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The recording was released in 1968 on the band's debut album, Spirit. [1] [2] It is perhaps best known for having similarities with the 1971 Led Zeppelin song "Stairway to Heaven", in which guitarist Jimmy Page used an opening acoustic guitar arpeggio bearing a resemblance to the instrumental without any legal permission from the band. [3]
The positions of all songs are based on week-end sale totals, from Sunday to Saturday, [4] but pre-1987 the charts were released on a Tuesday because of the need for manual calculation. [5] Since inception there have been more than 1,400 number ones; of these, instrumental tracks have topped the chart on 30 occasions for a total of 96 weeks.
Clear is the third studio album by American rock band Spirit. It was released in August 1969 by Ode Records. [3] The album was written largely in the wake of Spirit's work on the soundtrack to the 1968 film Model Shop. Several of the band members have said that they felt there wasn't enough time for developing the album after releasing two ...
Instrumental rock was most popular from the mid-1950s to mid-1960s, with artists such as Bill Doggett Combo, The Fireballs, The Shadows, The Ventures, Johnny and the Hurricanes and The Spotnicks. Surf music had many instrumental songs. Many instrumental hits had roots from the R&B genre. The Allman Brothers Band feature several instrumentals.
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron is a soundtrack album and the ninth studio album by Bryan Adams and Hans Zimmer to the animated feature of the same name. The album was released on May 14, 2002 (see 2002 in music) and includes the European hit, "Here I Am". Both the English and French versions of the album have Bryan Adams as the singer.
"The Spirit of Radio" is a song by Canadian rock band Rush, released from their 1980 album Permanent Waves. The song's name was inspired by Brampton, Ontario based radio station CFNY-FM 's slogan. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was significant in the growing popularity of the band, becoming their first top 30 single in Canada and reaching number 51 on the US ...
Rick Atkinson of The Record placed Spirit at number 5 on his list of the top 15 albums of 1976. [22] Spirit was also nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album. [26] A song from the album called Earth, Wind and Fire was also Grammy nominated in the category of Best Instrumental Composition. [27]
Greatest Hits Vol. 1 debuted and peaked at number four on the Billboard 200, achieving a Platinum certification by the RIAA. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] For unspecified reasons Korn left off three of their hits, " Thoughtless ", " No Place to Hide " and " Good God " but included songs "Trash" and "Twist" on the album, though neither were released as singles.