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The Milwaukees
The Milwaukees formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the early 1960s with Greg Marquette on vocals and guitar, Bob Peterson on bass, and Gary Martin on drums....
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American Girl
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Breakup Song
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Bullet Train
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Crown Royal
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Highway to the Sun
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Marigold
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Rich & Famous
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The Milwaukees formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the early 1960s with Greg Marquette on vocals and guitar, Bob Peterson on bass, and Gary Martin on drums. Their debut single "American Girl" came out in 1964 and became a hit, built around the kind of vocal harmonies that would define much of their work.
They followed with albums like "Heartbreak Hotel" and "Yesterday's Dreams," mixing pop, rockabilly, and soul touches. Songs like "Breakup Song" and "Marigold" kept to their melodic, harmony-driven approach, drawing from sources like The Everly Brothers and Johnny Cash without sounding like direct copies.
In 1967, Peterson was arrested on a marijuana possession charge, which created some public trouble for the band. He left in the early 1970s to try a solo career, and Marquette and Martin brought in new members to keep going, though their commercial momentum slowed as the decade wore on.
"American Girl" stayed in rotation on oldies stations, and the band's catalog kept a modest following among fans of that early-to-mid-60s harmony rock sound.
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