years_active article_title background genre origin name
1965 , 1988 1999 -- present -- 1974 , 1979 -- 1982 , 1986 the ugly ducklings
 group_or_band rock garage rock toronto , ontario , canada the ugly ducklings
the ugly ducklings

`` not to be confused with the american hip-hop group ugly duckling . ''
the ugly ducklings were a five piece garage rock group based in toronto , ontario , canada , most notable during the mid 1960s .
they released six singles in 1966 and 1967 on the yorktown and yorkville labels , and one album , `` somewhere outside '' in 1967 .
in the summer and fall of 1967 , the band 's fifth single `` gaslight '' became a top 40 hit across canada , peaking at # 17 on the rpm chart , and reaching # 1 on chum 1050 in toronto on october 2 that year , displacing the rolling stones ' 2-sided hit , `` dandelion '' b/w `` we love you '' .
their first three singles also made the local 1050 chum am charts in toronto .
