The album also spawned Dion's first U. S., Canadian, and Australian number-one single " The Power of Love " ( a remake of Jennifer Rush's 1985 hit ), which would become her signature hit until she reached new career heights in the late 1990s.

The band's 2007 album, Snakes & Arrows, debuted at No. 3 ( just one position shy of Rush's highest peaking albums, Counterparts ( 1992 ) and " Clockwork Angels " ( 2012 ), which both debuted at No. 2 ) on the Billboard 200 selling approximately 93, 000 its first week of release.

A Farewell to Kings would become Rush's first US Gold-selling album, receiving the certification within two months of its release, and was eventually certified Platinum.

* Edmund Blackadder wrote on Sputnikmusic. com that Farewell was " Rush's masterpiece ( closely followed by Hemispheres )", describing the instrumentation as " absolutely brilliant, with every musician at the peak of their talents " and praised the album for its " wide variety of different song types and structures ".

This was Rush's first attempt at writing an epic piece and, along with its partner " The Fountain of Lamneth ", was blamed for the commercial failure of the album.

For Rush's 2010 tour, Lee is using 2 × Orange AD200 bass heads together with 2 × OBC410 4x10 Bass Cabinets.

Rush's crew loaded the dryers with specially designed Rush-themed T-shirts, different from the shirts on sale to the general public.

Neil Peart used the form for the lyrics of " The Larger Bowl ( A Pantoum )" on Rush's 2007 album, Snakes & Arrows ( with one difference from the format listed above ).

Rush's music style has changed over the years, beginning with blues-inspired heavy metal on their first album, then encompassing hard rock, progressive rock, and a period with heavy use of synthesizers.

Fly by Night ( 1975 ), Rush's first album after recruiting Peart, saw the inclusion of the band's first epic mini-tale " By-Tor and the Snow Dog ", replete with complex arrangements and multi-section format.

As with their first live release, Exit ... Stage Left identified the margin of a new chapter of Rush's sound.

On March 19, 2010, the CBC posted a video interview with Lee and Lifeson where they discussed Rush's induction into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on March 28, 2010, at the Toronto Centre for the Arts ' George Weston Recital Hall.

With the approach of the early ' 90s and Rush's characteristic sound still intact, the band transformed their style once again to harmonize with the alternative rock movement.

Geddy Lee's high-register vocal style has always been a signature of the band – and sometimes a focal point for criticism, especially during the early years of Rush's career when Lee's vocals were high-pitched, with a strong likeness to other singers like Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin.

* Drummer Neil Peart of the Canadian rock band Rush recorded a version of " One O ' Clock Jump " with the Buddy Rich Big Band, and has used it at the end of his drum solos on the 2002 Vapor Trails Tour and Rush's 30th Anniversary Tour.

Shaw also recorded sessions with Peterik's group, Survivor, on 1986's When Seconds Count, and Shaw's solo band opened the majority of the U. S. shows for Rush's 1987-88 Hold Your Fire Tour.

Modern digital technology has also enabled a power trio to duplicate their studio performances in concert, as evidenced by Rush's 1989 live album, A Show of Hands, where Lee simultaneously sings, plays bass, and plays keyboard with foot pedals.

Several of the 12 tracks were covers of pure Chicago blues ( side 1 kicking off strong with Otis Rush's " All Your Love " and Freddy King's hit instrumental " Hide Away " spelled without a space as “ Hideaway ”); Mayall wrote or arranged 5 ( such as " Double Crossing Time ", a slow blues with a scorching solo by cowriter Clapton ); and Eric debuted as lead vocalist, and began his practice of paying tribute to Robert Johnson, with " Ramblin ' on My Mind ".

The same year, Simon provided vocals on Tom Rush's album Ladies Love Outlaws and co-sang with Rush on " No Regrets " and as backup on " Claim On Me ".

Anthem is also credited by Neil Peart for influencing Rush's " 2112 " with strong parallels to the plot, structure, and theme of Anthem.

Conflicts with the Army Medical service, specifically with Dr. William Shippen, Jr., led to Rush's resignation in 1778.

