The Stampeders

The Stampeders
The Stampeders in 1971: from left to right, Ronnie King (bass, vocals), Rich Dodson (guitar, vocals), Kim Berly (drums, vocals).
Background information
Origin	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Genres	Rock
Years active	1964–1977, 1992–present
Labels	MWC, The Marigold Label
Website	Stampeders.net
Members	Rich Dodson Ronnie King Kim Berly
Past members	Len Roemer Brendan Lyttle Race Holiday Van Louis Gary Storin Bob Allwood Doug Macaskill Roy Vansprang Ian Kojima David Norse Elye

The Stampeders are a Canadian rock trio, consisting of Rich Dodson (guitar, vocals), Ronnie King (bass, vocals), and Kim Berly (drums, vocals).

The band formed in Calgary, Alberta in 1964 as The Rebounds. The Rebounds had five members: Rich Dodson, Len Roemer, Brendan Lyttle, Kim Berly, and Race Holiday. They renamed themselves The Stampeders in 1965 and Len Roemer was replaced with Ronnie King and Van Louis. In 1966 they relocated to Toronto, Ontario, and became a trio in 1968 when Lyttle, Louis, and Holiday left. In 1971 they had a hit with "Sweet City Woman," which won Best Single at the Juno Awards, reached #1 on the RPM magazine charts, and #8 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Written by Dodson, the track stayed in the Billboard chart for 16 weeks and the disc sold a million by September 1971, and the R.I.A.A. granted gold disc status. They also won Juno Awards for Best Group, Best Producer (Mel Shaw), and Best Composer (Dodson) that year.

In 1976 they had another U.S. hit with "Hit The Road Jack", featuring Wolfman Jack. In Canada they produced seven more hits.

Dodson left the group in 1977, with Berly and King recruited new members for the LP Platinum (1977) before Berly departed leaving King to bring in three new members for the LP Ballsy (1979) before completely disbanding shortly thereafter. The hitmaking trio reunited at the Calgary Stampede in 1992. They released a new album in 1998 titled Sure Beats Working.