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Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen

American country rock band

Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen were an American country rock band founded in 1967. The group's leader and co-founder was pianist and vocalist George Frayne IV, alias Commander Cody.

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Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen

what: a band
from: United States
since: 1967
on the air here: 0 songs
still after: 3 songs

File card: Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen

members: Bill Kirchen, Andy Stein, Bobby Black, Ernie Hagar, John Tichy, Bruce Barlow, Lance Dickerson, Billy C. Farlow

formed in: Ann Arbor

labels: Atlantic Records

genres: rock music

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Influenced by the rowdy barroom country of Ernest Tubb and Ray Price, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen's style was built on the foundation of country music, which the band fused with boogie woogie, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, Western swing and jazz, which Classic Rock said resulted in "a counter-cultural twist to the Nashville sound". Relix said that the band "tossed together rockabilly, blues, country, boogie-woogie, Western swing and whatever else came their way." Tinnitist called the band "one of the more interesting bands of the hippie era, fusing county, rockabilly, western swing, jump blues and more into an infectious amalgam that set the table for outfits like NRBQ". All About Jazz described the band's music as...

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American country/western swing band founded in 1967 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with taking the stage name Commander Cody. After playing for several years in local bars, the core members migrated to San Francisco, soon getting a recording contract with . The group released their first album in late 1971, 378722, which yielded its best-known hit, a cover version of the 1955 song 13318502, which reached the top ten on the Billboard singles chart in early 1972. Also known as: Commander Coby & His Lost Planet Airmen, Commander Cody, Commander Cody & His Lost Planet, Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen, Commander Cody & The Lost Planet Airmen From Discogs (free to use). Their entry