"Breakfast in America (song) ""Breakfast in America"" is the title track from Supertramp's 1979 album of the same name. It was a minor hit on the singles charts in the US, but was a Top 10 hit in the UK. The lyrics tell about a person who has never been to the United States, and fantasizes about it. After Supertramp started performing the song during a reunion tour without Roger Hodgson, Hodgson told reporters that Rick Davies initially ""hated"" the song, and that he believed Davies did not play on the recording at all. However, in other interviews Hodgson has"
"The group had relocated to the United States by 1977, and it was there that they recorded their best-selling album, ""Breakfast in America"". With more hit singles than their first five albums combined, it reached number three in the UK, and top of the charts in America. The album is reckoned to have sold over 20 million copies since its release on 29 March 1979. Hodgson quit Supertramp in 1983. Davies's relationship with him had deteriorated, and the group's last hit before his departure, ""My Kind of Lady"", featured little involvement from Hodgson as either a writer or performer. The"
"In America (song) ""In America"" is a song written and performed by the Charlie Daniels Band. It was released in May 1980 as the lead single from their album ""Full Moon"". A live music video was released in 2001 shortly after the September 11 attacks. The song was a reaction to the varying difficult issues facing America in the late 1970s – the fallout from the Watergate scandal, the simultaneous double-digit inflation, unemployment, and prime interest rates (leading to the misery index), and the 1979-1981 Iran Hostage Crisis. Notwithstanding all the problems America was facing, the song described a patriotic,"
"Fate for Breakfast Fate for Breakfast is the fourth solo studio album by Art Garfunkel released in March 1979 on Columbia Records. It was his first album to miss the U.S. Billboard Top 40 and his first album containing no U.S. Top 40 singles. However, the European release of the album does include a different version of the song ""Bright Eyes"", which was featured in the film version of the novel ""Watership Down"", and reached the number-one spot in the United Kingdom, and became the biggest selling single of 1979 there. Likewise, the album itself garnered international success, reaching the"
"America world tour, in honour of the 40th anniversary of Supertramp's ""Breakfast in America"" album. ""Rolling Stone"" reviewed the tour favourably. ""For his work with Supertramp, see Supertramp discography between 1969 and 1983 Roger Hodgson Charles Roger Pomfret Hodgson (born 21 March 1950) is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the former co-frontman and founder member of progressive rock band Supertramp. Hodgson composed and sang the majority of the hits such as ""Dreamer"", ""Give a Little Bit"", ""Breakfast in America"", ""Take the Long Way Home"", ""The Logical Song"" and ""It's Raining Again"". Hodgson left Supertramp in 1983"
"Home,' the adjectively crazed 'Logical Song,' [and] 'Goodbye Stranger.'"" William Pinfold of ""Record Collector"" considered the album ""a classic example of flawlessly-played and -produced late 70s transatlantic soft rock"". By 2010, the album had sold well over 20 million copies. In the 1987 edition of ""The World Critics List"", music critic Joel Whitburn ranked ""Breakfast in America"" the fourth-greatest album of all time. In the 1994 edition of The Guinness All Time Top 1000 Albums, ""Breakfast in America"" was voted No. 207 in the all-time greatest rock and pop albums, and it was voted the 69th-greatest British rock album of"
"Breakfast Club (band) The Breakfast Club was an American musical group. Their biggest hit single was ""Right on Track"", which peaked at no. 7 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. The song was remixed for a commercial release in a 12"" version for dance and club play by John ""Jellybean"" Benitez and became a top 10 hit on the ""Billboard"" Magazine Hot Dance Club Play chart. The group was formed in New York City in 1979 and went through several line-ups, including one in which pop star Madonna was the drummer. In the early 1980s, the band included Madonna,"
"Breakfast in the Field Breakfast in the Field is the debut recording by guitarist Michael Hedges released on the Windham Hill label in 1981. It was recorded live to 2-track, with no overdubs. Hedges composed and recorded ""Eleven Small Roaches"", ""Baby Toes"" and ""Two Days Old"" on a six-string guitar built in 1978 by Ken DuBourg of Arbutus, Maryland. The remaining tracks were recorded using a guitar made by Ervin Somogyi. Music critic Jason Anderson, writing for Allmusic, wrote of the album ""Hedges' compositional abilities alone would have been enough to mesmerize musicians and audiophiles, but his added improvisational skills"
