Boz Scaggs
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William Royce "Boz" Scaggs (born June 8, 1944) is an American
singer, songwriter
and guitarist
. He gained fame in the 1970s with several Top 20 hit single
s in the United States
, along with the #2 album
, Silk Degrees
. Scaggs continues to write, record music and tour.
, the son of a traveling salesman. The family moved to McAlester, Oklahoma
, then to Plano
, at that time a Texas farm town just north of Dallas. He attended a Dallas private school, St. Mark's
, where a schoolmate gave him the nickname "Bosley"; this was later shortened to "Boz".
After learning guitar at the age of 12, he met Steve Miller
at St. Mark's. In 1959, he became the vocalist for Miller's band, The Marksmen. The pair later attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison
together, playing in blues
bands like The Ardells
and The Fabulous Knight Trains.
Leaving school, Scaggs briefly joined the burgeoning rhythm and blues
scene in London. After singing in bands such as The Wigs and Mother Earth
, he traveled to Sweden as a solo performer, and in 1965 recorded his solo debut album, Boz, which was not a commercial success. Scaggs also had a brief stint with the band The Other Side with Mac MacLeod
and fellow American Jack Downing.
Returning to the U.S., Scaggs promptly headed for the booming psychedelic music
center of San Francisco in 1967. Linking up with Steve Miller again, he appeared on the Steve Miller Band
's first two albums, Children of the Future and Sailor
. After being spotted by Rolling Stone
publisher Jann Wenner
, Scaggs secured a solo contract with Atlantic Records
in 1968, releasing his second album, "Boz Scaggs" in 1969.
, Boz Scaggs
, featuring the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
and session guitarist Duane Allman
, performing Fenton Robinson
's "Loan Me A Dime", achieved only moderate sales, as did follow-up albums on Columbia Records
.
The Atlantic album (SD-8239) eventually went out of print and in 1977, it was completely remixed and reissued on Atlantic (SD-19166). This remix brought out Duane Allman's guitar in a more up-front way, which changed the original mix, drowning backing voices and keyboards (not to mention a weird volume drop at the final 30 second of "Finding Her"). This remix is the version that's currently available on CD.
In 1976, he linked up with session musician
s who would later form Toto
and recorded his smash album Silk Degrees
. The album reached #2 on the US Billboard 200
, and #1 in a number of countries across the world, spawning three hit singles
: "Lowdown
", "Lido Shuffle
", and "What Can I Say", as well as the MOR standard "We're All Alone
", later recorded by Rita Coolidge
and Frankie Valli
. "Lowdown" sold over one million copies in the US. A sellout world tour followed, but his follow-up album, the 1977 Down Two Then Left
, did not fare as well commercially as Silk Degrees.
" from the Urban Cowboy
soundtrack, and "Miss Sun
" from a greatest hits
set, both US #14 hits). But Scaggs' lengthy hiatus from the music industry (his next LP, Other Roads
, would not appear until 1988) slowed down his chart career dramatically. "Heart of Mine" in 1988, from Other Roads, is Scaggs' latest Top 40 hit.
Scaggs continued to record and tour sporadically throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and for a time was semi-retired from the music industry. He opened the San Francisco nightclub
, Slim's, in 1988, and remains a co-owner as of 2008.
After Other Roads, Scaggs took another hiatus and then came back with Some Change in 1994. He released Come On Home, an album of blues
, and My Time, an anthology in the late 1990s. He garnered good reviews with Dig
although the CD, which was released on September 11, 2001, was lost in the post-9/11
melée. In May 2003, Scaggs released But Beautiful, a collection of jazz standard
s that debuted at #1 on the jazz chart. In 2008 he released "Speak Low" which the artist described in the liner notes as "a sort of progressive, experimental effort ... along the lines of some of the ideas that Gil Evans explored."
He tours each summer, has a loyal cadre of fans, remains popular in Japan, and released a DVD
and a live CD in 2004. Other releases followed. In 2008, Scaggs undertook an expanded tour across the US.
In the summer of 2010, Scaggs began a tour with Donald Fagen
and Michael McDonald
. They are performing together as one band billed as The Dukes of September Rhythm Revue. The show includes classic rock, soul/R&B songs by various artists and personal repertoire songs from all three headliners.
, and have produced their own wine. Scaggs' son, Austin Scaggs, is a music journalist
with a column called "The Smoking Section" in Rolling Stone
. Another son, Oscar, died of a heroin overdose in 1998 at the age of 21.
