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Roll On is the eighth studio album by American country music band Alabama, released in January 1984.. All four singles released from this album reached Number One on the Hot Country Singles chart: "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)", "When We Make Love", "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" and "(There's A) Fire in the Night".
"Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)" is a song written by Dave Loggins, and recorded by American country music band Alabama. It was released in January 1984 as the first single and title track to the band's album Roll On. It was the group's 12th straight No. 1 single on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart. [2]
Alabama's main members — Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry, and Jeff Cook — wrote or co-wrote a significant amount of material in their catalogue, which was considered unusual for country musicians at that time. Contributing songwriter Greg Fowler is credited on 72 Alabama songs, followed by Ronnie Rogers at 68.
(Lionel Richie with Alabama) 10 71 28 10 10 — Dancing on the Ceiling: 2011 "Old Alabama" (Brad Paisley featuring Alabama) 1 38 — — 41 — RIAA: Platinum This Is Country Music: 2016 "Forever Country" (as Artists of Then, Now & Forever) 1 33 21 — 39 25 26 RIAA: Gold [25] Non-album single "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Alabama is the most awarded band in the history of country music, with over 200 awards from a variety of organizations. [13] In 1981, Alabama won both the Vocal Group of the Year and Instrumental Group of the Year honors from the CMAs. It also won the ACM's Vocal Group of the Year award, and Billboard 's New Group of the Year honors.
It was released in July 1984 as the B-side of the third single from their Roll On album. Though "I'm Not That Way Anymore" was released as the A-side, radio programmers preferred the flipside and the song became Alabama's 14th consecutive number-one single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. [1]
The Crimson Tide (3-0) scored on offense, defense and special teams in the first six minutes and raced to a 28-0 first-quarter lead. Young, No. 2 Alabama roll over Louisiana-Monroe, 63-7 Skip to ...
Roll On may refer to: Roll On (The Living End album) "Roll On" (The Living End song) Roll On (Alabama album) "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)" Roll On (JJ Cale album) "Roll On" (Kid Rock song) "Roll On" (Mis-Teeq song) "Roll On", a song by Dierks Bentley from the album Gravel & Gold