ZZ Top is a legendary American rock band known for their blues-infused rock music, bawdy lyrics and long, red beards.
ZZ Top live shows leave the audience laughing dancing and feeling like they are at a jam session with close friends, instead of a concert headlined by rock and roll legends. Their massive success has allowed all of their albums to reach gold or platinum status.
The band’s best selling album is 1983’s Eliminator, which spawned the hit singles “Legs” and “Sharped Dress Man.” The album went on to sell 10 million units, reaching diamond status and the 25 million records they’ve sold in the U.S. makes them one of the top 100 selling artists in the country. ZZ Top has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, and they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 2004.
ZZ Top formed in 1969 in Houston Texas with guitarist and lead vocalist Billy Gibbon, organist Lanier Greig and drummer Dan Mitchell. The name of the band came from Gibbons combining the names of B.B. King and Z.Z. Hill, when he noticed that many artists used their initials as their band’s name. When ZZ King seemed too close to the originals he changed it to ZZ Top.
The current lineup of the band consists of Billy Gibbons, Frank Beard, and Elwood Francis, who replaced the legendary Dusty Hill after his passing is 2021.
ZZ Top’s signature sound can best be described as blues-infused rock with elements of punk rock and new wave added through their use synthesizers.
With a legendary career spanning more than four decades, KANSAS has firmly established itself as one of America’s iconic of classic rock bands. This “garage band” from Topeka released their debut album in 1974 after being discovered by Wally Gold, who worked for Don Kirshner, and have gone on to sell more than 30 million albums worldwide.
Composing a catalogue that includes fifteen studio albums and five live albums, KANSAS has produced eight gold albums, three sextuple-Platinum albums (Leftoverture, Point of Know Return, Best of KANSAS), one platinum live album (Two for the Show), and two one million-selling gold singles, Carry On Wayward Son and Dust in the Wind. KANSAS appeared on the Billboard charts for over 200 weeks throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s and played to sold-out arenas and stadiums throughout North America, Europe and Japan. Carry On Wayward Son continues to be one of the top five most played songs on classic rock radio, and Dust In the Wind has been played on the radio more than three million times!
Billy Ocean is Britain’s most commercially successful Black artist, having sold more than 30 million records worldwide.
Born in Trinidad, Billy settled in London’s East End when just seven years old. The calypso crazy kid soon got turned on to soul singers like Otis Redding and Sam Cooke, as well as groups like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, leading him to spend much of his study time in the music room.
His first hit was the 1976 hit single “Love Really Hurts Without You” followed by “Red Light Spells Danger.” And there were more hits in the ’80s, including three US number ones: “Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)”, “There’ll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)” and “Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car”.
But he is probably best known for “When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going”, which was a hit for Billy Ocean in 1986 thirteen years later. Get ready for a night to remember as we proudly present a worldwide star.