United States
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singer, songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
and guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
. He gained fame in the 1970s with several Top 20 hit single
Hit single
A hit single is a recorded song or instrumental released as a single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official music chart through repeated radio...
s in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, along with the #2 album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, Silk Degrees
Silk Degrees
Silk Degrees is the seventh album by Boz Scaggs, released on the Columbia Records label in 1976. The album reached #2 on the U.S. pop albums chart.-Reception:The album marked Scaggs' commercial zenith, mainly spearheaded by the R&B/Soul hit "Lowdown"...
. Scaggs continues to write, record music and tour.
Early life and career
Scaggs was born in Canton, OhioCanton, Ohio
Canton is the county seat of Stark County in northeastern Ohio, approximately south of Akron and south of Cleveland.The City of Caton is the largest incorporated area within the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area...
, the son of a traveling salesman. The family moved to McAlester, Oklahoma
McAlester, Oklahoma
McAlester is a city in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 17,783 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pittsburg County. It is currently the largest city in the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, followed by Durant....
, then to Plano
Plano, Texas
Plano is a city in the state of Texas, located mostly within Collin County. The city's population was 259,841 at the 2010 census, making it the ninth-largest city in Texas and the 71st most populous city in the United States. Plano is located within the metropolitan area commonly referred to as...
, at that time a Texas farm town just north of Dallas. He attended a Dallas private school, St. Mark's
St. Mark's School of Texas
The St. Mark's School of Texas is a nonsectarian preparatory day school for boys located in Preston Hollow, Dallas, Texas, USA. The School offers grades 1–12.-History:...
, where a schoolmate gave him the nickname "Bosley"; this was later shortened to "Boz".
After learning guitar at the age of 12, he met Steve Miller
Steve Miller (musician)
Steven H. "Steve" Miller is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter who began his career in blues and blues rock and evolved to a more popular-oriented sound which, from the mid 1970s through the early 1980s, resulted in a series of successful singles and albums.-Early years:Born in Milwaukee,...
at St. Mark's. In 1959, he became the vocalist for Miller's band, The Marksmen. The pair later attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
together, playing in blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
bands like The Ardells
The Ardells
-Steve Miller's Band:The Ardells was a band started by Steve Miller in 1961 when he attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In the fall of 1962, Steve lived in a rooming house on Frances St. in Madison and also pledged the Chi Psi fraternity on fraternity row near Langdon St...
and The Fabulous Knight Trains.
Leaving school, Scaggs briefly joined the burgeoning rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
scene in London. After singing in bands such as The Wigs and Mother Earth
Mother Earth (band)
Mother Earth was an American blues rock band from California, fronted by Tracy Nelson.Nelson, who hailed from Madison, Wisconsin, began her career as a solo artist, but formed the Mother Earth ensemble after moving to San Francisco...
, he traveled to Sweden as a solo performer, and in 1965 recorded his solo debut album, Boz, which was not a commercial success. Scaggs also had a brief stint with the band The Other Side with Mac MacLeod
Mac MacLeod
Mac MacLeod is an English musician who was a part of the Hertfordshire folk and blues scene from 1959 onwards. He played in St Albans alongside Mick Softley, Maddy Prior and toured with John Renbourn...
and fellow American Jack Downing.
Returning to the U.S., Scaggs promptly headed for the booming psychedelic music
Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...
center of San Francisco in 1967. Linking up with Steve Miller again, he appeared on the Steve Miller Band
Steve Miller Band
The Steve Miller Band is an American rock band formed in 1967 in San Francisco, California. The band is managed by Steve Miller on guitar and lead vocals, and is known for a string of mid-1970s hit singles that are staples of the classic rock radio format.-History:In 1965, Steve Miller and...
's first two albums, Children of the Future and Sailor
Sailor (album)
Sailor is the second studio album by American rock band The Steve Miller Band, released in October 1968 by Capitol Records. Like The Steve Miller Band's previous album, Children of the Future, Sailor was produced by Glyn Johns; but unlike its predecessor which was recorded in London, England,...
. After being spotted by Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
publisher Jann Wenner
Jann Wenner
Jann Simon Wenner is the co-founder and publisher of the music and politics biweekly Rolling Stone, as well as the owner of Men's Journal and Us Weekly magazines.-Childhood:...
, Scaggs secured a solo contract with Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
in 1968, releasing his second album, "Boz Scaggs" in 1969.
1970s
Despite good reviews, his sole Atlantic albumAlbum
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, Boz Scaggs
Boz Scaggs (album)
Boz Scaggs is the second album by Boz Scaggs. After two years with the Steve Miller Band, Scaggs once again set out on his own, recording at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama...
