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91. THE STEVE MILLER BAND – One of the 1970's most popular singer/guitarists, Steve Miller continues to sell recordings and draw large crowds for personal appearances more than 40 years after first making his mark.
Not the most prolific composer, Miller, nonetheless, has accounted, either as sole composer or with a shared credit, for a good percentage of the hits The Steve Miller Band has charted over the years, hits that have become staples of Classic Rock radio. These include "The Joker," "Take The Money and Run," "Rock'n Me," "Fly Like An Eagle" and "Abracadabra."
The members of the band have been numerous over the years, but a certain few have contributed to many of the hit albums issued under the Steve Miller Band moniker, 12 of which have reached the U.S. top 40 with sizeable sales figures reported in many other countries as well. In addition, three of the aforementioned singles topped the U.S. charts, while "Fly Like An Eagle" resided two weeks at #2, kept from the top spot by Barbra Streisand's "(Love Theme) From 'A Star Is Born.'"
Thus, receiving "Miners" along with Miller are Lonnie Davis (bass), Tim Davis (drums), Ben Sidran (keyboards), Gary Mallaber (drums), Byron Allred (keyboards), Kenny Lee Lewis (guitar), Norton Buffalo (harmonica), Gordy Knudtson (drums) and Billy Peterson (bass).
92. NATALIE COLE – Natalie Cole certainly has superstar pedigree, being the daughter of Nat King Cole, #69 on our list of Hall of Famers, and Maria Hawkins Cole, who sang with Duke Ellington, her former husband, and Count Basie. But the music business is littered with offspring of famous parents, offspring who flopped when their time came to produce the goods.
celine dion tickets in las vegas Signed by Capitol Records, her father's label, Cole, touted as "the new Aretha Frankllin," won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1976, one of nine she has captured so far, including 2009's Best Traditional celine dion tickets in las vegas Pop Vocal Album for "Still Unforgettable." This repeated the 1992 award for her biggest selling record, "Unforgettable, With Love," a collection on which Cole covered her father's celine dion tickets in las vegas catalog. It also received the Grammy for "Album of the Year" and the matching of her with her dad on "Unforgettable" was named "Record of the Year." In 1993, she won the George and Ira Gershwin celine dion tickets in las vegas Lifetime Musical Achievement Award, in 1999 she captured the Songwriter's Hall of Fame Hitmaker Award and in 2009 she took home the NAACP's Image Award for Best Jazz Artist, which she also won in 2002.
She has registered 11 top 40 albums in The United States, has had a steady residency in the higher echelon of the Canadian album listings, has been a steady seller in the Pan Pacific region and has scored three top 20 LPs on the Brit charts.
93. AC/DC – This Australian quintet has been called hard rock and heavy metal and probably fits under both headings. But one heading they certainly fit under is successful, having released "Back In Black," reported to be the second best selling album worldwide in history celine dion tickets in las vegas behind only Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and slightly ahead of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon." Of course, these figures are just estimates, but the RIAA, which deals with the U.S. alone and has pretty solid data to work with, ranks "Back In Black" sixth with 22 million units sold in the States alone.
Of course, AC/DC is far from a one-disc wonder. Overall they rank as one of the top-selling album artists worldwide, having unleashed two U.S. top 20 albums prior to 1980's "Back In Black" and seven more after that milestone, including two #1 long players, 1981's "For Those About To Rock We Salute You" and 2008's "Black Ice." And that doesn't include live albums, greatest hits collections, box sets etc.
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Amazingly, AC/DC has done all this despite the loss of lead singer Bon Scott, who died after the band's 1979 "Highway To Hell" had become an international best seller, leaving the group and fans to rally behind his replacement, Brit Brian Johnson, whose first effort was the aforementioned "Back In Black."
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94. BARRY MANILOW – It's a long trip from writing commercials ("Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there") to an induction into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame, but Barry Manilow's success as a tunesmith made the honored recognition a no-brainer.
