The Guess Who are a Canadian rock band, formed in Winnipeg in 1965. Initially gaining recognition in Canada, the group found international success from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s with many hit singles, including "No Time", "American Woman", "Laughing", "These Eyes", "Undun" and "Share the Land". The band have continued to perform and record to the present day, and at various times have included many well-known musicians, including Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman (of Bachman–Turner Overdrive). Formed as a garage rock band,[1] their musical style encompassed the pop rock[2] and psychedelic rock[3] genres.
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.)
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | B-Side | | Canada | Australia | UK Singles Chart[4] | U.S. |
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| 1962 | Chad Allan and the Reflections:
"I Just Didn't Have the Heart"
(Chad Allan) | - | - | - | - | Non-LP single | "Back and Forth" |
| 1962 | Chad Allan and the Reflections:
"Tribute to Buddy Holly"
(Geoff Goddard) | - | - | - | - | Non-LP single | "Back and Forth" |
| 1963 | Chad Allan and the Reflections:
"Shy Guy"
(Chad Allan) | - | - | - | - | Shakin' All Over |
Bob Ashley and the Reflections:
"Inside Out"
(Allan) | - | - | - | - | Hey Ho (What You Do to Me!) |
| 1964 | Chad Allan and the Original Reflections:
"Stop Teasing Me"
(Randy Bachman) | - | - | - | - | Shakin' All Over /
Hey Ho, What You Do to Me | "Shot of Rhythm 'N Blues" |
| 1965 | "Shakin' All Over"
(Johnny Kidd) | 1 | 27 | - | 22 | Shakin' All Over | "Till We Kissed" |
"Tossin' and Turnin'"
(Richie Adams/Malou Rene) | 3 | - | - | - | "I Want You to Love Me" |
"Hey Ho, What You Do to Me"
(Jo Armstead/Nickolas Ashford/Valerie Simpson) | 3 | - | - | 125 | Hey Ho, What You Do to Me | "Goodnight, Goodnight" |
| 1966 | "Hurting Each Other"
(Gary Geld/Peter Udell) | 19 | - | - | - | "Baby's Birthday" |
"Believe Me"
(Bachman) | 10 | - | - | - | It's Time | "Baby Feelin'" |
"Clock on the Wall"
(Bachman) | 16 | - | - | - | "One Day" |
"And She's Mine"
(Bachman) | 32 | - | - | - | "All Right" |
| 1967 | "His Girl"
(Johnny Cowell) | 19 | - | 45 | - | Non-LP singles,
later collected on
numerous compilations | "It's My Pride" |
"Pretty Blue Eyes"
(Teddy Randazzo/Robert Wilding) | 48 | - | - | - |
"This Time Long Ago"
(Jerry Langley/Jimmy Stewart) | 30 | - | - | - | "There's No Getting Away From You" |
"Flying on the Ground is Wrong"
(Neil Young) | 36 | - | - | - | "If You Don't Want Me" |
| 1968 | "When Friends Fall Out"
(Bachman/Burton Cummings) | 75 | - | - | - | "Guess Who Blues" |
"Of a Dropping Pin"
(Bachman/Cummings) | 97 | - | - | - | Canned Wheat | "Mr. Nothin'" |
| 1969 | "These Eyes"
(Bachman/Cummings) | 7 | 100 | - | 6 | Wheatfield Soul | "Lightfoot" |
"Laughing"
(Bachman/Cummings) | 1 | - | - | 10 | Canned Wheat | "Undun" |
"Undun"
(Bachman) | 21 | 73 | - | 22 | "Laughing" (A-Side) |
"No Time"
