Gold & Platinum-1964-1995

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:31 am

Elton John

31--Gold and Platinum
20--Album Awars

Crocodile was Elton John's first #1 hit--Crocodile Rock is a combination of songs.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:47 pm

Cat Stevens

9---Gold and Platinum
1---Album Award

Real Name--Steven Georgiou, of Greek and Swedish parents born in London.
Peace Train was his first U.S. top 10 hit

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:45 pm

Jackson Browne

9---Gold and Platinum
5---Album Awards

Jackson Browne wrote for many singers as a teenager

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:34 pm

Carole King

8--Gold and platinum
2---Album Awards

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 2:04 pm

Janis Joplin

5---Gold and Platinum
3---Album Awards

Janis Joplin had only one hit single under her own name.
Janis at one time had a brief romance with Kris Krisofferson
Janis died of an overdose of heroin in October of 1970

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:18 pm

Stevie Wonder

7---Gold and Platinum
4---Album Awards

Stevie's breakthrough album was Talking book

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:15 pm

Derek and the Dominos

2---Gold

Layla-1972-was inspired by a true-life ,all-star rock- n-roll love triangle.The three were Pattie Boyd,a lovely fashion model;George Harrison,who spotted her on the set of A Hard Day's Night in 1964 and married her in 1966; and Eric Clapton,a good friend of George's who'd fallen in love with Pattie by 1970.Pattie kept Clapton at bay,and he consoled himself with music,drugs and another woman.Though he sometimes played with George he pined for Pattie and composed " Layla"

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 9:52 am

Ringo Starr

2---Gold and Platinum
1---Album Award

It Don't Come Easy--Ringo's first solo hit
The album "Beaucoups of Blues" was a country album
In 1971 Ringo made his first rock recording outside the Beatles.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:43 am

Loggins & Messina

7---Gold and Platinum
5---Album Awards

Your Moma Don't Dance reached #4 and was the biggest hit for Loggins & Messina in their four years together

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:14 am

The Steve Miller Band

7---Gold and Platinum
5---Album Awards

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:20 pm

Steely Dan

11---Gold and Platinum
7----Album awards

Donald Fagen and Walter Becker played in a band called Bad Rock Group with Chevy Chase in the late 60s.
Steely Dan is named for a sexual tool from William Burroughs' novel " Naked Lunch"

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:33 am

Led Zeppelin

13---Gold and Platinum
11---Album Awards

linda Ronstadt once said Led Zeppelin's music was like insect music to me.
Jimmy Page a former Yardbird founded the group.

Misty Mountain Hop is about a bunch of hippies getting busted at a love-in near London

The unnamed fourth disc is among the greatest selling albums of all time

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:26 pm

Yes

11--- Gold and Platinum
3----Album Awards

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:58 pm

The Allman Brothers Band

9---Gold and Platinum
3---Album Awards

Duane Allman played alongside Eric Clapton on the classic Layla album.
Duane died in a motorcycle accident in 1971.About a year late Berry Oakley died in a similar mishap.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 1:32 pm

Emerson Lake and Palmer

9---Gold

This group played together for 10 years before replacements or reunions

Keith Emerson
Greg Lake
Carl Palmer

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:32 pm

The Who

14---Gold and Platinum
10---Album Awards

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:56 pm

Bruce Springsteen

13---Gold and Platinum
8----Album Awards

When Sringsteen put out Born to Run it served notice that he was on course for superstardom

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:30 pm

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

13---Gold and Platinum
8---Album Awards

This group is from Florida
Thr groups Greatest hit album has sold ove 6 million copies

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:27 pm

The Eagles

10---Gold Platinum
6---Album Awards

The Eagles sold more albums in the 70s than any other recording artist

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:05 pm

Fleetwood Mac

10---Gold and Platinum
7----Album Awards