Benjamin Rush's great-great-grandfather, John Rush, came to America with his wife, Susannah ( Lucas ) Rush from England in 1683.

Progressive rock groups and musicians during the 1970s in particular experimented with program music, among which was Rush's " Jacob's Ladder " ( 1980 ), which shows clear influences of Smetana's Má vlast (" My Homeland ") ( 1874-1879 ).

Rush's " Xanadu " also shows their experimentalism with program music, as do parts of " 2112 ", particularly the discovery scene.

Rush's first release shows much of the heavy metal sound typical of many of the popular rock bands emerging from Britain earlier in the decade.

The album marked the 30th anniversary of the release of Rush's debut album though the current lineup of Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart was established just following the first album's release.

Moving Pictures was Rush's last album to feature an extended song, the eleven-minute " The Camera Eye ".

The album delineates the apex of Rush's progressive period by featuring live material from the band's Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures tours.

Greg Prato of Allmusic stated in his review of Rush that the album was weaker than some of Rush's later albums, such as Hemispheres and Moving Pictures, because Neil Peart was not yet a part of the band.

Roll the Bones became Rush's first US Top 5 album since 1981's Moving Pictures peaking at # 3 on the Billboard 200.

By the time the band started to call themselves as Vital Signs, inspired by a song in Rush's album, Moving Pictures.

He has appeared on the Classic Albums documentaries on the making of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, Cream's Disraeli Gears, Def Leppard's Hysteria, Nirvana's Nevermind, Metallica's Black Album, Frank Zappa's Apostrophe and Over-Nite Sensation as well as Rush's Moving Pictures and 2112 albums.

The band recorded the album at Treesound Studios in Atlanta, and they used the same soundboard that was used on the album Synchronicity by the Police and Rush's Moving Pictures.

The show's title character retrieves the code by achieving a score of 2, 000, 000 points after realizing that " the mathematical pattern underlying the game is the same " as Rush's 1981 hit " Tom Sawyer ".

Rush's first goal for the club took time to arrive, but it eventually came on 30 September 1981 during a European Cup first round second leg tie at Anfield against Oulun Palloseura.

During Rush's early period, Lee's voice was described as a " Robert Plant-esque wail.

For his first local gigs in the early 1970s and Rush's debut album, Lee used a Fender Precision Bass.

For live shows in 2002 and 2004, Lee and his keyboard technician used the playback capabilities of the XV-5080 to generate virtually all of Rush's keyboard sounds to date, as well as additional complex sound passages that previously required several machines at once to produce.

Rush's sales statistics place them third behind The Beatles and The Rolling Stones for the most consecutive gold or platinum studio albums by a rock band.

Although total worldwide album sales are not calculated by any single entity, as of 2004 several industry sources estimated Rush's total worldwide album sales at over 40 million units.

After several line-up reformations, Rush's official incarnation was formed in May 1971 consisting of Lee, Lifeson, and Rutsey.

The band was managed by local Toronto resident Ray Danniels, a frequent attendee of Rush's early shows.

However, despite these many differences some of the music and songs still closely mirrored the blues style found on Rush's debut.

Hugh Syme, creator of graphics on many of Rush's albums, stated in a 1983 interview that the Starman " didn't begin as an identity factor for the band, it just got adopted.

In light of these events, Rush's record label pressured them into moulding their next album in a more commercially friendly and accessible fashion.

" Trademarks such as increased synthesizer usage, lengthy songs reminiscent of miniature concept albums, and highly dynamic playing featuring complex time signature changes became a staple of Rush's compositions.

Permanent Waves ( 1980 ) dramatically shifted Rush's style of music via the introduction of reggae and new wave elements.

Moreover, because of the limited airplay Rush's previous extended-length songs received, Permanent Waves included shorter, more radio-friendly songs such as " The Spirit of Radio " and " Freewill ", two songs that helped Permanent Waves become Rush's first U. S. Top 5 album ; both songs continue to make appearances on classic rock radio stations in Canada and the United States to this day.

The song also contained the band's heaviest usage of synthesizers up to that point, hinting that Rush's music was shifting direction once more.