ROCKIN’ ALL OVER THE WORLD
Rockin’ All Over the World is the tenth studio album by the British band Status Quo, released in 1977. It is the first of their records to be produced by Pip Williams, and the first to feature Andy Bown as an official band member. It was released in November 1977, and reached #5. The title track, written and originally recorded by John Fogerty, was released by Quo as a single in September 1977, reaching a peak position of #3. No other singles were issued from the album, although “Can’t Give You More” was re-recorded by the band in 1991 for their album Rock ’Til You Drop and issued as a single, reaching #37. (More from Wikipedia)
John Fogerty’s second solo album in 1975, John Fogerty spawned a minor hit “Rockin’ All Over the World”. Also, Status Quo – a solid British rock band whose decades of blockbuster recording output are virtually unknown in this country (other than their 1967 psychedelic hit song “Pictures of Matchstick Men”) – earned a 1977 hit album, Rockin’ All over the World in the UK with Fogerty’s song as the album’s title track. The song gained even wider exposure when Status Quo opened their set at the 1985 Live Aid concert with “Rockin’ All Over the World”; they were just the second band to perform at the London portion of the event (in Wembley Stadium), and the song was used by the BBC to promote their coverage of what is one of the best known rock concert events to this day.
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