, featuring the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, also known as The Swampers, are a group of American soul, R&B, and country studio musicians based in the town of Muscle Shoals, Alabama...
and session guitarist Duane Allman
Duane Allman
Howard Duane Allman was an American guitarist, session musician and the primary co-founder of the southern rock group The Allman Brothers Band...
, performing Fenton Robinson
Fenton Robinson
Fenton Robinson was an American blues singer and exponent of the Chicago blues guitar.-Biography:Born in Greenwood, Mississippi, United States, Robinson left his home at the age of 18 to move to Memphis, Tennessee where he recorded his first single "Tennessee Woman" in 1957. He settled in Chicago...
's "Loan Me A Dime", achieved only moderate sales, as did follow-up albums on Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
.
The Atlantic album (SD-8239) eventually went out of print and in 1977, it was completely remixed and reissued on Atlantic (SD-19166). This remix brought out Duane Allman's guitar in a more up-front way, which changed the original mix, drowning backing voices and keyboards (not to mention a weird volume drop at the final 30 second of "Finding Her"). This remix is the version that's currently available on CD.
In 1976, he linked up with session musician
Session musician
Session musicians are instrumental and vocal performers, musicians, who are available to work with others at live performances or recording sessions. Usually such musicians are not permanent members of a musical ensemble and often do not achieve fame in their own right as soloists or bandleaders...
s who would later form Toto
Toto (band)
Toto is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1977. The group currently consists of Joseph Williams , David Paich , Steve Porcaro , Steve Lukather , Mike Porcaro , and Simon Phillips . Toto is known for a musical style that combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, progressive rock, hard...
and recorded his smash album Silk Degrees
Silk Degrees
Silk Degrees is the seventh album by Boz Scaggs, released on the Columbia Records label in 1976. The album reached #2 on the U.S. pop albums chart.-Reception:The album marked Scaggs' commercial zenith, mainly spearheaded by the R&B/Soul hit "Lowdown"...
. The album reached #2 on the US Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, and #1 in a number of countries across the world, spawning three hit singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
: "Lowdown
Lowdown (Boz Scaggs song)
"Lowdown" is a Billboard hit originally recorded in 1976 by Boz Scaggs for his mainstream-breakthrough album, Silk Degrees. The song was co-written by Scaggs and David Paich...
", "Lido Shuffle
Lido Shuffle
Lido Shuffle is a song by Boz Scaggs from the 1976 album Silk Degrees. The single reached #11 on the pop chart and #13 in the UK singles chart...
", and "What Can I Say", as well as the MOR standard "We're All Alone
We're All Alone
"We're All Alone" is a song written by Boz Scaggs, who introduced it on his 1976 album Silk Degrees; in 1977, "We're All Alone" was a top-ten hit for Rita Coolidge in the US and the UK.-Early versions:...
", later recorded by Rita Coolidge
Rita Coolidge
Rita Coolidge is a multiple Grammy Award-winning American vocalist. During the 1970s and 1980s, she charted hits on Billboard's Pop, Country, Adult Contemporary and Jazz charts.-Career:...
and Frankie Valli
Frankie Valli
Frankie Valli is an American musician, most famous as frontman of The Four Seasons. He is well-known for his unusually powerful falsetto singing voice...
. "Lowdown" sold over one million copies in the US. A sellout world tour followed, but his follow-up album, the 1977 Down Two Then Left
Down Two Then Left
Down Two Then Left is the eighth album by singer Boz Scaggs, released in 1977. The album peaked at #11 on the Billboard charts.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Boz Scaggs; except where indicated#"Still Falling for You" – 3:52#"Hard Times" – 4:26...
, did not fare as well commercially as Silk Degrees.
1980s-present
The 1980 album Middle Man spawned two top 20 hits, "Breakdown Dead Ahead" and "Jojo," and Scaggs enjoyed two more hits in 1980-81 ("Look What You've Done to MeLook What You've Done to Me
Look What You've Done to Me is a 1980 song recorded by Boz Scaggs, and composed by Scaggs and David Foster for the movie Urban Cowboy. It reached #14 on the U.S. pop charts in November....
