Duke Jupiter

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Duke Jupiter
OriginRochester, New York
GenresRock
Years active1973-1986

Duke Jupiter was an American rock band from Rochester, New York. They were active in the 1970s and 1980s on Mercury Records, CBS Records, and the Motown subsidiaries Morocco Records and Powerglide Records. They are best known for their hit single I'll Drink to You. [1] [2]

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After the release of their first album Sweet Cheeks in 1978, Duke Jupiter started touring with national acts, including ZZ Top, Stevie Ray Vaughan, David Bowie, Bob Seger, Robert Palmer, B. B. King, Toto, Sea Level, Huey Lewis and the News, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, Blue Öyster Cult, The Charlie Daniels Band, Outlaws, and John Lee Hooker.[ citation needed ]

Band History

George Barajas died of a brain tumor in August 1982. [3]

In June of 1982, the band played a free concert in Rochester and 25,000 fans attended. The concert was held at Ontario Beach Park and caused the biggest traffic jam the city had seen. The concert ended up making national news as well as MTV. [4]

Because of their rising popularity, the band went on to tour with REO Speedwagon, ZZ TOP, Foreigner, Blue Oyster Cult, and David Bowie. [4]

Duke Jupiter played a farewell concert in their hometown of Rochester in 1986. This ended a 13-year career for the band.

From 1973 to 1986, Duke Jupiter released nine albums with four music videos that appeared on MTV. [4]

In 2014, Duke Jupiter was inducted into the Rochester Hall of Fame. [4]

David Corcoran (born in Smithtown, New York) died of kidney cancer on June 21, 2018, at age 64. [5] [6]

Original band members

1980 to present band members

Discography

Albums

Studio Albums
YearTitlePeak PositionsAlbum Notes
US
1978Sweet Cheeks-Mercury SRM-1-3718
Produced by Chuck Leavell
1979Taste The Night-Mercury SRM-1-3756
Produced by Glen Kolotkin
1980Band In Blue-Mercury SRM-1-3815
Produced by Steve Katz
Begin Again - Collector's Edition [EP]-See footnotes [7]
1982Duke Jupiter I204Coast To Coast Records (US)
Epic Records (Canada)
Some pressings show a "Roadshow" logo
Produced by Glen Kolotkin
1983You Make It Look Easy-Coast To Coast Records
Produced by Ashley Howe
1984White Knuckle Ride122Morocco Records
Produced by Glen Kolotkin
1985The Line Of Your Fire-Motown Records
Produced by Glen Kolotkin
Live Albums

Singles

YearTitlePeak PositionsAlbum
US US Rock
1978"Trouble In Paradise/Days Between Us"--Sweet Cheeks
1979"Taste The Night"--Taste The Night
"Like Our First Night"--
1980"If You Love Her"--Band In Blue
1982"I'll Drink To You" [8] 5816Duke Jupiter I
"Rock 'N' Roll Band" [9] --
"Rockin' In A Motel Room" [10] --
1983"You Make It Look Easy" [11] -–You Make It Look Easy
1984"Little Lady" [12] 6812White Knuckle Ride
"Rescue Me" [13] 101-
1985"The Line Of Your Fire"--The Line Of Your Fire

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References

  1. ↑ "Duke Jupiter Bio". allmusic.com/. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  2. ↑ Motown Encyclopedia 1311441549 Graham Betts - 2014 - Duke signed with CBS subsidiary Coast To Coast Records and recorded two albums in Duke Jupiter 1 (released in 1982, with the extracted single I'll Drink To You being extensively played on AOR radio and the video receiving heavy rotation ...
  3. 1 2 "Welcome to Duke Jupiter's website". dukejupiter.com. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Duke Jupiter – Rochester Music Hall of Fame" . Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  5. ↑ "David J. Corcoran". rochestercremation.com. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  6. ↑ Greenwood, Marcia (December 15, 2019). "Duke Jupiter drummer David Corcoran dies at 64". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  7. ↑ Released on Powerglide Records, and produced by Duke Jupiter. Available on both 7" and 12" versions containing four songs: "Begin Again", "Rock And Roll Band", "Can't Give You Up"*, and "Speed Limit" (all tracks written by Marshall Styler except *written by Greg Walker).
  8. ↑ B-side "Begin Again" differs from the title track of the Powerglide EP. Single version starts with an a capella vocal arrangement and it an otherwise non-album B-side.
  9. ↑ This version of "Rock And Roll Band" is a single edit from the version on Duke Jupiter I, and both Coast To Coast Records versions differ from the version found on the EP, "Begin Again". B-Side is "Slow, Loud and Dirty".
  10. ↑ B-side is "Baby I Do"
  11. ↑ This version of "You Make It Look Easy" is a single edit of the album version of the album of the same title. B-side is "Cut It Loose".
  12. ↑ B-side is "Little Black Book"
  13. ↑ B-side is "Me And Michelle"
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