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Wednesday, 17 November 2010 20:24
Press Review - Press Article
1977
John guests on Thin Lizzy's "Bad Reputation" (SRM-11186)
January 12- Amsterdam, The Concertgebauw 16- Amsterdam, Congress Hall by the Rye 18- West Berlin 22- Hamburg 24- Hanover, Germany 27- Copenhagen, The Trivoli Gardens (first concert preformance of "Soapbox Opera") 29- Lund, Norway 31- Olso, Norway
January 20 Munich TV promos shot in a warehouse on Dachaustrasse
February Jesse Siebenberg born, Hammersmith Hospital, London
1- Stockholm, Sweden 5- London, Royal Albert Hall (Recorded for King Biscuit Flower Hour)
February 15 Group leaves for America
April 6- Regina, Saskatchewan. First leg of tour 7- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 9- Winnipeg, Manitoba 10- Winnipeg, Manitoba 11- Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada 12- Edmonton, Alberta. Concert cancelled because of Roger's illness
"Even In The Quietest Moments" released in US (SP-4634)
April 23 "Even" debuts on US Billboard Album Chart
May "Even In The Quietest Moments" reaches UK #12 and US #16 Los Angeles (recorded for "Rock Around The World)
May 8 Featured on "Rock Around The World" (#144)
May 14 "Even In The Quietest Moments" makes US Top-40 "Give A Little Bit" enters Cashbox Top 100, where it stays for 21 weeks, peaking @ #13
May 16 Featured on "Earth News" radio
June 4 "Give A Little Bit"/"Downstream" ( A&M 1938) enters US charts @ #77
June 11 "Give A Little Bit" @ #66
June 18 "Give A Little Bit" @ #63
June 25 "Give A Little Bit" @ #53
June 25- Moncton, New Brunswick 28- Montreal Forum 29- Montreal Forum 30- Ottawa Civic Center
July "Give A Little Bit" climbs to UK #29
July 2 London "Give A Little Bit" enters Billboard's Top-40 singles chart @ #39 "Crime Of The Century" certified gold by RIAA
July 9 "Give A Little Bit" @ #35 Beginning of 150 date world tour
July 13 "Even In The Quietest Moments" certified gold by RIAA
July 16 "Give A Little Bit" @ #31
July 23 "Give A Little Bit" @ #27
July 30 "Give A Little Bit" @ #25
July 1- Ottawa Civic Center 5- Kitchener 14- Edmonton, Alberta (rescheduled) 15- Calgary, Alberta (rescheduled)
August "Even In The Quietest Moments" reaches US #16
August 2 "Crime Of The Century" certified gold by RIAA
August 6 "Give A Little Bit" @ #23
August 13 "Give A Little Bit" @ #21
August 20 "Give A Little Bit" @ #17
August 21 Featured on the radio show "Nightbird & Company" (#329)
August 27 "Give A Little Bit" makes US #15 (peak)
August 28 Copenhagen
September 3 "Give A Little Bit" @ #15
September 10 "Give A Little Bit" @ #27
September 17 "Give A Little Bit" @ #48
September 23 Geneva, Switzerland. Le Pavillon des Sports.
September 24 "Give A Little Bit" @ #48
October 1 "Give A Little Bit" @ #99
October England leg of tour Birmingham Liverpool Manchester Coventry Newcastle Glasgow, Scotland Leicester London, Wembly Empire Pool London, Wembly Empire Pool Brighton Bournemouth
November "From Now On/Dreamer" (A&M 1981) released in US "Babaji/From Now On" released (UK)
1978
February 5 Featured On "The Best Of The Biscuit"
March Rehearsals for new album started at Rick's home in Encino.
March 4 Re-release of 1970 album "Supertramp" (SP-4665) makes it up to #158 on Billboard Album Top 200
April Rehearsals moved to management offices in Burbank with album working title, "Working Title"
late April Rehearsals moved again, this time to Village Recorders, L.A.
May New album working title, "Hello Stranger".
June 4 Featured on "The Best Of Rock Around The World" (#200)
September Roger interview with Doug Pringle for Canadian radio show, "The Pringle Program" Bob bets Rick $100 that this album will go Top 10
December Recording finished. Mixing started.
