Steven Haworth Miller is an American musician. He is the founder and only remaining original member of the Steve Miller Band, which he founded in 1966, and is the principal songwriter, lead singer, harmonicist, keyboardist, and one of the guitarists. He began his career in blues and blues rock and evolved to a more pop-oriented arena rock genre during the mid-1970s through the early 1980s, releasing popular singles and albums. Miller was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.
The Steve Miller Band is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1966. The band is led by Steve Miller on guitar and lead vocals. The group had a string of mid- to late-1970s hit singles that are staples of classic rock radio, as well as several earlier psychedelic rock albums. Miller left his first band to move to San Francisco and form the Steve Miller Blues Band. Shortly after Harvey Kornspan negotiated the band's contract with Capitol Records in 1967, the band shortened its name to the Steve Miller Band. In February 1968, the band recorded its debut album, Children of the Future. It went on to produce the albums Sailor, Brave New World, Your Saving Grace, Number 5, The Joker, Fly Like an Eagle, and Book of Dreams, among others. The band's album Greatest Hits 1974–78, released in 1978, has sold over 13 million copies. In 2016, Steve Miller was inducted as a solo artist into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
New Train is an album by Paul Pena, recorded in 1973 and released in 2000. The album was recorded at Bearsville Records and produced by Ben Sidran.
Ben Hirsh Sidran is an American jazz and rock keyboardist, producer, label owner, and music writer. Early in his career he was a member of the Steve Miller Band and is the father of Grammy-nominated musician, composer and performer Leo Sidran.
The Spencer Davis Group were a British blues and R&B influenced rock band formed in Birmingham in 1963 by Spencer Davis (guitar), brothers Steve Winwood and Muff Winwood, and Pete York (drums). Their best known songs include the UK No. 1 hits "Keep On Running" and "Somebody Help Me" and the UK and US Top 10 hits "Gimme Some Lovin'" and "I'm a Man".
Live at the Fillmore Auditorium is a live album by the American musician Chuck Berry. He was backed by the Steve Miller Blues Band. Berry's second live album, it was released in 1967 by Mercury Records.
Number 5 is the fifth studio album by American rock band Steve Miller Band. The album was released in July 1970, by Capitol Records. It is the last of the group's albums to feature original drummer Tim Davis. The album reached number 23 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden is the seventh studio album by American rock band Steve Miller Band. The album was released in March 1972, by Capitol Records. Like his previous album, Rock Love, this album did not meet with much success.
Children of the Future is the debut studio album by the Steve Miller Band, released in April 1968 by Capitol Records. Contributed by several writers, the songs on the album include a mixture of blues and psychedelic rock. The album was produced by British record producer-engineer Glyn Johns. It reached number 134 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
Living in the 20th Century is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band Steve Miller Band. The album was released in November 1986, by Capitol Records. The song "I Want to Make the World Turn Around" spent six consecutive weeks at the top of the Album Rock Tracks chart in the U.S. at the end of 1986.
Italian X Rays is the thirteenth studio album by American rock band Steve Miller Band. The album was released in November 1984, by Capitol Records. "Who Do You Love?" and "Out of the Night" were songs co-written by Steve Miller and Tim Davis. Tim Davis had been a co-founder of the Steve Miller Band and had been a drummer, singer and songwriter with the band during its first five albums, released between 1968 and 1970. As of 1984, Davis was suffering from the effects of diabetes, and died four years later.
Your Saving Grace is the fourth album by American rock group the Steve Miller Band, released in November 1969. It reached number 38 on the Billboard Top LPs chart.
Wide River is the fifteenth album by American rock band the Steve Miller Band, released in 1993. The title track was their last Billboard Hot 100 single, peaking at No. 64. It is their last album of original material to date, and would also be their last studio album until Bingo! in 2010. As of 2010, sales in the United States have exceeded 258,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It was re-released on vinyl by Sailor Records in 2016. In addition, May 24, 2019, saw the re-release again of Wide River on exclusive translucent light blue vinyl, by UMe Label, and on black vinyl.
"The Joker" is a song by American rock band Steve Miller Band from their eighth studio album, The Joker (1973). Released as a single in October 1973, the song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1974 and reached the top 20 in Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands.
Best of the Blues Brothers is the fourth and final Blues Brothers album released before John Belushi's death in 1982. It is the first compilation album by the band and it was released by Atlantic Records on November 30, 1981. Along with tracks from the first three albums, Briefcase Full of Blues, The Blues Brothers: Music from the Soundtrack and Made in America, it includes unreleased live versions of "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love", "Rubber Biscuit", and a new song, "Expressway to Your Heart". The album was remixed by Steve Jordan and Donald “Duck” Dunn. Belushi’s wife, Judith Jacklin, designed the sleeve.
Several bands have called themselves The Ardells.
Anthology is the first greatest hits album for the Steve Miller Band, covering material from their first seven albums. It has been certified Gold in the United States.
Steve Miller Band Live! is a 1983 live album by the Steve Miller Band. It was recorded live at the Pine Knob Amphitheater, Clarkston, MI on September 25, 1982.
Timothy Lawrence Davis, was a drummer, singer and songwriter, who co-founded the Steve Miller Band.
Keep on Rockin' is the fourth studio album by the American country music band Confederate Railroad. It was issued by Atlantic Records in 1998. The album includes the singles "The Big One" and "Cowboy Cadillac," which respectively reached numbers 66 and 70 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. "Simple Man", a cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd, previously appeared on the 1994 compilation album Skynyrd Frynds.
