It reached number four in the Billboard chart in January 1970, selling over one million copies and helping to cement the band's popularity.

Aware of the band's growing popularity, Elektra Records signed them that year.

By the end of the 1980s, the band's popularity was waning.

During the heights of the band's popularity, Williams was known as the extrovert and practical joker of the band.

The band's popularity in the United States began to wane in 1956 – 57 as sexier, wilder acts such as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard began to dominate the record charts ( although Haley's cover version of Little Richard's " Rip It Up "-which was released in direct competition-actually outsold the original ).

The band's March 1971 live recording, Pictures at an Exhibition, an interpretation of Modest Mussorgsky's work of the same name, was issued as a low-priced record, the success of which contributed to the band's overall popularity.

The first album released with Hogarth, 1989's Seasons End, was a hit, and albums continued to chart well until the dissipation of the band's mainstream popularity in the late 1990s ; save for a resurgence in the mid-to late-2000s, they have essentially been a cult act since then.

In 1987, The Cure released the double LP Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, which reached number six in the UK, the Top 10 in several countries and was the band's first entry into the U. S. Top 40 at number 35 ( where it was certified platinum ), due to the combination of the band's rising popularity and the success of lead single, " Why Can't I Be You ?".

The album featured another hit " Behind the Mirror ", and the band's popularity continued to grow and a video for " Toxic Trace " was created for MTV play.

The album was not quite as praised as the band's previous few albums ( many felt the album was " rushed " and repetitive ), but still managed sell and maintain popularity quite well, with the singles " When the Sun Burns Red " and " People of the Lie " becoming hits.

It received largely negative reviews, but due to the band's popularity at the time it reached the top 10 of the UK charts.

Donahue's earnest, high-pitched vocals and concentration on relatively concise, melodic songs gave the band's material an entirely new feel and much increased popularity ( Deserter's Songs spawned three UK Top 40 singles ).

Their major label debut, The Beautiful Letdown, under Columbia Records / Red Ink, represented the band's evolution from the predominantly lo-fi, indie rock sound of their early albums, toward a more layered, synth-influenced sound that helped launch the band to mainstream popularity.

As the band gained popularity the logo was graffiti ed in and around Los Angeles, drawing the attention of the police to the band's activities. Black Flag's visual imagery and artwork complemented the themes found in the band's music.

Though primarily a keyboardist, Junie composed or co-wrote several of the band's hits at the height of their popularity and served as a lead vocalist, producer, and arranger on many songs for the collective.

The Kung Fu label had grown since its founding in 1996 and was well-positioned to provide the recording, marketing, and touring support the band's popularity now necessitated, including marketing and touring opportunities in Japan.

Released during April 1976, it saw the band's popularity severely faltering, as the two singles, " Today's the Day " and " Amber Cascades ", only managed to reach number 23 and 75 ( respectively ) in the Billboard charts.

The band saw an overwhelming increase in popularity overseas, and " Bitter Sweet Symphony " reached number 12 on the U. S. charts, the band's highest ever American position.

Mott the Hoople's new found popularity ultimately helped lead to the band's break-up, perhaps helped along by an exposé in New Musical Express of Tippins ' role in singing the chorus of " All the Young Dudes ", from a hidden microphone backstage.

The band's popularity peaked in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock, funk, R & B, and pop.

The band's 1991 tour with Queensrÿche, their first show in Los Angeles in years, and their appearance on the Clash of the Titans tour ( and, to a lesser extent, Mike Muir's brawl with Dave Mustaine on the aforementioned tour ) only helped expand their popularity.

" Pull My Strings " was never recorded for a studio release, though the performance at the Bay Area Music Awards, which was the first and only time the song was ever performed, was released on the band's compilation album Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death.

When his manager informed him that a band by the name of " Bastard " would never get a slot on " Top of the Pops ", Lemmy changed the band's name to " Motörhead " – the title of the last song he had written for Hawkwind.

The download version of Decades Apart included an unreleased recording from 1978, " Wasting Time ", inspired by the band's ' Rock Goes To College ' experience earlier that year ; this track, originally titled " Social Secs " was never released, and the music ended up being reversed and released as " Yellowcake UF6 ", the B-side to " Nuclear Device " in 1979.

According to the band's biography, the drug was prescribed to him as a teenager during his parents ' divorce but he was never withdrawn from the drug and became dependent on it.

The band's drummer Roger Taylor commented ; " We never thought we would tour again, Paul came along by chance and we seemed to have a chemistry.

The band took a full Moog modular synthesizer ( an enormous, complex, and unreliable ( tuning-wise ) instrument, which Dr. Robert Moog thought " would never work live ") on the road with them, which added to the uniqueness of the band's live sound.

Pope added a playful element to the band's videos ; the director insisted in a 1987 Spin interview, " I think that side of them was always there, but was never brought out.

Originally conceived as the soundtrack to a television play that was never produced, the band's first rock opera affectionately chronicled the trials and tribulations of a working class everyman and his family from the very end of the Victorian era through World War I and World War II, the postwar austerity years, and up to the 1960s.

Despite the band's love for " Freak Like Me " the guys never thought of finding the mastermind behind the track, but they were approached by Richard X, who asked if they wanted to collaborate.

Although many of the band's albums have been underground hits, they never found larger commercial success.

The orchestra and group never actually perform together on the recording with the band's rock instrumentation centred on Pinder's Mellotron.

By the end of the awards party, a drunken Sulley and Catherall had lost the band's valuable trophy and it was never seen again.

The band was known to never provide a straight answer ( and for that matter, almost never the same answer twice ) when defining the band's name.

In spite of the band's continued popularity, there was never a Weather Report reunion.

All This and More, a four disc retrospective ( three CDs and a DVD with historical notes ) was released in the autumn of 2009, and Salvo also issued all of the band's previous albums as remastered CDs with extra tracks, some never previously heard.

The band's first commercial release in years, Destiny, received a lukewarm reception from music critics, While the album's lead single " Goodbye to Yesterday " still made it to the top five, follow-up " Maybe " and double A-single " Amaze Me "/" Teardrops " became No Angels ' lowest-charting singles to date, never making it to the top 20 of any chart.

The band's hit single " Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me " was never performed on Top of the Pops because the producers of the show would not allow Slade to perform as a three piece band.

Despite solid songwriting and album production, they never scored a true " hit ", which eventually resulted in the band's breakup in September 2003.

According to frontman Doug Pinnick, while longtime King's X producer Sam Taylor had a big influence on the band's sound, he never captured the heaviness of their live performance in the studio.

Also important to the band's sound was studio keyboard player Damon Butcher, who, though never an official member of the group, played virtually all the piano and keyboard parts on the band's albums.

The band's best known songs (" Smile " and " I Wasn't Built To Get Up ") were featured prominently in a series of television advertisements, but the group never achieved mainstream success.

The album features vocals by New Yorks Mike DiMeo which takes this band's music to places they have never been before.