On Jan. 18, 1975, Supertramp’s Crime of the Century entered the Billboard Hot LPs & Tape chart at #193. This was the band’s third album, released in September, and a breakthrough for them internationally. It would peak in the US … Continue reading
On Jan. 11, 1975, Joe Cocker’s “You Are So Beautiful” entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #85 (it was the highest ranking debut for a single on the week’s chart). The song is from Cocker’s fourth album, 1974’s I Can … Continue reading
Four years prior to Pink Floyd’s The Wall, the Kinks commented on the English school system and its affects on childhood. On Nov. 17, 1975, they released (The Kinks Present) Schoolboys in Disgrace. It was the band’s 14th studio album, … Continue reading
On Oct. 11, 1975, Janis Ian performed “At Seventeen,” her song about teenage pain and coming-of-age awareness, on the first broadcast of NBC’s Saturday Night Live. The song had been released as a single in August and would go on … Continue reading
While living in NYC in 1974, David Bowie met John Lennon and the two had elaborate conversations and jammed together musically. In January, 1975, Bowie invited Lennon to a recording session in Greenwich Village with his tour band. Bowie had … Continue reading
