The fortunes of Canada’s Guess Who were about to change as their latest single “These Eyes” entered the Billboard Top 40. It would climb to #6 and was followed by twelve more hits over the next five years. Lead singer Burton Cummings would later recall; “We fought RCA tooth and nail not to release that as a single because we wanted to be a Rock band.”
I read this a couple days ago and completely understand where he’s coming from.