While a great many rock bands follow in the mold of Mick Jagger & the Rolling Stones or Freddie Mercury & Queen where one member primarily handles the lead vocals, some of rock’s most successful acts actually feature multiple lead singers.
(Yes, we know Keith Richards racked up a lead vocal or two – same with Benjamin Orr in the Cars, but Mick and Rick Ocasek handled more than 90% of the lead vocal duties for their respective groups.)
Here’s a list of successful groups that shared lead vocal duty. Who have we missed?
- ABBA
- Association
- Beach Boys
- Beatles
- Bee Gees
- Buffalo Springfield
- Cream
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- Eagles
- Fleetwood Mac
- Grateful Dead
- Jefferson Airplane/Starship
- Mamas & Papas
- Monkees
- Moody Blues
- Move
- 10CC
- Three Dog Night
- Traveling Wilburys
- Who (While Roger Daltry handled most lead vocals, quite a few songs also feature parts where Pete Townsend takes the lead; plus, each album featured one or two songs where John Entwistle sang lead and, every once and awhile, there was a lead vocal part for Keith Moon.)
