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Santana's Greatest Hits is a 1974 compilation album by Santana. It offers highlights from the group's first three albums. It is the band's best-selling compilation album, selling over 7 million copies in the United States. Three of the tracks are the edited single versions, as annotated below.
Santana signed with Columbia and released their self-titled debut album Santana. This album reached fourth place on the Billboard 200 and earned two-times platinum status by the American national certification. Next, Santana released Abraxas, in September 1970, which topped the Billboard charts and earned five-times platinum. Santana released ...
Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán [1] (Spanish: [ˈkaɾlos umˈbeɾto sanˈtana βaraˈɣan] ⓘ; born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, best known as a founding member of the rock band Santana.
Arguably one of the best decades of music, the 1970s saw the rise of disco, long shaggy hair, the continuation of the free love movement, and, of course, Rock and Roll at its height of fame.
In April 1970, Santana returned to the studio to record its second album, Abraxas. [24] The album, highlighted by a reworking of " Black Magic Woman " by Fleetwood Mac that peaked at No. 4 in the US Billboard Hot 100 , was released in September 1970 and rose to number 1 on the US Billboard 200 .
A typical set list from 1970 (all songs written by the members of Santana unless specified otherwise) was as follows (actual set list taken from the first or second show on April 12): [25] "Se Acabó" (José Areas) "Black Magic Woman" (Peter Green) "Gypsy Queen" (Gábor Szabó) "Savor" "Jin-go-lo-ba" (Olatunji) "Oye Como Va" (Tito Puente)
Abraxas is the second studio album by American Latin rock band Santana. It was released on September 23, 1970, by Columbia Records and became the band's first album to top the Billboard 200 in the United States. [1] In 2020, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album number 334 in its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". [2]
Moonflower is a double album released in 1977 by Santana.The recording features both studio and live tracks, which are interspersed with one another throughout the album. It is perhaps the group's most popular live album, because the 1974 album Lotus did not receive a U.S. domestic release until 199