First Hits

    Some acts jump right out of the gate with a killer song as their debut.  I was thinking of America's debut "A Horse With No Name" and wondered what the first hits (first release that most people heard) of some other acts were.  I was struck by how many superstars gave us classics with their first release.

    Abba:  "Waterloo"
    Paula Abdul:  "Straight Up"
    America:  "A Horse With No Name"
    Animals:  "The House of the Rising Sun"
    Beatles:  "I Want To Hold Your Hand"
    Pat Benatar:  "Heartbreaker"
    Bon Jovi:  "You Give Love a Bad Name"
    Boston:  "More Than A Feeling
    Carpenters:  "Close To You"
    Chicago:  "Make Me Smile"
    Petula Clark:  "Downtown"
    Creedence Clearwater Revival:  "Suzie Q"
    Deep Purple:  "Hush"
    Def Leppard:  "Photograph"
    Doobie Brothers:  "Listen To the Music"
    Doors:  "Light My Fire"
    Eagles:  "Take It Easy"
    Everly Brothers:  "Bye Bye Love"
    5th Dimension:  "Up, Up and Away"
    Foreigner:  "Feels Like the First Time"
    4 Seasons:  "Sherry"
    Jefferson Airplane:  "Somebody To Love"
    Billy Joel:  "Piano Man"
    Elton John:  "Your Song"
    Mamas & Papas:  "California Dreamin'"
    Barry Manilow:  "Mandy"
    McGuire Sisters:  "Sincerely"
    Don McLean:  "American Pie"
    Steve Miller:  "The Joker"
    Elvis Presley:  "Heartbreak Hotel"
    Rascals:  "Good Lovin'"
    REO Speedwagon:  "Keep On Loving You"
    Righteous Brothers:  "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"
    Roxette:  "The Look"
    Del Shannon:  "Runaway"
    Simon & Garfunkel:  "The Sounds Of Silence"
    Percy Sledge:  "When A Man Loves A Woman"
    Sonny & Cher:  "I've Got You Babe"
    Steppenwolf:  "Born To Be Wild"
    Rod Stewart:  "Maggie May"
    James Taylor:  "Fire and Rain"
    Three Dog Night:  "One"
    Zager & Evans:  "In the Year 2525"
    Source URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/03/first-hits.html
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