This week in 1975, the Eagles LP “One of These Nights” went to #1 on the US Billboard 200 Albums Chart at #25 (July 26)
The band’s fourth studio LP became Eagles' very first #1 album on the US chart, launching three Top 10 singles: "One of These Nights", "Lyin' Eyes" and "Take It to the Limit".
The title song became the group's second #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100.
The album sold four million copies and was nominated for Grammy Album of the Year.
“Lyin' Eyes" from the album was also nominated for Record of the Year, and won the Eagles' first Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
“One of These Nights” is the last Eagles album to feature guitarist Bernie Leadon, who left the band after the “One of These Nights” tour and was replaced by Joe Walsh.
The seventh track, "Visions", is the only Eagles song on which lead guitarist Don Felder sang the lead vocals, despite his desire to write and sing more songs.
The album was the band's commercial breakthrough, transforming the band into international superstars.
They went on a worldwide tour to promote the album.
In addition to making #1 in the US, the album also peaked at #2 in Canada and the Netherlands, #3 in New Zealand, #5 in Australia, #8 in the UK, and #9 in Norway.
Click on the link below to watch the title track live:
On this day in 1972, the Alice Cooper single “School’s Out” peaked at #7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 (July 29)
Cooper said he was inspired to write the song when answering the question, "What's the greatest three minutes of your life?".
According to Alice: "There's two times during the year.
One is Christmas morning, when you're just getting ready to open the presents. The greed factor is right there.
The next one is the last three minutes of the last day of school when you're sitting there and it's like a slow fuse burning.
I said, 'If we can catch that three minutes in a song, it's going to be so big.'"
And he was right!
"School's Out" became Alice Cooper's first major hit, reaching #7 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and propelling the album of the same name to #2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
It was the highest-charting single for the Alice Cooper band, and its #7 peak position was matched only by "Poison" among Cooper's solo efforts.
Alice’s teen rebel anthem was also a #1 hit in the UK, and a Top 10 hit in Canada, Norway, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Germany.
Click on the link below to watch:
The legendary and much loved Mamas & the Papas singer Cass Elliott (Mama Cass) passed away on this day in 1974 (July 29)
Cass Elliott (born Ellen Naomi Cohen in Baltimore) was the last member to join The Mamas & the Papas, who were formed by husband and wife John Phillips (formerly of the New Journeymen) and Michelle Phillips, and Denny Doherty (Cass’s bandmate from the Mugwumps).
The quartet was a defining force in the music scene of the counterculture of the 1960s, releasing five studio albums and 17 singles over four years, six of which made the Billboard Top 10, and have sold close to 40 million records worldwide.
After the group broke up, Elliot released five solo albums.
Cass Elliot died in her sleep of heart failure, aged just 32, in Flat 12, 9 Curzon Place (later Curzon Square), Shepherd Market, Mayfair, London.
Four years later, The Who's drummer Keith Moon died in the same room, also aged 32 years.
In 1998, she was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for her work with The Mamas & the Papas.
Click on the link below to watch their classic “California Dreamin’”:
On this day in 1978, “Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture” went to #1 on the US Billboard 200 Albums Chart (July 29)
This one had people around the world singing along…
It has sold approximately 28 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time, also ranking amongst the biggest selling soundtrack albums of all time.
The song "You're the One That I Want" was a US and UK #1 for stars John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.
The album also featured the title track "Grease", another US #1 written by Barry Gibb of Bee Gees fame, and sung by Frankie Valli of The Four Seasons.
Additional singles from the album were “Sandy”, “Summer Nights”, Greased Lightnin’”, and the ONJ ballad “Hopelessly Devoted to You”.
In the UK, the album remained at the top of the charts for 13 consecutive weeks.
Click on the link below to watch many of the songs from the album on the “Grease Megamix”:
On this day in 1989, the Tom Petty single “Runnin’ Down a Dream” debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at #93 (July 29)
The song from his first solo album “Full Moon Fever” was written by Petty, his Traveling Wilburys bandmate Jeff Lynne, and longtime Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell.
