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"Jet Airliner" is a song composed by Paul Pena in 1973 and popularized by the Steve Miller Band in 1977. Pena wrote and recorded "Jet Airliner" in 1973 for his New Train album. [ 4 ] However, New Train was not released until 2000 , [ 5 ] due to conflicts between him and his label.
"Jet Airliner" is a song by German pop duo Modern Talking from their fifth studio album, Romantic Warriors. It was released as the album's lead single on 18 May 1987 in Germany and in other European territories.
Romantic Warriors is the fifth studio album by German duo Modern Talking, released on 8 June 1987 by Hansa Records.It contains the single "Jet Airliner", which reached the top 10 in Germany and Austria, while entering the top 20 in Switzerland and Sweden. [2]
The album features the title track from 1973's The Joker plus 13 tracks taken from Fly Like an Eagle (1976) and Book of Dreams (1977). As a sign of the album-oriented rock times, all but one track came from their last two albums even though they had eleven studio albums at the time.
Ben Sidran gave an unreleased copy of New Train to Steve Miller, who recorded Pena's "Jet Airliner" with his band for their 1977 album Book of Dreams. The "Jet Airliner" single went to #8 on the Billboard chart. Pena's primary source of income in his later years were royalties from that single. The album remained unreleased for 27 years.
Three singles were released from the album in 1977 with the first single, "Jet Airliner", being the most successful. The album peaked in the top 10 of the trade charts in four countries, including Canada where the album topped RPM magazine's 100 Albums chart. [5] The album has gone on to become one of the group's most successful studio outings.
Paul Pena (/ p iː n ə /; January 26, 1950 – October 1, 2005) [1] was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist.. Pena's music from the first half of his career touched on Delta blues, jazz, morna, flamenco, folk, and rock and roll.
Born 2 B Blue is a studio album by Steve Miller, released in 1988 by Capitol Records. [2] It is the only solo album that Miller has released, making it his only album not to be credited under the name Steve Miller Band.