Big Star from the early '70s, the best rock band you never heard of. Their best albums (#1 Record, Radio City) are available as a 2-fer on CD. They were power pop before it was cool. You may remember lead singer Alex Chilton from his earlier band The Box Tops. They had a big hit (#1 on the American Hot 100 Singles chart) with The Letter from 1967, a phenomenal blue-eyed soul tune.