Old School Friday: From Band To Solo

For this week's OSF, I chose two artists who took the solo route after they had group success. The first is Len Barry. As the frontman of the Dovells, Barry sang lead on a string of dance craze hits in the early 1960s. Their first and biggest hit (The Bristol Stomp) is clip #1 in the player below. In 1965, Barry had a huge hit with the song 1, 2, 3. However, I decided to go with his 1966 follow-up (Like A Baby) for clip #2.



For artist #2, I selected a guy that I feel is underrated when it comes to vocalists: Philip Bailey. Clip #3 is a 1978 performance of Fantasy, one of the best songs he did as one of the co-lead singers of Earth, Wind & Fire. The last clip is the video to Walking On the Chinese Wall, from his 1984 solo debut album.