Despite being widely used at sporting events, video games, on tv etc, and being a well-recognized song, it performed only modestly well on the charts by Tom’s standards, peaking at #23 in the US and Canada, #55 in the UK, and #68 in Australia.
"me and Del were singin' 'Little Runaway'”…..
Gotta love Tom Petty!
Click on the link below to watch:
Singer, songwriter, guitarist, and campaigner for the rights of Indigenous Australians, Archie Roach passed away on this day in 2022 (July 30)
Archie’s sons, Amos and Eban Roach, have given permission for Archie’s name, image and music to be used, so that his legacy will continue to inspire, and on his passing they released this statement on behalf of his family:
“We are heartbroken to announce the passing of Gunditjmara (Kirrae Whurrong/Djab Wurrung), Bundjalung Senior Elder, songman and storyteller Archie Roach.
Archie passed, surrounded by his family and loved ones, at Warrnambool Base Hospital after a long illness. We thank all the staff who have cared for Archie over the past month.
Archie wanted all of his many fans to know how much he loves you for supporting him along the way.
We are so proud of everything our dad achieved in his remarkable life. He was a healer and unifying force. His music brought people together.”
A great Australian…
Photograph by Phil Nitchie
Click on the link below to watch his first song, "Took the Children Away":
On this day in 1984, the INXS single “Burn for You” debuted on the Australian charts (July 30)
Written by INXS’s gun songwriting team of Michael Hutchence and Andrew Farriss, and produced by Nick Launay, “Burn for You” was the third single from their landmark #1 LP “The Swing”, following on from “Original Sin” and “I Send a Message”.
It eventually peaked at #3 on the Australian chart in August 1984, remaining there for two weeks.
The video was filmed by Richard Lowenstein, over a week of the band while on tour in the style of a home movie, in Mackay, Townsville and Cairns in North Queensland.
Hutchence asked Lowenstein to come to Queensland to direct after seeing his work on the video for the Hunters & Collectors single "Talking to a Stranger".
It was to be the first of fifteen videos that Lowenstein directed for the band.
The video won Best Promotional Video at the 1984 Countdown Music and Video Awards, while the band won Best Group Performance in a Video.
Click on the link below to watch it:
The band’s fourth studio LP became Eagles' very first #1 album on the US chart, launching three Top 10 singles: "One of These Nights", "Lyin' Eyes" and "Take It to the Limit".
The title song became the group's second #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100.
The album sold four million copies and was nominated for Grammy Album of the Year.
“Lyin' Eyes" from the album was also nominated for Record of the Year, and won the Eagles' first Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
“One of These Nights” is the last Eagles album to feature guitarist Bernie Leadon, who left the band after the “One of These Nights” tour and was replaced by Joe Walsh.
The seventh track, "Visions", is the only Eagles song on which lead guitarist Don Felder sang the lead vocals, despite his desire to write and sing more songs.
The album was the band's commercial breakthrough, transforming the band into international superstars.
They went on a worldwide tour to promote the album.
In addition to making #1 in the US, the album also peaked at #2 in Canada and the Netherlands, #3 in New Zealand, #5 in Australia, #8 in the UK, and #9 in Norway.
Click on the link below to watch the title track live:
On this day in 1972, the Alice Cooper single “School’s Out” peaked at #7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 (July 29)
Cooper said he was inspired to write the song when answering the question, "What's the greatest three minutes of your life?".
According to Alice: "There's two times during the year.
One is Christmas morning, when you're just getting ready to open the presents. The greed factor is right there.
The next one is the last three minutes of the last day of school when you're sitting there and it's like a slow fuse burning.
I said, 'If we can catch that three minutes in a song, it's going to be so big.'"
And he was right!
"School's Out" became Alice Cooper's first major hit, reaching #7 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and propelling the album of the same name to #2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
It was the highest-charting single for the Alice Cooper band, and its #7 peak position was matched only by "Poison" among Cooper's solo efforts.
Alice’s teen rebel anthem was also a #1 hit in the UK, and a Top 10 hit in Canada, Norway, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Germany.
