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One Man Band (Roger Daltrey song)

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"One Man Band" is a song recorded by the Who's lead vocalist Roger Daltrey, from his debut solo studio album Daltrey (1973).[2] The song was written by David Courtney and Leo Sayer, and featured Daltrey's acoustic guitar strumming. According to Daltrey, it "reminiscences of Shepherd's Bush" (a suburb of West London where Daltrey had grown up and the Who were formed) and became one of the highlights of the album, and later released as a single in its own right in some European territories.[3]

ReleasedJanuary 1974[1]
Length3:54
Label
Quick facts Single by Roger Daltrey, from the album Daltrey ...
"One Man Band"
Single by Roger Daltrey
from the album Daltrey
ReleasedJanuary 1974[1]
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Length3:54
Label
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Roger Daltrey singles chronology
"It's a Hard Life"
(1973)
"One Man Band"
(1974)
"(Come and) Get Your Love"
(1975)
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The song was recorded by Leo Sayer a year later on his second studio album Just a Boy,[4] and released as a single, which became one of Sayer's biggest hits, peaking at number 6 in the UK singles chart,[5] and placing in the top 10 in South Africa.

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