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With the band having switched from their longtime home of Reprise Records to the parent company Warner Bros., the album, co-produced by Fleetwood Mac with Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut, found immediate success. 4, 1977, Fleetwood Mac released their next studio album, their eleventh in all, titled Rumours. The sole week spent at #1 for Fleetwood Mac-out of 148 total weeks on the chart-was a great accomplishment for the resilient outfit, but nothing compared to what was coming up next. The album spawned three top 20 singles as well: “Over My Head,” “Rhiannon” and “Say You Love Me.” (Hard as it is to believe in retrospect, none of them went higher than #11.)įleetwood Mac in 1977 (L-R): Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks and John McVie It spent 37 weeks in the top 10 before finally hitting #1. Although they had largely abandoned the group’s blues roots for a more pop-oriented sound, it caught on, and the album began its climb. In 1975, the new quintet released the eponymously titled Fleetwood Mac In July of that year and it proved the breakthrough they had been looking for. It was the smartest move the band ever made. He agreed, but only if his girlfriend, vocalist Stevie Nicks, could also join. The drummer asked guitarist-singer-songwriter Lindsey Buckingham to join Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood heard some tracks from an album called Buckingham Nicks, by the couple belonging to those surnames. When Bob Welch, the latest guitarist/vocalist, left the band in late ’74, Fleetwood, McVie and keyboardist/vocalist Christine McVie went in search of a replacement. Then came Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. Still, they remained kind of anonymous in the eyes of the rock-consuming public there had even been a fake Fleetwood Mac on the road and few had noticed or cared. They’d placed 10 albums on the American Billboard chart between 19, but none had made a significant dent-the most recent, Heroes Are Hard to Find, had been the highest-charter, reaching #34 in ’74. Their musicianship had always been superb-they had one of the tightest rhythm section in bassist John McVie and drummer Mick Fleetwood-and they’d given a home to some of the most accomplished guitarists in the U.K.: Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, Jeremy Spencer. For nearly a decade, Fleetwood Mac had been slogging it out as a respected but commercially lackluster British blues band. Talk about persistence theirs is the textbook tale of the value of stick-to-itiveness. Geils Talks About His Former Band: Last Interview UB40 Sets 2022 Tour With Other Reggae Greats.Manassas: Stephen Stills’ Finest (Solo) Hour.Bob Seger’s ‘Live Bullet’: Old Time Rock ‘n’ Roll.Gilbert Gottfried Mourned, Comic Known For Sharp Wit and Even Sharper Voice.Rolling Stones Announce ‘Licked Live in NYC’ Collection.Redbone’s History-Making ‘Come and Get Your Love’.When Eric Clapton Surprised With Electric ‘Layla’ at Tokyo’s Budokan.When Tom Petty Presaged the #MeToo Movement.Moody Blues’ Overdue 2018 Rock Hall Induction.‘Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow’: Their Rockin’ Post-Purple Debut.Bon Jovi with Richie Sambora at 2018 Rock Hall Induction.Dave Edmunds Shares Two Chuck Berry Stories.Top Radio Hits 1967: As Good as It Gets.Loggins and Messina’s ‘On Stage’: The Peak of a Formidable Partnership.Art Rupe-Label Owner Who Signed Little Richard and Sam Cooke-Dies at 104.San Diego (August 25): "Top Box Office" (PDF).

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