Click on the link below to watch:
The legendary and much loved Mamas & the Papas singer Cass Elliott (Mama Cass) passed away on this day in 1974 (July 29)
Cass Elliott (born Ellen Naomi Cohen in Baltimore) was the last member to join The Mamas & the Papas, who were formed by husband and wife John Phillips (formerly of the New Journeymen) and Michelle Phillips, and Denny Doherty (Cass’s bandmate from the Mugwumps).
The quartet was a defining force in the music scene of the counterculture of the 1960s, releasing five studio albums and 17 singles over four years, six of which made the Billboard Top 10, and have sold close to 40 million records worldwide.
After the group broke up, Elliot released five solo albums.
Cass Elliot died in her sleep of heart failure, aged just 32, in Flat 12, 9 Curzon Place (later Curzon Square), Shepherd Market, Mayfair, London.
Four years later, The Who's drummer Keith Moon died in the same room, also aged 32 years.
In 1998, she was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for her work with The Mamas & the Papas.
Click on the link below to watch their classic “California Dreamin’”:
On this day in 1978, “Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture” went to #1 on the US Billboard 200 Albums Chart (July 29)
This one had people around the world singing along…
It has sold approximately 28 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time, also ranking amongst the biggest selling soundtrack albums of all time.
The song "You're the One That I Want" was a US and UK #1 for stars John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.
The album also featured the title track "Grease", another US #1 written by Barry Gibb of Bee Gees fame, and sung by Frankie Valli of The Four Seasons.
Additional singles from the album were “Sandy”, “Summer Nights”, Greased Lightnin’”, and the ONJ ballad “Hopelessly Devoted to You”.
In the UK, the album remained at the top of the charts for 13 consecutive weeks.
Click on the link below to watch many of the songs from the album on the “Grease Megamix”:
On this day in 1989, the Tom Petty single “Runnin’ Down a Dream” debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at #93 (July 29)
The song from his first solo album “Full Moon Fever” was written by Petty, his Traveling Wilburys bandmate Jeff Lynne, and longtime Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell.
Despite being widely used at sporting events, video games, on tv etc, and being a well-recognized song, it performed only modestly well on the charts by Tom’s standards, peaking at #23 in the US and Canada, #55 in the UK, and #68 in Australia.
"me and Del were singin' 'Little Runaway'”…..
Gotta love Tom Petty!
Click on the link below to watch:
Singer, songwriter, guitarist, and campaigner for the rights of Indigenous Australians, Archie Roach passed away on this day in 2022 (July 30)
Archie’s sons, Amos and Eban Roach, have given permission for Archie’s name, image and music to be used, so that his legacy will continue to inspire, and on his passing they released this statement on behalf of his family:
“We are heartbroken to announce the passing of Gunditjmara (Kirrae Whurrong/Djab Wurrung), Bundjalung Senior Elder, songman and storyteller Archie Roach.
Archie passed, surrounded by his family and loved ones, at Warrnambool Base Hospital after a long illness. We thank all the staff who have cared for Archie over the past month.
Archie wanted all of his many fans to know how much he loves you for supporting him along the way.
We are so proud of everything our dad achieved in his remarkable life. He was a healer and unifying force. His music brought people together.”
A great Australian…
Photograph by Phil Nitchie
Click on the link below to watch his first song, "Took the Children Away":
On this day in 1984, the INXS single “Burn for You” debuted on the Australian charts (July 30)
Written by INXS’s gun songwriting team of Michael Hutchence and Andrew Farriss, and produced by Nick Launay, “Burn for You” was the third single from their landmark #1 LP “The Swing”, following on from “Original Sin” and “I Send a Message”.
It eventually peaked at #3 on the Australian chart in August 1984, remaining there for two weeks.
The video was filmed by Richard Lowenstein, over a week of the band while on tour in the style of a home movie, in Mackay, Townsville and Cairns in North Queensland.
Hutchence asked Lowenstein to come to Queensland to direct after seeing his work on the video for the Hunters & Collectors single "Talking to a Stranger".
It was to be the first of fifteen videos that Lowenstein directed for the band.
The video won Best Promotional Video at the 1984 Countdown Music and Video Awards, while the band won Best Group Performance in a Video.
Click on the link below to watch it:
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