"its singles, and ""Even in the Quietest Moments..."" hit number 16 in the US number 12 in the UK., and 1 in Canada. During this period, the band permanently relocated to Los Angeles, California. The band's switch to a more pop-oriented approach peaked with their most popular album, ""Breakfast in America"", released in March 1979, which reached number 3 in the UK and number 1 in the United States and Canada and spawned four successful singles (more than their first five albums combined): three of Hodgson's songs, ""The Logical Song"" (number 1 Canada, number 6 US, number 7 UK), ""Take"
"Australia and witnessing the living standards of Australian Aborigines: as Berry's biography on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website states, with ""Back in the U.S.A"" ""Berry saluted such everyday pleasures as the drive-ins and corner cafes 'where hamburgers sizzle on an open grill night and day/Yeah, and a jukebox jumping with records like in the U.S.A. The song was recorded on February 17, 1959, in Chicago, Illinois. The background vocals on Berry's recording are by Etta James and The Marquees[1] aka Harvey & the New Moonglows, featuring the young Marvin Gaye. The session was produced by Leonard and"
"Breakfast at Tiffany's (song) ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" is a 1995 song recorded by American alternative rock band Deep Blue Something. Originally appearing on the album ""11th Song"", it was later re-recorded and released on their album ""Home"". It was the band's only hit, peaking at number five on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Outside the United States, ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" topped the charts in the United Kingdom, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, Belgium (Flanders), Canada, Germany, Iceland, the Republic of Ireland and Sweden. Todd Pipes said in a ""Q"" magazine article about the promotion of"
"very proud of and really enjoy playing today.” Supertramp released their most successful album, ""Breakfast in America"", in 1979; it has sold over 20 million copies to date. From that same album, ""The Logical Song"", written by Hodgson, is Supertramp's biggest chart hit in both the United States and their native United Kingdom. In 1980, Hodgson was honoured with the Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters for ""The Logical Song"" being named the best song both musically and lyrically. To this day, ""The Logical Song"" also has the distinction of being one of the most"
"writing of ""Breakfast in America"", the group's main writers, Davies and Hodgson, had trouble communicating and had several disagreements: This influenced several songs: This resonates with some of the songs' lyrics, such as these from ""Goodbye Stranger"": Some other parts of the lyrics might be references to very specific experiences the two shared, such as the ""Goodbye Mary, Goodbye Jane"", a common reference to marijuana, possibly being a reference to the event in 1972 when Davies refused to experience LSD with Hodgson, which the latter considers for himself to have been a mind-opening and life-changing experience, and which was one"
"top-ten in some European countries. The album was issued in five different sleeves, each with a different shot of Art Garfunkel at the breakfast table. Side 1: Side 2: Fate for Breakfast Fate for Breakfast is the fourth solo studio album by Art Garfunkel released in March 1979 on Columbia Records. It was his first album to miss the U.S. Billboard Top 40 and his first album containing no U.S. Top 40 singles. However, the European release of the album does include a different version of the song ""Bright Eyes"", which was featured in the film version of the novel"
"Touch Me in the Morning (album) Touch Me in the Morning is a 1973 album released by American singer Diana Ross on the Motown Records. It reached #5 in the USA (#1 R&B) and sold around 650,000 copies. The arrangements were by Gene Page, Tom Baird, Michael Randall, James Anthony Carmichael, Deke Richards, Gil Askey and Diana Ross. The album contained the hit title track, which became Diana Ross' second #1 single on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles chart, and helped the album peak at #5 on the US ""Billboard"" 200 albums chart. In the UK the title track"
"Breakfast in Bed ""Breakfast in Bed"" is a soul–R&B song written by Muscle Shoals songwriters Eddie Hinton and Donnie Fritts for Dusty Springfield. It takes a knowing spin on the line ""You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"", the title of a song which had previously been a number one hit for her in the UK. After being released on her 1969 album ""Dusty in Memphis"", it was later in the year recorded and popularized by Baby Washington on Cotillion. Harry J produced three reggae versions in 1972: Lorna Bennett; Scotty; Bongo Herman (see list below). Springfield's version was"