" from the Urban Cowboy
Urban Cowboy
Released as a 2× vinyl record album, re-released on CD in 1995.Side A:#Hello Texas – Jimmy Buffett #All Night Long – Joe Walsh #Times Like These – Dan Fogelberg #Nine Tonight – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band...
soundtrack, and "Miss Sun
Miss Sun
Miss Sun is a 1980 hit for Boz Scaggs first recorded in 1977 by David Paich - originally the sole credited writer - along with David Hungate, Steve Lukather and Jeff Porcaro the four of whom were working as session musicians on both Scagg's Down Two Then Left album and also the self-titled album...
" from a greatest hits
Greatest hits
A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...
set, both US #14 hits). But Scaggs' lengthy hiatus from the music industry (his next LP, Other Roads
Other Roads
Other Roads is an album by Boz Scaggs, released in 1988. After an eight-year hiatus from recording, Boz Scaggs returned in 1988 with the album Other Roads, a record aimed primarily at the adult contemporary market. The album reached #47 on the Billboard pop album chart, while the lead single “Heart...
, would not appear until 1988) slowed down his chart career dramatically. "Heart of Mine" in 1988, from Other Roads, is Scaggs' latest Top 40 hit.
Scaggs continued to record and tour sporadically throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and for a time was semi-retired from the music industry. He opened the San Francisco nightclub
Nightclub
A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...
, Slim's, in 1988, and remains a co-owner as of 2008.
After Other Roads, Scaggs took another hiatus and then came back with Some Change in 1994. He released Come On Home, an album of blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
, and My Time, an anthology in the late 1990s. He garnered good reviews with Dig
Dig (Boz Scaggs album)
Dig is a Rhythm and Blues album recorded by Bozz Scaggs in February 2001. It was re-released on the Gray Cat record label in 2001.-Track listing:#"Payday" – 4:43...
although the CD, which was released on September 11, 2001, was lost in the post-9/11
September 11, 2001 attacks
The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
melée. In May 2003, Scaggs released But Beautiful, a collection of jazz standard
Jazz standard
Jazz standards are musical compositions which are an important part of the musical repertoire of jazz musicians, in that they are widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz musicians, and widely known by listeners. There is no definitive list of jazz standards, and the list of songs deemed to be...
s that debuted at #1 on the jazz chart. In 2008 he released "Speak Low" which the artist described in the liner notes as "a sort of progressive, experimental effort ... along the lines of some of the ideas that Gil Evans explored."
He tours each summer, has a loyal cadre of fans, remains popular in Japan, and released a DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
and a live CD in 2004. Other releases followed. In 2008, Scaggs undertook an expanded tour across the US.
In the summer of 2010, Scaggs began a tour with Donald Fagen
Donald Fagen
Donald Jay Fagen is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the co-founder, lead singer, and the principal songwriter of the rock band Steely Dan ....
and Michael McDonald
Michael McDonald (singer)
Michael McDonald is a five-time Grammy Award winning American singer and songwriter. McDonald is known for a soulful baritone singing style and a multi-octave range. He began his career singing back-up vocals with Steely Dan...
. They are performing together as one band billed as The Dukes of September Rhythm Revue. The show includes classic rock, soul/R&B songs by various artists and personal repertoire songs from all three headliners.
Family
Scaggs and his wife Dominique grow grapes in Napa County, CaliforniaNapa County, California
Napa County is a county located north of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is coterminous with the Napa, California, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010 the population is 136,484. The county seat is Napa....
, and have produced their own wine. Scaggs' son, Austin Scaggs, is a music journalist
Music journalism
Music journalism is criticism and reportage about music. It began in the eighteenth century as comment on what is now thought of as 'classical music'. This aspect of music journalism, today often referred to as music criticism , comprises the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of...
with a column called "The Smoking Section" in Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
. Another son, Oscar, died of a heroin overdose in 1998 at the age of 21.
