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In 1979, "Since You Been Gone" was covered by Rainbow, who released it as the first single from their 1979 album Down to Earth with Graham Bonnet on lead vocals. It was a top-10 single in the United Kingdom, where it reached number six. In the US, the song reached number 57. It was named the 82nd-best "Hard Rock Song of All Time" by VH1. [5]
Head East (also known as The Roadsign Album) is the fourth studio album by the American hard rock band Head East. Released by A&M Records in February 1978, it was the group's fourth album to crack the Billboard 200 , peaking at #78.
Neither album achieved the success of their debut album. However, their fourth album simply titled Head East (1978) produced another hit with the band's cover of former Argent singer Russ Ballard's "Since You Been Gone", [2] which peaked at number 46. In 1979, the band released the double-LP Head East Live!, [2] and A Different Kind of Crazy ...
He wrote such hits as Three Dog Night's "Liar" [1] (originally recorded by Argent), Hot Chocolate's 1977 UK chart topper "So You Win Again", [1] [2] and Rainbow's 1979 hit "Since You Been Gone". Head East had also recorded the song in 1978 for its self-titled album, and before that it was included in Ballard's 1976 solo album Winning .
Ted Leo covered "Since U Been Gone" after watching the song's music video. "Since U Been Gone" has been covered by many artists. On September 27, 2011, Joseph Gordon-Levitt covered the song in the style of Axl Rose on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. [90] The song was also covered by American musician Butch Walker in his 2005 album, Cover Me Badd.
Flat as a Pancake is the debut studio album by American rock band Head East.The album was originally released independently by Pyramid Records. However, when radio stations began to play the song "Never Been Any Reason", A&M Records signed the band and re-released the album in June 1975. [2]
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After leaving Head East, Schlitt formed a short-lived band, "Johnny", with brother Jeff Schlitt, Don Colluci, Jim McNeely, Troy Tipton, Mike Willis and Burk Burkhardt, but the band quickly ended as his addiction intensified in a six-month depression during which he "came very close to suicide".