1979
Album now called "Breakfast In America", after a song written by Roger Hodgson when 18 years old. Rick reportedly hated the song. Mixing taking place at Crystal Sound, Los Angeles Bob guests on Phil Lynott’s "Solo In Soho" (WB-3405)
January 5 Roger and Karuna married
-WORLD TOUR BEGINS- March 16- Boulder, Colorado 18- St. Louis, MO 19- St. Louis, MO 20- Kansas City, MO 22- Milwaukee, Wisconsin 23- Milwaukee, WI 24- St. Paul, Minnesota 25- Madison, Wisconsin 27- Green Bay, Wisconsin 28- Chicago, Illinois
April 3- Los Angeles, California - LA Forum 4- Los Angeles, California - LA Forum (recorded - "From Lunch To Ecstacy" IMP 2-109) Bootleg 5- Oakland, CA 8- Tucson, Arizona 9- Phoenix, Arizona 11- San Diego Sports Arena 12- Fresno,California - Selland Arena 13- Fresno, California - Selland Arena 15- Spokane, Washington - Coliseum 16- Missoula, Montana - Adam Field House 18- Seattle, Washington - Coliseum 19- Portland, Oregon - Coliseum 20- Pullman, Washington - WSU Field House 22- Corvallis, Oregon - Gill Coliseum 30- Tulsa, Oklahoma
May 1- Norman, Oklahoma 2- Ft. Worth, Texas 3- San Antonia, Texas - Arena 5- Houston, Texas - Coliseum 7- New Orleans, Louisiana 9- Nashville, Tennessee 11- Miami, Florida 12- Fr. Meyers, Florida 13- St. Petersburg, Florida 15- Atlanta, Georgia - The Omni 16- Greensboro, North Carolina 17- Largo - Capitol Center 18- New Brunswick, Nova Scotia 20- Detroit, Michigan 21- Buffalo, NY 23- Boston, Mass. 24- Boston, Mass 25- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - The Spectrum 26- Rochester, NY 27 Troy, NY 29 Utica, NY 30- Springfield Civic Center 31- Madison Square Gardens, NY (Supertramp is presented with it’s first platinum record awards here)
June 2- Cincinati, Ohio - Riverfront Stadium 3- Indianapolis, Indiana - Market Square Arena 4- Pittsburgh, Penn. - Civic Arena 6- Columbus, Ohio 8- Cleveland, Ohio - Richfield Coliseum 9- Birmingham, Alabama 10- Richmond, Virginia 11- Hampton, Virginia
July 17- Winnipeg, Manitoba 19- Toronto - Exhibition Stadium 20- Toronto - Exhibition Stadium 21- Toronto - Exhibition Stadium
August 11- Canadian tour ends in Vancouver, British Columbia
March 24 "The Logical Song"/"Just Another Nervous Wreck" (A&M 2128) enters US Billboard chart @ #86
March 29 "Breakfast In America" released in US (SP-3708). Recording cost - $400,000 Front cover centers around actress Kate Murdock. Back cover photo- graphed at "Burt’s Mad House" on LaBrea Ave, Los Angeles.
March 31 "The Logical Song" @ #76 "Breakfast In America" debuts on Billboard’s Top 100 Album Chart
April 1 "Breakfast In Ameica" (AMLK-63708) released in UK. "The Logical Song reaches #7 on the UK charts
April 7 "Breakfast In America" enters US Top 40 Album chart "The Logical Song" @ #66 "The Logical Song" enters CASHBOX magazine’s top-100, where it stays for 19 weeks, peaking @ #4
April 9 "Breakfast In America" certified gold by the RIAA
April 11 Heidi Hodgson born at 7:45 p.m. in the family motor home, just outside of the concert hall. Mother Karuna Hodgson attended by midwife and Dr. John Repair. Roger appears onstage 15 minutes later.
April 14 "The Logical Song" @ #55 Article in MELODY MAKER magazine
April 21 "The Logical Song" @ #48
April 28 "The Logical Song" enters Billboard’s Top-40 @ #36
May 5 "The Logical Song" @#24
May 12 "Breakfast In America" peakes @ #3 on the UK charts. "The Logical Song" @ #18
May 19 "The Logical Song" @ #14 "Breakfast In America" tops US Charts for the first of 6 weeks, earning platinum status (1,000,000 units sold)
May 31 Rick pays off the $100 bet with Bob with the bill framed. The plaque reads "You better not spent it, you rat!"
June 1 "Breakfast in America"/"Gone Hollywood" released (UK)
June 2 "The Logical Song" enters Billboard’s Top-10 @#9
June 9 "The Logical Song" @ #7
June 16 "The Logical Song" peaks on the US charts @ #6
June 21 2 page article in MELODY MAKER magazine
June 23 "The Logical Song" @ #6
June 30 "The Logical Song" @ #6
July 2 "Breakfast In America" the single, hits #9 in the UK
July 7 "Goodbye Stranger"/"Even In The Quietest Moments" (A&M 2162) enters US charts @ #78 "Goodbye Stranger" enters CASHBOX charts, where it stays for 16 weeks, peaking @ #16
July 12 ROLLING STONE magazine has feature article
July 14 "The Logical Song" @ #11 "Goodbye Stranger" @ #69
July 21 "The Logical Song" @ #24 "Goodbye Stranger" @ #56 Article in BILLBOARD Magazine
July 28 "The Logical Song" @ #41 "Goodbye Stranger" @ #45
August 4 "Goodbye Stranger" enters Billboard Top-40 @ #32 "The Logical Song" @ #84 "Breakfast In America" (single) peaks @ #9 (UK)
August 6 Magazine article in MACLEANS
August 11 "The Logical Song" @ #100 "Goodbye Stranger" @ # 26
August 18 "Goodbye Stranger" @ #20 "Goodbye Stranger" enters Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Chart.
August 25 "Goodbye Stranger" @ #18 The Barron Knights release a parody song, "The Topical Song" (Epic 9-50755) which stays on the charts for 3 weeks before disappearing.
