Ironhorse was a Canadian rock band from Vancouver , formed by Randy Bachman , the former guitarist and singer of The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive . The initial incarnation of the band also included Tom Sparks (vocals, guitars), John Pierce (bass) and Mike Baird (drums).
6-842: This line-up of Ironhorse released the 1979's Ironhorse album on the Scotti Brothers label , and had a minor U.S. hit single in April 1979 with " Sweet Lui-Louise ", which peaked at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart . In Canada , the song peaked slightly higher at #26. The same track reached #60 in the UK Singles Chart . Ironhorse then underwent an almost complete line-up change, retaining only Bachman. The second incarnation of Ironhorse consisted of Bachman (guitars, vocals), Frank Ludwig (lead vocals, guitars), Ron Foos (bass), and Chris Leighton (drums). This line-up released 1980's Everything
12-673: Is Grey , also on Scotti Brothers Records. One of its singles, "What's Your Hurry Darlin'," peaked at #84 in Canada and at #89 in the US in May 1980. Foos then left the group to rejoin Paul Revere and the Raiders . In 1980, Ironhorse disbanded, with the remaining members (Bachman/Leighton/Ludwig) forming Union with Bachman's former Bachman-Turner Overdrive band-mate Fred Turner . Union released one album, On Strike , on
18-534: The CBS subsidiary Portrait Records , and had a minor hit with the track "Mainstreet U.S.A." As of May 2013, Randy Bachman has secured the rights to the two Ironhorse albums. with: Scotti Brothers Records Scotti Brothers Records (typically spelled Scotti Bros. Records ) was a California -based record label founded by Tony and Ben Scotti in 1974. Their first success was releasing singles and albums from teen pop star Leif Garrett . They later helped launch
24-460: The Scotti brothers themselves, ran an independent motion picture production company Scotti Bros. Pictures , and was associated with the television syndication company All American Television (which later became part of All American Communications after becoming involved in the production and distribution of Baywatch ; some Scotti Bros. recording artists made occasional guest spots on the show) since
30-454: The careers of David Hallyday , Felony , Survivor , and "Weird Al" Yankovic (the latter under their Rock 'n' Roll banner). They also signed James Brown to a recording contract in the mid-1980s as well as the UK act Flag featuring David Cairns from Secret Affair and Archie Brown. Tommy Puett released his only album Life Goes On in 1990 under Scotti Brothers Records. The label, as well as
36-548: The company's inception. In 1996, Scotti Brothers Records was renamed All American Music Group , but the Scotti Brothers name was retained as a label of All American, along with sister labels Street Life and Backyard. After Pearson PLC purchased All American in 1997, the Scotti Brothers contracts, masters, and catalogs were sold to Zomba Records subsidiary Volcano Entertainment , which was later bought by Sony Music Entertainment . All Scotti Bros. artists were dropped, with
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