Rockin’ All Over the World is the tenth studio album by the British band Status Quo, released 1977. It is the first of their records to be produced by Pip Williams, and the first to feature Andy Bown as an official band member. It was released in November 1977, and reached #5.
The title track, written and originally recorded by John Fogerty, was released by Quo as a single in September 1977, reaching a peak position of #3. Its b-side was “Ring of a Change”, from their previous studio album. No other singles were issued from the album, although “Can’t Give You More” was re-recorded by the band in 1991 for their album “Rock ‘Til You Drop” and issued as a single, reaching #37.
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Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
“Bohemian Rhapsody” is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was written by Freddie Mercury for the band’s 1975 album A Night at the Opera. The song consists of several sections: a ballad segment ending with a guitar solo, an operatic passage, and a hard rock section. At the time, it was the most expensive single ever made.
When it was released as a single, “Bohemian Rhapsody” became a commercial success, staying at the top of the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks and selling more than a million copies by the end of January 1976. It reached number one again in 1991 for five weeks following Mercury’s death, eventually becoming the UK’s third best-selling single of all time. It topped the charts in several other markets as well, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and The Netherlands, later becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time. In the United States the song originally peaked at number nine in 1976. It returned to the chart at number two in 1992 following its appearance in the film Wayne’s World, which revived its American popularity.
Bush – The Chemicals Between Us (live)
“The Chemicals Between Us” is a song by alternative band Bush from their third album The Science of Things. It spent five non-consecutive weeks at number one on the U.S. Alternative Songs chart and peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 67 on 4 December 1999. The song closed out the entire alternative rock panel in one week, an unprecedented feat. Many saw this as proof of Bush’s importance to the alternative radio format. It would eventually become Bush’s last major worldwide hit before their 2002 breakup. Songs like “Warm Machine,” “Letting the Cables Sleep,” “The People That We Love” and “Inflatable” would become minor hits, but after “The Chemicals Between Us,” Bush would not score another number one hit until 12 years later with “The Sound of Winter” (2011).
U2 – Ordinary Love (live version)
“Ordinary Love” is a song by rock band U2. It was written to honour Nelson Mandela and is included in the biography film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. The song will be given a limited 10″ vinyl release on Record Store Day.”Ordinary Love” is the first song by U2 since 2010. The song was released on 29 November 2013, less than a week before Mandela died.
Little Richard – Tutti Frutti (live)
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“Tutti Frutti” (means “All Fruits” in Italian) is a song co-written by Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman), which was recorded in 1955 and became his first major hit record. With its opening cry of “A-wop-bom-a-loo-mop-a-lomp-bom-bom!” (a verbal rendition of a drum pattern that Little Richard had imagined) and its hard-driving sound and wild lyrics, it became not only a model for many future Little Richard songs, but also a model for rock and roll itself.