film RADIO, and also in the swashbuckler SAHARA starring Matthew McConaughey. “We’re an American Band” was featured in the Cuba Gooding Jr. The huge hit was featured in a General Motors national TV ad campaign and in Disney’s animated feature film The Country Bears. The group disbanded again, with Brewer and Frost joining Bob Segers Silver Bullet Band and Farner embarking on a new career as a CCM artist his 'Isnt It Amazing' was a number two. “We’re an American Band” has received notoriety in recent years being used in movie sound tracks and in television/radio advertising. Grand Funk Railroad re-formed in 1981 with Dennis Bellinger on bass and released two albums only Grand Funk Lives even managed to scrape the bottom of the charts. Mega-hits “We’re an American Band”, “I’m Your Captain/Closer to Home”, “Locomotion”, and “Some Kind of Wonderful” still receive continuous airplay on Classic Rock radio. The most recent gold CD award was presented to the band for their greatest hits package Grand Funk Railroad the Collectors Series. The group has now accumulated 13 gold and 10 platinum records with record sales in excess of 25 million copies sold worldwide. Over their career, Grand Funk has had 19 charted singles, 8 Top 40 hits and two Number One singles (“We’re an American Band” and “Locomotion”, both selling more than one million each). The group’s widespread appeal is also evident in its prestigious recording achievements. A 1971 performance at New York’s Shea Stadium sold out faster than the Beatles. Internationally acclaimed Grand Funk has toured the world, selling out in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Japan and South America. I don't have to stay out all night, cause I got me a D F G G A sweet, a sweet lovin' woman and she knows just how to. D I got everything that a man could want. The fact that Grand Funk’s legacy still reigns over the Classic Rock landscape fifty years after its 1969 birth in Flint, Michigan is a testament to the group’s influence and staying power. Some kind of wonderful - Grand Funk Railroad D I don't need a whole lots of money. Known as “The American Band”, the high-energy five-piece group, Grand Funk Railroad, laid the groundwork for such bands as Foreigner, Journey, Van Halen and Bon Jovi with its signature hard driving sound, soulful vocals, muscular instrumentation and forceful pop melodies.
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