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It was released as the album's only single on April 26, 1972. "School's Out" was Alice Cooper's biggest international hit and it has been regarded as their signature song [1] and reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100, number three in the Canadian RPM 100 Singles chart, number two on the Irish Singles Chart and number one on the UK ...
Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) [1] is an American rock singer and songwriter whose career spans sixty years. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusions, [2] Cooper is considered by many music journalists and peers to be "The Godfather of Shock Rock". [3]
School's Out is the fifth studio album by American rock band Alice Cooper, released in June 1972. [5] Following on from the success of Killer , School's Out reached No. 2 on the US Billboard 200 chart and No. 1 on the Canadian RPM 100 Top Albums chart, holding the top position for four weeks. [ 6 ]
The Alice Cooper Band, which released a couple of largely ignored albums in the late 1960s, broke through out of Detroit in early ’60s, helping earn Detroit part of its musical identity.
School's Out and Other Hits is a 2004 greatest hits album by American rock musician Alice Cooper. The album focuses on Alice Cooper's hits with his former band of the same name and as a solo artist. Track listing
The Alice Cooper band performed the song on the British TV show The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1971. [6] They also performed it in West Germany on the show Beat-Club. Since then, "Under My Wheels" has been a staple of Cooper's live shows. It is the third most-performed song in his catalogue behind only "School’s Out" and "I’m Eighteen".
Creem said the song, "is a second cousin to "School's Out" with a chorus of child-things sounding like Cooper's dead babies resurrected to sing back-up vocals." [3] NME agreed it was, "School's Out" all over again, complete with demented kiddie choir and watered-down Clockwork Orange braggadoccio."
Billion Dollar Babies is the sixth studio album by American rock band Alice Cooper, released on February 27, 1973 by Warner Bros. Records. [1] [2] The album became the best selling Alice Cooper record at the time of its release, hitting number one on the album charts in the United States and the United Kingdom, and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.