George Lawrence Thorogood is an American musician, singer and songwriter from Wilmington, Delaware. His "high-energy boogie-blues" sound became a staple of 1980s US rock radio, with hits like his original songs "Bad to the Bone" and "I Drink Alone". He has also helped to popularize older songs by American icons, such as "Move It on Over", "Who Do You Love?", and "House Rent Blues/One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer".
Zenyatta Mondatta is the third studio album by British rock band the Police, released on 3 October 1980 by A&M Records. It was co-produced by the band and Nigel Gray.
Fly Like an Eagle is the ninth studio album by American rock band Steve Miller Band, released on May 14, 1976, by Capitol Records in the United States, Canada and Japan and Mercury Records in Europe. The album was a commercial success, spawning three hit singles: the title track, "Take the Money and Run" and "Rock'n Me", and eventually received a quadruple platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
DEV-O Live is a live EP by American new wave band Devo. It was recorded during the Freedom of Choice tour on August 16, 1980, at the Fox Warfield Theatre in San Francisco.
Move It On Over is the second studio album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers, released by Rounder Records in November 1978. Move It On Over peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard 200 chart.
George Thorogood and the Destroyers is the self-titled debut studio album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers, released in October 1977. Consisting mostly of covers of blues hits, it includes a medley of John Lee Hooker's "House Rent Boogie" and "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer", the latter a song written by Rudy Toombs for Amos Milburn, and later covered by Hooker.
Maverick is the sixth studio album by the American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers. It was produced by Terry Manning and released in January 1985 by the label EMI America Records. Some of its songs are among Thorogood's best-known, including "I Drink Alone" and "Willie and the Hand Jive".
Bad to the Bone is the fifth studio album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers. It was released in 1982 by the label EMI America Records. The album contains the Destroyers best known song, "Bad to the Bone". The album also features Rolling Stones side-man Ian Stewart on piano.
Sloppy Seconds was the second album from the country rock band Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show. It featured some of their most popular songs, including "Freakin' at the Freakers Ball" and "The Cover of Rolling Stone." It was noted for its "crude sense of humor."
The One That You Love is the sixth album by British/Australian soft rock duo Air Supply, released in 1981. The album became their most famous and successful in their career. It reached No. 10 in Australia and the United States.
Somebody's Waiting is the seventeenth studio album by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray, released in March 1980 via Capitol Records. The album charted lower in the U.S. than most of Murray's other releases from the same period, peaking at number 15 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and number 88 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. In Murray's native Canada, it reached number 32.
Let's Keep It That Way is the fourteenth studio album by Anne Murray, released in February 1978. On the Canadian charts the album topped both the country and pop album charts. In the U.S., the album returned Murray to the top ten on the country album chart, a height she had not reached since 1974's Highly Prized Possession; on the pop album chart, the album reached No. 12. The album was subsequently certified Platinum by the R.I.A.A.
Born to Be Bad is the seventh studio album by American blues rock George Thorogood and the Destroyers. It was released in February 1988 on the EMI America label. The album peaked at No. 32 on the Billboard 200, and was on the charts for 24 weeks.
Boogie People is the eighth studio album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers. It was released in 1991 by EMI Records. The album peaked at #77 on the Billboard 200.
Haircut is the ninth studio album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers, released on July 27, 1993. The first single from the album was "Get a Haircut", which charted in multiple countries. The album peaked at No. 120 on the Billboard 200. The band supported the album with a North American tour.
George Thorogood and The Destroyers have released 15 studio albums, 7 live albums, 10 compilation albums, 31 singles and 8 music videos. George Thorogood has released 1 solo album.
Luminous Basement is the third and final studio album from the band the Tourists, released in 1980. The album peaked at #75 in the UK, lasting within the Top 100 for one week. One single was released from the album, "Don't Say I Told You So" peaked at #40 in the UK.
2120 South Michigan Ave. is the fifteenth studio album by George Thorogood and the Destroyers. It was released on June 12, 2011, on the Capitol Records label. The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Top Blues Albums chart. The title refers to the address of the offices and recording studios of Chess Records in Chicago.
Half a Boy/Half a Man is the eleventh studio album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers. It was released on April 13, 1999, on the CMC International label. The album failed to chart in any capacity. Its first single, "I Don't Trust Nobody," peaked at #24 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts, making it the band's final single to chart.
Greatest Hits: 30 Years of Rock is a compilation album by George Thorogood and the Destroyers, released in 2004. The album celebrates 30 years of the band, and includes two tracks which are new versions of previously released hits.
