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Wednesday was a pop vocal group from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. They scored a hit single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1974 with their cover of the song "Last Kiss", which peaked at #34. That same year, they were nominated for the Canadian Juno Award for Most Promising Group. The single reached #2 in Canada and #1 on the Canadian Billboard 100. A follow-up single, a remake of "Teen Angel", was their final chart single in America. The parent album, entitled Last Kiss, was released on Ampex Records in Canada, Sussex Records in the U.S., and A&M Records throughout the rest of the world.

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rdfs:label	Wednesday (band) (en)
rdfs:comment	Wednesday was a pop vocal group from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. They scored a hit single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1974 with their cover of the song "Last Kiss", which peaked at #34. That same year, they were nominated for the Canadian Juno Award for Most Promising Group. The single reached #2 in Canada and #1 on the Canadian Billboard 100. A follow-up single, a remake of "Teen Angel", was their final chart single in America. The parent album, entitled Last Kiss, was released on Ampex Records in Canada, Sussex Records in the U.S., and A&M Records throughout the rest of the world. (en)
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name	Wednesday (en)
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alias	Wenzday (en)
background	group_or_band (en)
genre	Pop music
origin	Oshawa, Ontario, Canada (en)
past members	(en) Mike O'Neil (en) Jeremy Thornton (en) Paul Andrew Smith (en) John Dufek (en) Randy Begg (en)
years active	– (en)
has abstract	Wednesday was a pop vocal group from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. They scored a hit single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1974 with their cover of the song "Last Kiss", which peaked at #34. That same year, they were nominated for the Canadian Juno Award for Most Promising Group. The single reached #2 in Canada and #1 on the Canadian Billboard 100. A follow-up single, a remake of "Teen Angel", was their final chart single in America. The parent album, entitled Last Kiss, was released on Ampex Records in Canada, Sussex Records in the U.S., and A&M Records throughout the rest of the world. The group continued with success in Canada, before and after changing their name to Wenzday in 1976. They scored their second biggest hit with an Elton John cover, "Loving You Baby". It reached #6 in Canada. The band reunited briefly in 2003 and 2017 for a few successful concerts. Paul Andrew Smith went on to record several solo albums - A Stranger in My Own World, Above the Stars, AGO, Masks and Mummeries, Time, The Power of Schnoz on Moondog Records under Black Violet Project. (en)
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alias	Wenzday (en)
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genre	Pop music
home town	Oshawa Ontario
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	Rock music of Canada Elenore List of bands from Canada J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers List of people from Oshawa Sussex Records Wayne Cochran Juno Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year

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