Blood, Sweat and Tears released 'Child is Father to the Man,' their debut album, on Feb. 21, 1968.

Blood, Sweat & Tears, at the top of the rock pecking order, found themselves in a bind when their lead vocalist, ... Like Brian Wilson completing “Smile” some 43 years later, ...

What really did in Blood, Sweat & Tears wasn’t politics but Clayton-Thomas’s decision, in 1972, to go solo. The band needed every bit of his sweat and swagger.

After all, it wasn’t the first time Blood, Sweat & Tears drew the ire of the counterculture, having played Caesars Palace in 1969, back when Las Vegas was considered anything but anti-establishment.

During the spring of 1970, Blood, Sweat & Tears -- then one of the top bands in the world -- embarked on a U.S. State Department-sponsored concert tour behind the Iron Curtain. It did irreparable ...