American Woman

…“No Sugar Tonight,” and “American Woman” (the first song by a Canadian band to hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart) before Bachman’s departure in May 1970. While Bachman initially took Cummings under his wing, the relationship between the two became strained after the group achieved stardom.…

Its title track, the first recording by a Canadian rock group to hit No. 1 in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100, had serendipitous origins, beginning as a riff improvised by Bachman while tuning his guitar after breaking a string during a concert and…

…for his cover of “American Woman,” a song originally written by Canadian rock group the Guess Who. His album Greatest Hits (2000) reached number two on the Billboard 200, making it his most successful album and earning him a third Grammy, for the single “Again.” Lenny (2001), Kravitz’s sixth…