Worst failed solo careers?

In 1960, Tony Williams left his post as lead singer of The Platters to pursue a solo career. Both parties lost all their traction, with Williams never scoring a hit and The Platters mostly vanishing from the charts until a brief mid-60's reappearance.

 

used to see that in the used bins a lot. always in mint shape

has peter green/danny kirwan/Christine Mcvie been mentioned?

 

Tom Peterson and another language

 

Every member of the Police not named Sting

 

Jeremy Spencer

 

Tony Hadley has never been seen straining under the weight of a ton of awards.

 

All of the Non-Timberlake members of Backstreet Boys flopped. Or was he in Nsynch? Those dudes all flopped too.

 

Christine McVie's early 80s solo lp had at least one hit single "Got a Hold On Me" which sounded like it could have been straight from MIRAGE.

 

First one that came to mind.

 

yeah I thought I thought of him but wasn't sure if his was in a band....I guess basically anyone who wasn't Buckingham/Nicks...bob welch did well for himself tho

 

...and the Tommy Lee solo albums.

 

Mick Ronson.

 

Coincidentally enough, clicking on the link in this Sales post by @Tjazz, I just saw there's a John Illsley record "Long Shadows" for sale.

It's his eighth release outside of Dire Straits....I wasn't aware he recorded solo!

 

Steven Tyler going country.

 

JT was in NSYNC.

 

His first solo album - Slaughter On 10th Avenue reached no. 9 in the UK album charts and I remember it being critically well received.
I'm sure I have a copy of it somewhere.

 

M. Frog Labat from Todd Rundgren's Utopia. The only interesting part of this collection of beeps and boops is the expensive gatefold with his completely unique full color system of music notation.





The record company lost a LOT of money on this.

 

Don't be snide you know you had all their posters up on your walls!

 

Yeah, Easy Lover disqualifies Philip Bailey but the title track to his solo album was the bomb. And I mean that in the good way.

 

He had a solo album titles Son of Andrew or something. I worked at a record store in the 80's.

 

Eat 'Em and Smile

 

I don't think any of the members of the E Street Band who released solo albums, Clarence Clemons, Steven Van Zandt, Danny Federici , Patty Scialfa and recently Roy Bittan & Garry Tallent have shifted many units. Nils Lofgren did of course have a successful solo career before joining the E Streeters

 

He was really not on my radar until #Tittygate

 

His first 3 solo albums all reached the top 20 in the US and Eat 'em And Smile is a great record!
(it did go downhill from there )