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Sweet

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New York Connection (2012)	Sweetlife (2002)	Identity Crisis (1982)
Waters Edge (1980)	Cut Above the Rest (1979)	Level Headed (1978)
Level Headed (1978)	Off the Record (1977)	Give Us a Wink (1976)
Strung Up (1975)	Desolation Boulevard (1974)	Sweet Fanny Adams (1974)
The Sweet (1973)	The Sweet (1973)	Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can (1971)

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5 Male

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United Kingdom

Genre
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Hard Rock

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Rock/Pop

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Gritty

Born

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Active
1967 to Present...

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Alternate Name
The Sweet

Most Loved Tracks
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Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
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Sweet - Fox on the Run

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Wig-Wam Bam	Blockbuster	Lies in Your Eyes
Alexander Graham Bell	Hell Raiser	Little Willy
Teenage Rampage	The Sixteens	Fox on the Run

Artist Biography
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Sweet (also referred to as The Sweet) were a British rock band that rose to worldwide fame in the 1970s as a prominent glam rock act, with their most prolific line-up: lead vocalist Brian Connolly, bass player Steve Priest, guitarist Andy Scott, and drummer Mick Tucker.
Sweet were formed in 1967 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 achieved notable 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). Their first self-written and produced single "Fox on the Run" (1975) also reached number two on the UK charts. From 1976 the success started to decline and Sweet had their last Top 10 hit 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 threesome until disbanding in 1981.
Since the mid-1980s, Scott, Connolly and Priest have each played with their own versions of Sweet during different periods of time. Connolly died in 1997, and Tucker died in 2002. The two surviving members are still active in their respective versions of the band; Scott's is based in the United Kingdom and Priest's in the United States.