The Guess Who are a Canadian
rock
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band, originating as Chad Allan and the Reflections in 1962, and adopting the name The Guess Who in 1965. Formed as a
garage rock
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band,
their best-known works are in the
pop rock and
psychedelic rock
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genres.
They were most successful from 1968 to 1975, under the leadership of singer/keyboardist
Burton Cummings
Burton Lorne Cummings (born December 31, 1947) is a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for leading The Guess Who during that band's most successful period from 1965 to 1975, and for a lengthy solo career.
Cummings has ...
. During that period they released eleven studio albums, all of which reached the charts in Canada and the United States; their 1970 album ''
American Woman
"American Woman" is a song by Canadian rock band the Guess Who, released January 1970, from the album of the same name. It was later released in March 1970 as a single backed with "No Sugar Tonight", and it reached number one for three weeks ...
'' reached no. 1 in Canada and no. 9 in the United States, and five other albums reached the top ten in Canada. They also achieved five number one singles in Canada and two in the United States.
Studio albums
Credited to "Chad Allan & the Expressions (Guess Who?)"
(both names shown on the album cover)
(no RPM Top Album charts until 1967)
As The Guess Who?
As The Guess Who
Post Burton Cummings–era albums credited to The Guess Who
Live albums
Compilation albums
Singles
Note that almost all of the band's early tracks, originally issued by "Chad Allan and the Reflections", "Bob Ashley and the Reflections" or "Chad Allan and the Original Reflections", were later re-issued on albums that were jointly credited to "Chad Allan & the Expressions"/"Guess Who?" (i.e. both group names appeared on the album cover).
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Discography
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