After all, many of his 17 top 20 hits were self-penned, with some reaching near standard status. His success also has reached audiences worldwide, keeping him a top concert attraction to this day and making him one of the best-selling artists of the Rock Era, though the majority of his music would rarely be called celine dion tickets in las vegas Rock.
Ironically, Manilow's three #1 singles were not self written. His breakthrough, 1974's "Mandy," which topped the U.S. and Canadian charts and just missed the U.K. top 10, was written by Scott English and Richard Kerr, while English teamed up with Will Jennings to write 1977's "Looks Like We Made It." Beach Boy Bruce Johnston contributed 1975's "I Write The Songs."
But Manilow's success stretches far beyond his hit singles as 11 top 10 albums celine dion tickets in las vegas from 1974's "Barry celine dion tickets in las vegas Manilow II" to 2011's "15 Minutes" demonstrates. In Britain, where he performed sell-out concerts at the Royal Albert Hall and Wembley Arena, seven of his LPs reached the top 10, including 1982's #1 "Barry Live In Britain."
95. OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN – Olivia Newton-John recorded her first single in her native England in 1966. But it wasn't until 1971 that folks started listening. When they did, they did so in droves, especially in Australia, the country that became her home at age six.
Newton-John has recorded 15 singles that have reached the Australian top 10, five climbing all the way to the top. She matched those totals in the U.S., though some of the selections celine dion tickets in las vegas vary. Her first #1, 1971's "Banks Of The Ohio," was #1 in Australia alone, but "I Honestly Love You," topped the charts in both countries as well as Canada in 1974 and the follow-up, "Have You Never Been Mellow," celine dion tickets in las vegas repeated in the U.S. and Canada.
The film hit "Grease" gave the world a whole new side of Newton-John and "You're The One That I Want," celine dion tickets in las vegas a duet with John Travolta from the movie, hit #1 across the board, becoming her first U.K. #1. Another duet with Travolta taken from the movie, "Summer Nights," also topped the U.K. chart. Movie magic worked again in 1980's "Xanadu," as "Magic" held the U.S. top spot four weeks and also reached #1 in Canada, while the title cut, which teamed her with the Electric Light Orchestra, gave her another U.K. #1 and also topped the German charts.
But in 1981, she outdid herself…and everyone celine dion tickets in las vegas else, putting "Physical" on top of the U.S. charts for an incredible 10 weeks. The recording celine dion tickets in las vegas also was #1 in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. There were several interesting sidelights to "Physical," the first of which is that it was originally intended for Rod Stewart, but Newton-John saw its potential and recorded it immediately. Again, Newton-John had some famous teammates, Toto's Steve Lukather contributing the significant guitar. Amazingly, Foreigner's "Waiting For A Girl Like You" held the #2 position nine of the weeks "Physical" was #1. And "Physical" remained on top so long, it was preceded and followed to the top by the same artists, knocking "Private Eyes" by Hall Oates off the top, then finally being displaced by the duo's "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do," which, celine dion tickets in las vegas ironically, leapfrogged the Foreigner smash, which remained #2 for a 10 th week!
Newton-John had back-to-back #1 albums in the U.S., "If You Love Me, Let Me Know" in 1974 and "Have You Never Been Mellow" the following year, both also topping celine dion tickets in las vegas the U.S. Country chart as well as 1973's "Let Me Be There."
96. GENESIS – Second lead singer Phil Collins is already in at #70, so he becomes a two-time Goldmine Hall of Fame inductee. But several other members, including original lead singer Peter Gabriel, certainly merit induction also, if not as individuals, then certainly under the Genesis umbrella.
Tony Banks (keyboards) and Mike Rutherford (bass and guitar) are the only two members to appear on all the group's albums. celine dion tickets in las vegas Obviously, they deserve celine dion tickets in las vegas induction as does guitarist Steve Hackett, who appeared on nine LPs. In addition to their obvious instrumental prowess, al