Music History Today: May 3, 2020

May 3, 1986: Propelled by a video where look-alike models vamped the song, Robert Palmer's "Addicted To Love" hit Number 1 on the Hot 100. 

“Addicted to Love” earned Robert Palmer the 1987 Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. 

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Guitarist Patty Elias, one of the video’s models, jokes that the video may have been more popular than the song itself.  Jump back a year and you have the debut of its music video, featuring the Robert Palmer girls, a quintet of identical women on instruments. 

Read more: In the 1980s

May 3, 1975: Chicago's LP Chicago VIII hit Number 1 on Billboard's Hot 200 Albums chart. 

With its eighth album, Chicago became an eight-piece band as percussionist Laudir de Oliveira, who was featured as a sideman on Chicago VI and Chicago VII, became a full-fledged member of the band. 

In September 1974, the band once again returned to Jim Guercio’s Caribou Ranch to cut the album, which ended up as single disc.   

Read more:  Number 1 Albums

May 3, 1977: Paul Simon and Phoebe Snow performed at a benefit concert for the New York Public Library.  

Paul Simon’s musical career has spanned seven decades, with his fame and commercial success beginning as half of the duo Simon & Garfunkel. Simon was responsible for writing nearly all of the pair’s songs, including three that reached number one on the U.S. singles charts: “The Sound of Silence," “Mrs. Robinson," and “Bridge over Troubled Water." 

Read more: History of Rock and Roll

May 3, 1980: Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band started a six-week run at Number 1 on the US album chart with 'Against The Wind.'  

Bob Seger achieved full-fledged rock stardom with 1976's Night Moves, but while his raspy howl may have been new to a generation of fans, he'd actually been chipping away at mainstream success for many years.

In fact, admitted Seger years later, he was gunning for nothing less than a chart-topping hit when he entered the studio to work on what would become his 11th studio LP, Against the Wind.  

Read more:  Ultimate Classic Rock

Addicted To Love
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