(Bachman/Cummings) | 1 | 43 | - | 5 | American Woman | "Proper Stranger" |
| 1970 | "American Woman"
(Bachman/Cummings/Garry Peterson/Jim Kale) | 1 | 43 | 19 | 1 | "No Sugar Tonight" |
"No Sugar Tonight"
(Bachman) | 1 | - | 19 | 1 | "American Woman" (A-Side) |
"Hand Me Down World"
(Kurt Winter) | 10 | 65 | - | 17 | Share the Land | "Runnin' Down the Street" |
"Share the Land"
(Cummings) | 2 | 63 | - | 10 | "Bus Rider" |
| 1971 | "Bus Rider"
(Winter) | - | 63 | - | - | "Share the Land" (A-Side) |
"Hang on to Your Life"
(Cummings/Winter) | 5 | - | - | 43 | "Do You Miss Me Darlin'" |
"Proper Stranger"
(Bachman/Cummings)
(Australian release only) | - | 85 | - | - | American Woman | "No Time" (A-Side) |
"Albert Flasher"
(Cummings) | 13 | 28 | - | 29 | Non-LP single | "Broken" |
"Broken"
(Cummings/Winter) | 15 | - | - | 55 | "Albert Flasher" (A-Side) |
"Rain Dance"
(Cummings/Winter) | 3 | 55 | - | 19 | So Long, Bannatyne | "One Divided" |
"Sour Suite"
(Cummings) | 12 | - | - | 50 | "Life in the Bloodstream" |
| 1972 | "Life in the Bloodstream"
(Cummings/Winter) | 39 | - | - | - | "Sour Suite" (A-Side) |
"Heartbroken Bopper"
(Cummings/Winter) | 12 | 83 | - | 47 | Rockin' | "Arrivederci Girl" |
"Guns, Guns, Guns"
(Cummings) | 58 | - | - | 70 | "Heaven Only Moved Once Yesterday" |
"Runnin' Back to Saskatoon"
(Cummings/Winter) | 9 | - | - | 96 | Live at the Paramount | "New Mother Nature" |
| 1973 | "Follow Your Daughter Home"
(Cummings/Donnie McDougall/Peterson/Bill Wallace/Winter) | 20 | - | - | 61 | Artificial Paradise | "Bye Bye Babe" |
"Orly"
(Cummings) | 21 | - | - | - | "The Watcher" |
"Glamour Boy"
(Cummings) | 14 | - | - | - | #10 | "Lie Down" |
| 1974 | "Star Baby"
(Cummings) | 9 | 95 | - | 39 | Road Food | "Musicione" |
"Clap for the Wolfman"
(Cummings/Wallace/Winter) | 4 | 39 | - | 6 | "Road Food" |
| 1975 | "Dancin' Fool"
(Cummings/Domenic Troiano) | 14 | 85 | - | 28 | Flavours | "Seems Like I Can't Live With You,
But I Can't Live Without You" |
"Loves Me Like a Brother"
(Cummings/Troiano) | 21 | - | - | - | "Hoe Down Time" |
"Seems Like I Can't Live With You,
But I Can't Live Without You"
(Cummings/Troiano) | 81 | - | - | - | "Dancin' Fool" (A-Side) |
"Rosanne"
(Cummings/Troiano) | 58 | - | - | 105 | Power in the Music | "Dreams" |
"When the Band Was Singin' 'Shakin' All Over'"
(Cummings/Troiano) | - | - | - | 102 | "Women" |
| 1976 | "Silver Bird"
(Bachman/Cummings) | 63 | - | - | - | The Way They Were | "Runnin' Down the Street" |
| 1979 | "Sweet Young Thing"
(Kale/Vince Masters/McDougall/Winter) | - | - | - | - | Guess Who's Back/
All This For A Song | "It's Getting Pretty Bad" |
"C'mon Little Mama"
(Kale/Masters/McDougall/Winter) | - | - | - | - | "Moon Wave Maker" |
| 1981 | "Magic"
(writer not listed) | - | - | - | - | Now and Not Then | "All Over Now" |
| 1984 | "Let's Watch The Sun Go Down"
(Kale) | - | - | - | - | Together Again | "These Eyes" (live version) |
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