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"More Than a Feeling" is a song by the American rock band Boston, released as the lead single and the opening track from the band's 1976 debut album by Epic Records in September 1976, with "Smokin' " as the B-side. Tom Scholz wrote the entire song. The single entered the US Billboard Hot 100 on September 18 and peaked at number five. [4]
The album was released by Epic in August 1976 and broke sales records, becoming the best-selling debut LP in the US at the time, and winning the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Century Award for the best-selling debut album. [5] The album's singles, "More Than a Feeling", "Peace of Mind" and "Foreplay/Long Time", were major ...
[2] [3] It went platinum 17 times in the United States and was the best-selling debut album in history. [1] [4] "More Than a Feeling" peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100. [2] The band's second album, Don't Look Back, was released in 1978. It peaked at number one on the charts in both the US and Canada, and it went seven times ...
"Smokin'" is a song by American rock band Boston, released from the band's debut album Boston (1976) as the B-side to the band's first single, "More Than a Feeling". "Smokin'" was written by the band leader, guitarist and main songwriter Tom Scholz and lead vocalist Brad Delp. Like many other Boston songs, "Smokin'" has become a rock radio staple.
Def Leppard's album Hysteria was created using only Rockman technology. [65] Tom Scholz also credited Brad Delp with helping to create Boston's sound with his vocal style. Delp, who was influenced by the Beatles, [66] had an extended vocal range, shown on hits such as "More Than a Feeling". [67]
Bradley Edward Delp (June 12, 1951 – March 9, 2007) was an American musician who was the original lead singer and frontman of the rock band Boston.He joined the band in 1970 and appeared on every album except Walk On (1994) and also participated in every tour prior to his death in 2007.
It made me feel just a bit more normal than I was used to feeling. Later that day, I shoved the cassette into my Walkman and began hand-washing the dishes in my grandmother’s kitchen.
Their debut album, Boston, released on August 25, 1976, ranks as one of the best-selling debut albums in U.S. history with over 17 million copies sold. [8] [9] Scholz completed the second Boston album two years after the debut album's release. The second album, Don't Look Back, was released by Epic in August 1978. [10]