With The Steve Miller Band
| Year | Album | US |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Children of the Future | #134 |
| 1968 | Sailor Sailor (album) Sailor is the second studio album by American rock band The Steve Miller Band, released in October 1968 by Capitol Records. Like The Steve Miller Band's previous album, Children of the Future, Sailor was produced by Glyn Johns; but unlike its predecessor which was recorded in London, England,... |
#24 |
Solo
| Year | Album | US | US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... | RIAA Certification |
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| 1965 | Boz Boz (album) Boz was Boz Scaggs' first solo album, recorded under the name "William R. Scaggs" on September 30, 1965 in Stockholm, Sweden. It was released in Sweden by Karusell Grammofon AB and distributed in Europe by Polydor International. It was never released in any other country, never released in any... |
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| 1969 | Boz Scaggs Boz Scaggs (album) Boz Scaggs is the second album by Boz Scaggs. After two years with the Steve Miller Band, Scaggs once again set out on his own, recording at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama... * |
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| 1971 | Moments Moments (Boz Scaggs album) Moments is the third album by singer Boz Scaggs, released in 1971. It was his debut album on the Columbia label.- Track listing :All tracks composed by Boz Scaggs; except where indicated#"We Were Always Sweethearts" - 3:31#"Downright Women" - 4:38... |
124 | ||
| 1971 | Boz Scaggs & Band Boz Scaggs & Band Boz Scaggs & Band is the fourth album by Boz Scaggs, and his second on the Columbia Records label. It was released in December 1971.- Track listing :All tracks composed by Boz Scaggs; except where indicated# "Monkey Time"... |
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| 1972 | My Time My Time My Time is the fifth album by Boz Scaggs, released by Columbia Records in September 1972. "Dinah Flo" was the only single released from the album.-Track list:All songs by Boz Scaggs unless noted.# "Dinah Flo" - 3:03... |
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| 1974 | Slow Dancer Slow Dancer Slow Dancer is the sixth album by Boz Scaggs, originally released by Columbia in 1974.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Boz Scaggs; except where indicated# "You Make It So Hard "# "Slow Dancer" - 3:10... |
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| Gold | ||||
| 1976 | Silk Degrees Silk Degrees Silk Degrees is the seventh album by Boz Scaggs, released on the Columbia Records label in 1976. The album reached #2 on the U.S. pop albums chart.-Reception:The album marked Scaggs' commercial zenith, mainly spearheaded by the R&B/Soul hit "Lowdown"... |
2 | 6 | 5xMulti-Platinum |
| 1977 | Down Two Then Left Down Two Then Left Down Two Then Left is the eighth album by singer Boz Scaggs, released in 1977. The album peaked at #11 on the Billboard charts.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Boz Scaggs; except where indicated#"Still Falling for You" – 3:52#"Hard Times" – 4:26... |
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| Platinum | ||||
| 1980 | Middle Man Middle Man (album) Middle Man is the ninth album by Boz Scaggs, released on Columbia Records in 1980. Scaggs re-hired the members of the band Toto as session musicians, and shared song-writing credits with them... |
8 | 36 | Platinum |
| 1980 | Hits! Hits! (Boz Scaggs album) -Track listing:# "Lowdown" – 4:27# "You Make It So Hard " – 3:32# "Miss Sun" – 5:33# "Lido Shuffle" – 3:41# "We're All Alone" – 4:11... |
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| Gold | ||||
| 1988 | Other Roads Other Roads Other Roads is an album by Boz Scaggs, released in 1988. After an eight-year hiatus from recording, Boz Scaggs returned in 1988 with the album Other Roads, a record aimed primarily at the adult contemporary market. The album reached #47 on the Billboard pop album chart, while the lead single “Heart... |
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| 1994 | Some Change Some Change -Track listing:All songs by Boz Scaggs unless noted.# "You Got My Letter"# "Some Change"# "I'll Be The One"# "Call Me" # "Fly Like A Bird"# "Sierra"# "Lost It"# "Time"# "Illusion"... |
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| 1996 | Fade into Light Fade Into Light Fade into Light is a 1996 album, originally released in Japan, by Boz Scaggs that was released on September 27, 2005 in the United States. It contains "un-plugged" versions and also re-recordings of Scaggs' most well-known songs, Lowdown and We're All Alone... |
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| 1997 | Come On Home Come on Home (album) Come On Home is an album by Boz Scaggs.Allmusic called Come On Home "a genuine musical treasure."-Track listing:# "It All Went Down the Drain"# "Ask Me 'Bout Nothin' "# "Don't Cry No More"# "Found Love"# "Come On Home"... |
94 | ||
| 1997 | My Time: A Boz Scaggs Anthology My Time: A Boz Scaggs Anthology My Time: A Boz Scaggs Anthology is an anthology album by Boz Scaggs. -Disc One:# "Runnin' Blue" – 3:58# "We Were Always Sweethearts" – 3:29# "Near You" – 4:59# "Painted Bells" – 4:02# "Dinah Flo" – 3:04... |
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| 2001 | Dig Dig (Boz Scaggs album) Dig is a Rhythm and Blues album recorded by Bozz Scaggs in February 2001. It was re-released on the Gray Cat record label in 2001.-Track listing:#"Payday" – 4:43... |
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| 2001 | The Lost Concert | |||
| 2003 | But Beautiful But Beautiful (Boz Scaggs album) But Beautiful is an album of Pop standards by Boz Scaggs, released in 2003. It reached number one on the Billboard Top Jazz albums chart in 2004.- Track listing :# "What's New?" – 4:30... |
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| 2004 | Greatest Hits Live Greatest Hits Live (Boz Scaggs album) Greatest Hits Live is a live album by Boz Scaggs. It was released on August 17, 2004 by Mailboat Records.-Track listing: DISC 1:# Lowdown# Slow Dancer# Heart Of Mine# It All Went Down The Drain# Harbor Lights# Jojo... |
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| 2008 | Speak Low | 128 | ||
- While the 1969 self-titled Atlantic album failed to chart upon initial release, it peaked at #171 when reissued in 1974. Three years later the album was reissued once again, this time in a remixed form. This version, however, did not chart (#209).