"Sunday Morning in America ""Sunday Morning in America"" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Keith Anderson. It was released in May 2007 as the lead single from his album ""C'mon!"". The song was written by Anderson, Jeffrey Steele and Rivers Rutherford. The song is an uptempo, in which the narrator describes an average Sunday morning in America. He imagines what the morning is like for everybody from a mother who takes the Lord’s name in vain while looking for a church parking space, to a homeless man being ignored by the joggers that run by"
"The band reached their commercial peak with 1979's ""Breakfast in America"", which sold more than 20 million copies. Supertramp attained significant popularity in the UK, US, Canada, Europe, South Africa, and Australasia. Since co-founder Hodgson's departure in 1983, Davies has led the band by himself. In 1969 Stanley 'Sam' August Miesegaes, a Dutch millionaire, ceased financial support to a band called The Joint as he was disappointed with them. He offered Swindon-born keyboardist Rick Davies, whose talent he felt had been ""bogged down"" by the group, an opportunity to form his own band, again with Miesegaes's financial backing. Davies assembled"
"Hot Country Songs charts for the week of May 26, 2007. Sunday Morning in America ""Sunday Morning in America"" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Keith Anderson. It was released in May 2007 as the lead single from his album ""C'mon!"". The song was written by Anderson, Jeffrey Steele and Rivers Rutherford. The song is an uptempo, in which the narrator describes an average Sunday morning in America. He imagines what the morning is like for everybody from a mother who takes the Lord’s name in vain while looking for a church parking space, to"
"Go lay your hand on a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, and you're gonna find out what American anger is, because it's the kind of people they are."" In America (song) ""In America"" is a song written and performed by the Charlie Daniels Band. It was released in May 1980 as the lead single from their album ""Full Moon"". A live music video was released in 2001 shortly after the September 11 attacks. The song was a reaction to the varying difficult issues facing America in the late 1970s – the fallout from the Watergate scandal, the simultaneous double-digit inflation, unemployment, and"
"Breakfast with Amy Breakfast with Amy was an American Christian alternative rock band, formed in 1986 in La Habra, California at the La Habra Four-Square church. At that time, the band consisted of vocalist David Koval, bassist Jeff ""Tennessee Beans"" Beahn, guitarist Christopher Colbert, and drummer Paul Pellegrin. The pastor of the church was throwing a Saturday night concert. A band had backed out and he needed a replacement. David, Christopher, Paul and Jeff quickly formed ""Friends of Amy"" to perform. The band was later joined by Caryn Barker (married the guitarist Christopher Colbert about 1989, divorced about 1996) and"
"Hello America (song) ""Hello America"" is a 1980 song by British rock band Def Leppard from their debut album, ""On Through the Night"". The lyrics and title of the songs are about the fantasies the band had about touring in America. The single’s B-side, “Good Morning Freedom” has never been released in any other format and is only available on this single. The song was featured on a BBC studio session recorded in 1979 and the show has since been bootlegged. A live version of the song is also included on ""Viva! Hysteria"", released in October 2013, although Def Leppard"
"Meet Me in the Morning ""Meet Me in the Morning"" is a blues song written by Bob Dylan, recorded in New York City on September 16, 1974 and released on Dylan's 15th studio album, ""Blood on the Tracks"", in 1975. A September 19, 1974 outtake of ""Meet Me in the Morning"" was released on the B-side of the Record Store Day 2012 release of Dylan's single ""Duquesne Whistle"" and on the single-CD and 2-LP versions of """" in 2018, with the complete recording sessions of the song included on the deluxe edition of that album. On September 19, 2007, Dylan"
"America (Neil Diamond song) ""America"" (also known as ""They're Coming to America"" or ""Coming to America"") is a patriotic song written and originally recorded by Neil Diamond, released in 1980 on the soundtrack album of Diamond's film ""The Jazz Singer"". The song was a hit single in the United States in 1981, reaching number eight on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and was Diamond's sixth number one on the Adult Contemporary chart. ""Billboard"" also rated it as the #62 pop single overall for 1981. Although the single version was a studio recording, it sounds live because of crowd overdubs in the"
"September Morn (album) September Morn is the thirteenth studio album by the American singer Neil Diamond. Released in 1979, the album includes a disco version of the Motown classic ""Dancing in the Street"" and a remake of ""I'm a Believer"". The title track was an international chart hit, and became Diamond's 30th Top 40 hit in the U.S. The song peaked at number 17 on the U.S. ""Billboard Hot 100"", number 14 on the ""Cash Box"" Top 100, and number 7 on ""Record World"". In Canada, it peaked at number 15. The song was a much bigger hit on the"
