The BBC's Vintage Top 40 Show : 23/7/17 (1977 With Shaun Tilley)

The BBC's Vintage Top 40 Show from Sunday 23rd July 2017. During this hour, Shaun Tilley remembers the official chart from this very day in 1977. Featuring hit singles from Supertramp, The Brotherhood Of Man, http://hits-of-the-70s.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/in-memory-2010-bobby-farrell-from-boney.htmlBoney M, Hot Chocolate, Donna Summer and many more.

 

In The 70s Supertramp

The group was formed in 1969 as Daddy, but luckily they changed their name to become one of the most popular British groups in the 1970s. Supertramp sold over 60 million albums, of which 20 million was just for Breakfast In America in 1979. Group member Rick Davies was vocalist and writer, and he also had a friend called Gilbert O'Sullivan.

Roger Hodgson was also in the group from the very beginning and was responsible for writing some of the biggest hits for the group, including Dreamer and Give A Little Bit.The band had their first album in 1970 called Supertramp and appeared at the Isle Of Wight festival that year. Money problems and other band members coming and going did not really get the band off to the right start.

Longer term members included John Helliwell, Bob Siebenberg and Douggie Thompson.