Singles
| Year | Title | US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
Album |
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| 1971 | "We Were Always Sweethearts" | 61 | Moments Moments (Boz Scaggs album) Moments is the third album by singer Boz Scaggs, released in 1971. It was his debut album on the Columbia label.- Track listing :All tracks composed by Boz Scaggs; except where indicated#"We Were Always Sweethearts" - 3:31#"Downright Women" - 4:38... |
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| "Near You" | 96 | |||
| 1972 | "Dinah Flo" | 86 | My Time My Time My Time is the fifth album by Boz Scaggs, released by Columbia Records in September 1972. "Dinah Flo" was the only single released from the album.-Track list:All songs by Boz Scaggs unless noted.# "Dinah Flo" - 3:03... |
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| 1976 | "It's Over" | 38 | Silk Degrees Silk Degrees Silk Degrees is the seventh album by Boz Scaggs, released on the Columbia Records label in 1976. The album reached #2 on the U.S. pop albums chart.-Reception:The album marked Scaggs' commercial zenith, mainly spearheaded by the R&B/Soul hit "Lowdown"... |
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| "Lowdown Lowdown (Boz Scaggs song) "Lowdown" is a Billboard hit originally recorded in 1976 by Boz Scaggs for his mainstream-breakthrough album, Silk Degrees. The song was co-written by Scaggs and David Paich... " |
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| 1977 | "Lido Shuffle Lido Shuffle Lido Shuffle is a song by Boz Scaggs from the 1976 album Silk Degrees. The single reached #11 on the pop chart and #13 in the UK singles chart... " |
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| "Hard Times" | 58 | Down Two Then Left Down Two Then Left Down Two Then Left is the eighth album by singer Boz Scaggs, released in 1977. The album peaked at #11 on the Billboard charts.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Boz Scaggs; except where indicated#"Still Falling for You" – 3:52#"Hard Times" – 4:26... |
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| 1978 | "Hollywood" | 49 | 33 | |
| 1980 | "Breakdown Dead Ahead" | 15 | Middle Man Middle Man (album) Middle Man is the ninth album by Boz Scaggs, released on Columbia Records in 1980. Scaggs re-hired the members of the band Toto as session musicians, and shared song-writing credits with them... |
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| "Look What You've Done to Me Look What You've Done to Me Look What You've Done to Me is a 1980 song recorded by Boz Scaggs, and composed by Scaggs and David Foster for the movie Urban Cowboy. It reached #14 on the U.S. pop charts in November.... " |
14 | Urban Cowboy Urban Cowboy Released as a 2× vinyl record album, re-released on CD in 1995.Side A:#Hello Texas – Jimmy Buffett #All Night Long – Joe Walsh #Times Like These – Dan Fogelberg #Nine Tonight – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band... (soundtrack) |
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| "Miss Sun Miss Sun Miss Sun is a 1980 hit for Boz Scaggs first recorded in 1977 by David Paich - originally the sole credited writer - along with David Hungate, Steve Lukather and Jeff Porcaro the four of whom were working as session musicians on both Scagg's Down Two Then Left album and also the self-titled album... " |
14 | Hits! Hits! (Boz Scaggs album) -Track listing:# "Lowdown" – 4:27# "You Make It So Hard " – 3:32# "Miss Sun" – 5:33# "Lido Shuffle" – 3:41# "We're All Alone" – 4:11... |
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| 1988 | "Heart Of Mine" | 35 | Other Roads Other Roads Other Roads is an album by Boz Scaggs, released in 1988. After an eight-year hiatus from recording, Boz Scaggs returned in 1988 with the album Other Roads, a record aimed primarily at the adult contemporary market. The album reached #47 on the Billboard pop album chart, while the lead single “Heart... |
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