The Guess Who is a Canadian rock band formed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1958. The band found their greatest success from 1969 to 1972, with hit songs including "American Woman", "These Eyes", "No Time", "No Sugar Tonight", "Laughing", and "Share the Land".
members: Jim Kale
formed in: Winnipeg
labels: Scepter Records, Buddah Records, Quality Records, RCA Records, Sundazed Music
genres: jazz fusion, blues rock, classic rock, rock music, psychedelic rock, garage rock, hard rock, folk rock
awards: Juno Award for Group of the Year, Juno Award for Group of the Year, Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Canada's Walk of Fame, Governor General's Performing Arts Award
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Keyboardist Bob Ashley left the band in January 1966 because of the rigors of touring. He was replaced by 18-year-old Burton Cummings (formerly of Winnipeg group the Deverons) who also took on lead vocal duties in conjunction with Chad Allan as the band formally renamed itself as the Guess Who? (The question mark would be dropped later.) Just a few months later, Allan departed; he returned to college and then became a media personality with the CBC. This left Cummings as the sole lead singer. After Allan's departure in 1966, guitarist Bruce Decker, a former bandmate of Cummings in the Deverons, joined for a few months.
Former bassist Jim Kale, who left the band in 1972, approached Cummings for permission to use the Guess Who name for a single reunion concert promoted by the CBC in 1978. While he was granted permission to use the name for the concert, Kale went beyond what was allowed and instead used the name for a new lineup that gigged regularly. This group released two albums under the Guess Who name in 1978 and 1981, with Kale, Donnie McDougall and Kurt Winter as the "classic" members present.
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"No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature" is a medley by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. It was released on their 1970 album American Woman, and was released on the B-side of the "American Woman" single without the "New Mother Nature" section.
The single was officially released as "American Woman/No Sugar Tonight" and peaked at #1 on the RPM magazine charts and #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, for three weeks on both charts. In Cash Box, which at the time ranked sides of singles independently, "No Sugar Tonight" reached #39.
"No Sugar Tonight" was covered by The Shirelles on their Happy and in Love album released in 1971, and by Bang on their Mother/Bow to the King album (Capitol Records, SMAS-11110) released in 1972. Capitol subsequently released the song as a single (cat# 3474), but it failed to chart. Widespread Panic included covers of the song on their live albums Live at The Classic Center and Live at The Tabernacle.