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Chip Stern of Musician noted that "Robert Greenidge's slithery steel drums featured on..the gospel-y Side by Side". [6] Billboard described the song as a "blending of jazz vocals and chords in the funk of a rhythm ballad". [7] Cash Box described it as blending the "band’s hot signature sound with strings and...a dash of steel drums" [8]
In 1977, Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac co-produced Walter Egan's first album, Fundamental Roll, with Stevie Nicks, also of Fleetwood Mac. [1] The hit song, "Magnet and Steel", inspired by Nicks and from his second album Not Shy, [8] was featured in the 1997 film Boogie Nights, the 1998 film Overnight Delivery, and the 1999 film Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo.
"Magnet and Steel" is a hit single written and performed by Walter Egan, released in March 1978. It was the first and biggest hit on Egan's second solo LP, Not Shy . It reached number eight on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number nine in Canada.
The UK Singles Chart is a record chart compiled on behalf of the British record industry. Since 1997, the chart has been compiled by the Official Charts Company (formerly The Official UK Charts Company and the Chart Information Network) and until 2005 (when digital downloads were included in the chart compilation), the chart was based entirely on sales of physical singles from retail outlets.
Chris began performing and managing the band Stainless Steel from 1986 to 1991 and continued performing steel drums as a soloist and various other band formats to present. Stainless Steel was a regional success at the time, billed as "the Midwest's Only Steel Drum Band", touring the states of Minnesota , Kentucky , Colorado , Texas , Missouri ...
Bandleader Björn Wagner played in funk group The Mocambos and lived in Trinidad and Tobago for a time, where he studied steel drums and had one custom made. [1] The group released its first 7" single, consisting of two covers of songs by The Meters, in 2007.
The band hit pay dirt with Michael Nesmith's "Different Drum" [10] (written and copyrighted in 1965 prior to Nesmith joining The Monkees), the second 45 (following "One for One") from the new album. The band's version of "Different Drum" hit the Billboard pop chart on November 11, 1967 and stayed in the Hot 100 for 17 weeks, getting as high as ...
Five years later, a third Steel Breeze album, Cry Thunder came out with Bobby Thompson on vocals, Rick Lowe and Robbie Bickford on guitar, Toner on keyboards and Paul Ojeda on drums. In 1991, Still Warrior was released with yet another lineup, just as Chalfant had a small hit with a similar act, The Storm. In 1994, Peace Of Mind was issued.