In October 1979, the group released their second album, Reggatta de Blanc , which topped the UK Albums Chart and became the first of four consecutive UK No. 1 studio albums. The album spawned the hit singles ” Message in a Bottle ” (No. 1 UK, No. 2 Canada, No.…
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Their second album Head Injuries , released on Powderworks in October 1979
Taylor and Rhodes then recruited lead vocalist Andy Wickett (formerly frontman of TV Eye ) and decided that they needed a live drummer. They hired Roger Taylor , a former member of various local bands (most recently The Scent Organs who also played at Barbarella’s), while John Taylor switched to…
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The band’s first performance as INXS was on 1 September 1979 at the Ocean Beach Hotel in Umina on the Central Coast of New South Wales
Benatar’s debut album, In the Heat of the Night , was released in August 1979, but only debuted on the US Billboard 200 album chart in October, eventually peaking at number 12 in the US in March 1980. Mike Chapman produced three tracks on the album, while engineer Peter Coleman…
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On 2 May 1979, the Who returned to the stage with a concert at the Rainbow Theatre, followed by the Cannes Film Festival in France and dates at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Disagreement among band members included the musical style; Jett wanted the band to make a musical change, shifting towards punk rock / glam rock while Ford and West wanted to continue playing hard rock / heavy metal music . Neither would accept the other’s point of view. The band played…
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The song peaked at No. 31 in Canada and No. 32 in the US, spurring a UK re-release of it in April.
which was released in April 1979
In April 1979, Collins returned to the UK after his attempt to save his marriage failed. With time to spare before working on a new Genesis album, Collins rejoined Brand X for the album Product , played the drums on former bandmate Peter Gabriel’s third album and started writing his…
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