It also achieved Top 10 status in the UK, reaching Nº6, and was a Top 10 hit for the band in Australia.

However, with the exception of the Grammy Award-winning " Nightshift " (# 3 in the U. S., a tribute to Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson ; in 2010 a new version was recorded dedicated to Michael Jackson ), the band never achieved the same level of success it had enjoyed with Richie.

In 1985, the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion achieved their only UK Number One album-and the best-selling album of their career-with Misplaced Childhood, a concept album featuring lyrics by frontman Fish which were partly autobiographical.

Also during the 1920s, an old-time music band known as the Hill Billies featuring Al Hopkins and Fiddlin ' Charlie Bowman, achieved acclaim as recording artists for Columbia Records.

Men at Work are an Australian rock band who achieved international success in the 1980s.

Though the band only achieved limited commercial success, they were acclaimed both by music industry professionals and critics.

In 2008, the rapcore band Hollywood Undead achieved success with their debut album Swan Songs.

Formed in 1967, the band cultivated a following during the 1970s and achieved significant commercial success throughout the 1980s.

The first stations recognized as having achieved single band WAC RTTY were W1MX ( 3. 5 MHz ); DL0TD ( 7. 0 MHz ); K3SWZ ( 14. 0 MHz ); W0MT ( 21. 0 MHz ) and FG7XT ( 28. 0 MHz ).

Crash and Smear were enthusiastic fans of the band from the pre-Germs days, and the fast tempos and raw guitar tone of ( the historically pre-punk ) Zolar X are very similar to the sound achieved on later Germs recordings.

In 1975, the band achieved success with the album Fleetwood Mac.

Sousa wanted a tuba that would send sound upward and over the band with a full warm tone, much like a concert ( upright ) tuba, an effect which could not be achieved with the more directional hélicon bell position.

As a result, the band helped to popularise the Britpop genre and achieved mass popularity in the UK, aided by a chart battle with rival band Oasis in 1995 dubbed " The Battle of Britpop ".

2001 did see the band with a stable line-up, achieved during the Aura sessions featuring Downes, Payne, guitarist Guthrie Govan and ex-Manfred Mann's Earth Band / The Firm / Uriah Heep / Gary Numan / AC / DC drummer Chris Slade ( who had first joined Asia in 1999, briefly ).

The band achieved chart success in the UK, attaining top-ten hits in 1985 with " Kayleigh " and " Lavender ", and again in 1987 with " Incommunicado ".

The band achieved widespread recognition with their third album, Slippery When Wet, released in 1986.

On January 27, 1968, Beefheart achieved one of his most memorable live performances, when the band performed in the MIDEM Music Festival on the beach at Cannes, France.

Jefferson Starship continued in one form or the other into the 80s, but never achieved the critical acclaim of its predecessor band.

The band achieved some fame in South America with 1992's Cargo Tour, where it played a series of shows in port cities, performing from a stage built into their tour ship's hold.

The band achieved their initial notoriety through Bjelland's " babydoll " image — sometimes referred to as the kinderwhore look — which contrasted dramatically with the raw power of her singing voice and her aggressive lyrics.

Enrique " Ricky " Martín Morales ( born December 24, 1971 ), better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.

Shortly after forming, Liberty received a legal challenge in the UK High Court from a funk R & B band, also called " Liberty ", who achieved success in the 1990s, including being awarded Capital Radio Band of the Year, playing Wembley Arena, European tours and the release of albums in the USA, Europe and UK.

Since their rise to fame in recent years, singer Justin Bieber, boy band One Direction and country-pop musician Taylor Swift have become recent examples of modern-day teen idols who have achieved international success, known for their devoted teen and tween fan base.

The band OK Go may exemplify this trend, having achieved fame through the videos for two of their songs, " A Million Ways " in 2005 and " Here It Goes Again " in 2006, both of which first became well-known online.

After the success of " Dağlar Dağlar ", Manço recorded a couple of singles with Moğollar ( The Mongols ), another influential Turkish Anatolian rock band.

After learning of their association with the team's success, the band decided to visit the school and play for the homecoming game.

Originally active from 1985 to 1996, the band have had consistent commercial and critical success in Australia and New Zealand and international chart success in two phases, beginning with their self-titled debut album, Crowded House, which reached number twelve on the US Album Chart in 1987 and provided the Top Ten hits, " Don't Dream It's Over " and " Something So Strong ".

Pink Floyd recast itself from its 1960s guise as a psychedelic band into a commercial success with its series of concept albums, most famously with The Dark Side of the Moon ( which, according to the RIAA, is the second best selling album in history ) and later with the double album rock opera The Wall.

Tin Machine's first world tour was a commercial success, but there was growing reluctance — among fans and critics alike — to accept Bowie's presentation as merely a band member.

Despite early singles success in the United Kingdom, the band were initially more successful in the United States, billed as " The English guys with the big fiddles ".

The success of the film would later lead to actual recordings of the fictional band and concert tours plus press interviews, all done in character.

His work with Body Count, whose 1992 debut album Marrow described as a " rock album with a rap mentality ", is described as paving the way for the success of rap rock fusions by bands like Kid Rock and Limp Bizkit ; however, Marrow states that the band's style does not fuse the two genres, and is solely a rock band.

After Little Richard left Macon for Los Angeles after the release of " Tutti Frutti ", Brantley included the band at every venue Richard had performed, leading to the growth of the group's success.

Bolstered by this success, Brown recruited a new band, consisted of saxophonist J. C. Davis, guitarist Bobby Roach, bassist Bernard Odum, trumpeter Roscoe Patrick, saxophonist Albert Corley, drummer Nat Kendrick and his old band mate Bobby Byrd, who had rejoined Brown's band on organ.

In addition, Brown's former band mates, including Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker and the Collins brothers, had found bigger success as members of George Clinton's Parliament-Funkadelic collective.

Soon after, both Wallis and Fox were replaced with guitarist " Fast " Eddie Clarke and drummer Phil " Philthy Animal " Taylor and with this line-up the band began to achieve success.

The lack of success and stalemate in progress prompted Wakefield, at that time the band's vocalist, to leave the band in search of other projects.

Through the winning of the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance, Hybrid Theory ’ s overall success had catapulted the band into mainstream success.

Following Meteoras success, the band postponed working on a new studio album for the next few years, instead, working on many side projects.

After playing the US Festival, and with the aid of the new medium of MTV, the band found rapid success in the United States.

The band did find some success at the American Music Awards, as Dr. Feelgood was nominated twice for Favorite Hard Rock / Metal Award, losing once to Guns N ' Roses ' Appetite for Destruction, but winning the following year, beating out Aerosmith's Pump and Poison's Flesh And Blood.

In 1948, hoping to gain more success, Perez Prado moved to Mexico City and started his own band, where he composed and recorded most of mambos.