It revitalized Eliminator‘s sales and helped the disc eventually become the band’s biggest by far, earning diamond status for sales of 10 million units in the U.S. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming ZZ Top’s biggest AM success. MTV played the video extensively, and the song hit No. “Legs” featured a decidedly mid-’80s synth sound, but this time pop radio took notice. That single and video were followed by rock smashes “Got Me Under Pressure” and “Sharp Dressed Man” - and minor hit “TV Dinners,” but as Eliminator continued to ride the album chart, its fifth single would send the band into the stratosphere. The trio was all over rock radio in the late ’70s and early ’80s with tracks including “It’s Only Love,” “Cheap Sunglasses,” “I Thank You” and FM smash “Tube Snake Boogie,” but everything would change for the band as the mid-’80s dawned.Įliminator, its eighth album, was released on March 23, 1983, and was an out-of-the-box smash - and the band became MTV favorites with the video for “Gimme All Your Lovin’.” It featured the “Eliminator coupe” and the long-bearded, shades-sporting Hill and Gibbons watching as a local kid working at a gas station gets a surprise visit from a trio of women who whisk him away. The group continued to record and tour - with venues getting larger. Showbiz & Media Figures We’ve Lost In 2021 – Photo Gallery
20 on the Hot 100 and also became a radio mainstay. ZZ Top’s momentum continued to build with 1975’s Fandango!, which also made the Top 10, fueled by the single “Tush,” which peaked at No. The track remains a staple on rock radio. Their fortunes changed in 1973 with Tres Hombres, which spawned “La Grange,” an ode to that shack “out on the range.” The song was a minor pop hit, just missing the Billboard Top 40, but expanded the group’s fan base and drove the album into the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 album chart. The 1972 follow-up Rio Grande Mud was their first to hit the charts and expanded their popularity. The boogie-blues trio released ZZ Top’s First Album as they built a name playing Texas clubs. The group was featured in the 2019 documentary ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band from Texas, which scored a Grammy nom for Best Music Film. Seven of their LPs, including two hits compilations, are platinum or multiplatinum, with four others going gold. ZZ Top has released 15 studio albums during its career - including half live/half-studio album Fandango! - selling more than 25 million records in the U.S. They went on to become one of rock’s best-loved trios - and bands - with their massive success driven by signature videos that then-nascent MTV played in heavy rotation.
Long considered the rock band with the longest-tenured original lineup, ZZ Top was formed in 1969 in Houston, with bassist-singer-songwriter Hill playing alongside guitarist Gibbons and drummer Beard. Dusty Hill Remembered: MTV's Martha Quinn, Flea, Texas Governor & More Pay Tribute To ZZ Top Bassist Dusty Hill, left, and Billy Gibbons on stage with ZZ Top at the Beacon in New York City in 2012 Everett Collection
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