"The Beach Boys with ""Kokomo"", The Kinks with Come Dancing and ""Do It Again"", the Steve Miller Band with ""Abracadabra"", and Steely Dan with ""Hey Nineteen"". Bruce Springsteen released his blockbuster album ""Born In The U.S.A."", while Stevie Ray Vaughan and George Thorogood sparked a revival of blues. However, Led Zeppelin disbanded after John Bonham's 1980 death, and country rock saw a decline after Lynyrd Skynyrd's 1977 plane crash. Linda Ronstadt who had been a huge contributor to the country rock & pop rock movement of the 70s, did 3 albums of American Standards, coaxing the great orchestrator Nelson Riddle"
"stuff like that. There was a beautiful middle-aged woman who used to serve coffee there and never said anything and she was reputed to be the girlfriend of quite a dangerous guy,"" he claimed. The song first appeared in performances in 1978, after the chorus was written on an organ while recording demos for the album. The single was released a month after the album of the same title. Although it received some radio airplay, it was quickly dropped from playlists when it failed to reach the top 40. It would later appear on the band's greatest hits compilations. Breakfast"
"credited Davies with creating the vocalized retort line, ""What's she got? Not a lot."" Hodgson included the song in his 2010 world tour, produced as a live album titled ""Classics Live"". The 2005 song ""Cupid's Chokehold"" by Gym Class Heroes heavily utilizes the melody of ""Breakfast in America"" and features Fall Out Boy singer Patrick Stump performing the opening lines of the song as a refrain. The song was also sampled in Drake's ""Stunt Hard"" and James Blunt performed a live version of the song which featured on the deluxe edition of his second album ""All the Lost Souls"". Breakfast"
"by Roger Whittaker in the 1980s and 1990s. In the US and Canada, most of these songs appeared on Whittaker's 1971 album ""A Special Kind of Man"", which was released on RCA Records. Included on the North American release were the songs ""Why?"", ""What Love Is"" and ""Mexican Whistler"", while ""New World in the Morning"", ""From Both Sides Now"" and ""Streets of London"" were omitted. New World in the Morning New World in the Morning is a studio album by Roger Whittaker released in 1971. It featured some of his most popular songs, including ""The Last Farewell"", ""A Special Kind"
"Breakfast in Bed (album) Breakfast in Bed is the fifth studio album released by blues artist Joan Osborne. It was produced by Tor Hyams and released in 2007 by Time Life. The album mostly contains soul cover songs from the 1970s and 1980s, including ""I've Got to Use My Imagination"" and ""Midnight Train to Georgia"", both made popular by Gladys Knight & the Pips. The album also contains six original songs. Two cover songs that Osborne sang live from the documentary movie, ""Standing in the Shadows of Motown"" are featured at the end of this album: Martha and the Vandellas'"
"to writing the song, he was driven to find a harmonium (also known as a pump organ); he found one at an old lady's house in a village in the countryside where he lived in England, which he bought for 24 pounds. Hodgson brought it home and proceeded to write many songs on it immediately, ""Breakfast in America"" being one of them - because the harmonium ""had a magical quality to it and still does"". He had the lyrics written in about an hour in a ""stream-of-consciousness"" fashion, expressed from a ""real joyful, playful place he was in at the"
"featured in the 2014 movie ""Godzilla"". Breakfast in Bed ""Breakfast in Bed"" is a soul–R&B song written by Muscle Shoals songwriters Eddie Hinton and Donnie Fritts for Dusty Springfield. It takes a knowing spin on the line ""You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"", the title of a song which had previously been a number one hit for her in the UK. After being released on her 1969 album ""Dusty in Memphis"", it was later in the year recorded and popularized by Baby Washington on Cotillion. Harry J produced three reggae versions in 1972: Lorna Bennett; Scotty; Bongo Herman"
"Adult Contemporary charts, reaching number two in the U.S. and spending two weeks at number one in Canada. ""September Morn'"" ranks as the 90th biggest U.S. charting single of 1980. September Morn (album) September Morn is the thirteenth studio album by the American singer Neil Diamond. Released in 1979, the album includes a disco version of the Motown classic ""Dancing in the Street"" and a remake of ""I'm a Believer"". The title track was an international chart hit, and became Diamond's 30th Top 40 hit in the U.S. The song peaked at number 17 on the U.S. ""Billboard Hot 100"","