely: “Too Much Time On My Hands”, “Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)”, “Renegade”, a couple of other big ones.

-A recovering Styx fan

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**Author:** ![Cordial\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cordial\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cordial_Jim)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalists-who-sang-lead-on-big-hits-with-different-groups/355063/43 "2006-05-03T14:13:43Z")

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> [@An Arky](#):
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> Plus, he had a solo hit, _Shakedown Cruise_.

And he had an even bigger hit with _Thunder Island_, the best damn '70s pop song you will ever hear! 😉

Plus, he did the soundtrack for **Tremors II: Aftershocks** (among others). Two hits, with two different bands, solo hits, and soundtrack composer. That’s a home run right there.

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