Jay and the Americans.
Original lead singer was Jay Traynor
Replaced by Jay Black
Original lead singer was Jay Traynor
Replaced by Jay Black
They also hired a last minute stand-in drummer for Ringo for the first portion of their 1964 World Tour. Jimmy Nicol was brought in about 24 hours before the tour kicked off when Ringo was hospitalized for a tonsillectomy.The Beatles did replace their 1st drummer (Pete Best) with Ringo Starr....
Edit: Oops.. already posted earlier.
And I have seen them ALL in concert! Orlando, Ames and Cincinnati!Johnny Cougar was replaced by John Cougar who was then replaced by John Cougar Mellencamp and then finally John Mellencamp. Amazingly, all four artists sound pretty much the same.
The Yardbirds famously went from Eric Clapton to Jeff Beck to Jimmy Page on lead guitar.