Paul Carrack in Squeeze (“Tempted”) and Mike + the Mechanics (“Silent Running”)
Mickey Thomas in Elvin Bishop and Starship (“Fooled Around and Fell in Love,” “Jane” or “Sara,” respectively)
The transformation of the band into the singer, or, the story of Journey
Journey — Before and after Steve Perry
Doobie Brothers — Before and after Michael McDonald
REO Speedwagon — The departure and triumphant return of Kevin Cronin
British bands with European members
Hawkwind
Motorhead
Lemmy Kilmeister
UFO
Michael Schenker
A singer who can’t sing in duet with a singer who can
Finally Found Someone Barbra Streisand/Bryan Adams
[add the quote from Gerri Hersey's Nowhere to Run about Sam and Dave]
Leaders of groups leaving to do solo work comparable to, or as good as, their original group
Joe Walsh, James Gang
Ian Hunter, Mott the Hoople
Nils Lofgren, Grin
Groups with tough-sounding names and wimpy music or vice versa
Sit Down I Think I Love You The Mojo Men
10,000 Maniacs
Lead singer of the group is someone other than who those casually familiar with the group might think
Carter Family
People probably think Maybelle Carter was lead singer; it was Sara Carter
The Mamas & The Papas
People who've thought about it enough to be aware that there is a male lead singer would probably think it’s John Phillips, but really it’s Denny Doherty
Inaccurately (somewhat) named groups
Soul Children
I don’t think they’re children
Jacques Brel songs in the common parlance
Seasons in the Sun Terry Jacks
Those Were the Days Mary Hopkin
Actually, “Those Were the Days” is by Gene Raskin, but it seems like it should be by Jacques Brel, doesn’t it?
Paul Winter Consort (Icarus)
Seatrain
America
Heavy metal groups with "white" in their name
Whitesnake
Great White
White Lion
White Sister
Band where a (somewhat) bad-voiced singer dominates or gets more play relative to a better-voiced singing member of the group
Canned Heat
Los Lobos
The Outnumbered
Blue Oyster Cult