September 1 "Goodbye Stranger" @ #16 "Goodbye Stranger" (AMS 7481) released in UK "The Topical Song" @ #70
September 8 "Goodbye Stranger" peaks at #15 (BILLBOARD) "The Topical Song" @ #99
September 15 "Goodbye Stranger" @ #15
September 16 Featured on "What’s It All About"
September 22 "Goodbye Stranger" @ #25
September 29 "Goodbye Stranger" @ #49
October 1 "The Logical Song" lyrics featured in SONG HITS magazine
October 6 "Goodbye Stranger" @ #76 "Take The Long Way Home/From Now On" released in UK
October 13 "Take The Long Way Home/Rudy"(A&M 2193) released in US and debuts on BILLBOARD charts @ #70 "Take The Long Way Home" debuts on CASHBOX charts where it stays for 17 weeks, peaking @ # 15
October 20 "Take The Long Way Home" @ #54
October 27 "Take The Long Way Home" @ #43
November 3 "Take The Long Way Home’ enters BILLBOARD Top-40 @ #31 Also enters the Adult Contemporary charts
November 10 "Take The Long Way Home’ @ #23 "Goodbye Stranger" makes UK #57
November 17 "Take The Long Way Home’ @ #17
November 24 "Take The Long Way Home" @ #15
November 29 Concert at the Pavilion in Paris is recorded and filmed
December 1 "Take The Long Way Home" @ #13 Article in SEVENTEEN magazine
December 2 Cover story in magazine ROCK & FOLK (France)
December 8 "Take The Long Way Home" @ #11
December 15 "Take The Long Way Home" @ #10 (peak)
December 22 "Take The Long Way Home" @ #10
December 29 "Take The Long Way Home @ #26
1980
John guests on Chris DeBurgh's "Eastern Wind" (SP-4815) January 5 "Take The Long Way Home" @ #26 January 12 "Take The Long Way Home" @ #35 January 19 "Take The Long Way Home" @ #94 February 16 Watermark Inc. broadcasts "Profiles In Rock" (#PRB 801-7) March Bob's home destroyed by fire Dougie buys a yacht "Trinity" May 9 "The Logical Song" named "Best Song, Musically & Lyrically" at the 25th Annual Ivor Novello Awards, held at London's Grosnevor House Hotel June TEEN Magazine article Review of "Breakfast In America" in Hi-Fi magazine September "Paris" (SP-6702) released in US with cover art by Cindy Marsh and inside photo by Mark Hanauer "Paris" (MP-44001-2) released in Japan September 20 "Dreamer"(live)/"From Now On" (live) (A&M 2269) enters US charts @ #67 "Dreamer"(live) enters Cashbox Top-100 where it stays for 17 weeks, peaking at #15 September 27 "Dreamer"(live) @ #46 October "Paris" hits UK #7 October 4 "Dreamer (live)" enters Billboard's Top - 40 @ #33 October 6 Roger interviewed on "Off The Record with Mary Turner" October 10 Roger interviewed on "The Robert W. Morgan" radio show ( #SWB 804-2) October 11 "Paris" makes US Top-40 Billboard Album Chart "Paris" peaks @ #7 on the U.K. Music Week charts "Dreamer"(live) @ #26 October 18 "Dreamer"(live) @ #23 October 19 Featured on "The BBC Rock Hour" (#142) October 24 "Dreamer"(live) @ #20 November "Dreamer"(live)/"You Started Laughing"(live) (AMS 7576) released in UK November 1 "Dreamer"(live) @ #17 November 8 "Dreamer"(live) climbs to US #15. "Paris" hits US #8 November 15 "Dreamer"(live) @ #15 November 22 "Dreamer"(live) @ #23 November 29 "Dreamer"(live) @ #45 December 6 "Dreamer"(live) @ #56 December 10 "Paris" certified gold by RIAA December 13 "Dreamer"(live) @ #86 "Breakfast In America (live)"/"You Started Laughing"(live) (A&M 2292) enters Billboard charts @ #82 "Breakfast In America (live)" enters Cashbox Top-100, staying for 7 weeks, peaking at #69 December 19 The Source broadcasts "The Supertramp Special" December 20 "Dreamer"(live) @ #98 "Breakfast In America" @ #72 December 27 "Breakfast In America" (live) peaks at US #62
1981
Bob guests on Gary Wright's "The Right Place" (WB 3511) January John breaks his leg bicycling January 3 "Breakfast In America" (live) @ #62 January 10 "Breakfast In America" (live) @ #62 January 17 "Breakfast In America" (live) @ #69 January 24 "Breakfast In America" (live) @ #76 January 31 Andrew Hodgson born "Breakfast In America" (live) @ #95 March 5 "Paris" @ #63 in ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE'S top-100 March 19 "Paris" @ #77 in ROLLING STONE May Double cassette (Crisis/Even..) released (UK) May 23 Featured on The Robert W. Morgan Special Of The Week (#SWB 812-8) August 9 John appears on The Robert Klein Radio Show (#42) John guests on Ali Thomson's "Deception Is An Art" (SP-4846)
