“Sharp Dressed Man” is ZZ Top’s most famous song. The song was released in 1983 as the lead single from the band’s eighth studio album, Eliminator. The song became a massive success, peaking at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming one of the band’s signature tunes....
ZZ Top was formed in the Houston area when Gibbons, formerly of the blues-rockbandMoving Sidewalks, united with Hill and Beard, who had previously performed together in the band American Blues. Taking its sonic cues from such blues artists asJohn Lee HookerandMuddy Waters, the band built a ...
Even before they revved themselves up into synth-boosted MTV hitmakers in the Eighties, Zz Top were never an ordinary blues-rock band. After Cream and Jimi Hendrix warped electric blues into psychedelia, Zz Top pulled it back to the dusty ground of Texas, but they weren’t as straight-ahea...
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From their fourth studio album,Fandango!, this slow, bluesy song makes it hard not to fall in love with ZZ Top. 12. "I Thank You" Though "I Thank You" is a cover, the trio didn't waver on their style. The guitar comes through the speakers clear, and Gibbons' voice is silky in...
Coming in at third is “Tush” fromFandango!. This song's straightforward, hard-rocking style and memorable lyrics have made it a crowd favorite. It's a quintessential example of ZZ Top's ability to create catchy, high-energy rock tunes. ...
ZZ Top (1979): After three years away, ZZ Top returned with their best album from beginning (the smoky intrigue of “Thank You”) to middle (the rumbling “I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide”) to end (the endlessly intriguing “Cheap Sunglasses”). ...
35. Til Tuesday, "Voices Carry" (FromVoices Carry, 1985) Aimee Mann would go on to an acclaimed career as a singer-songwriter of personal and sophisticated work in the '90s; a decade earlier she was leading the Boston-based new wave band 'Til Tuesday, whose only Top 10 song came with...
ZZ Top (1979): After three years away, ZZ Top returned with their best album from beginning (the smoky intrigue of “Thank You”) to middle (the rumbling “I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide”) to end (the endlessly intriguing “Cheap Sunglasses”). ...
from experimental programming to a more commercial, album-oriented rock format. This layered approach, coupled with Becker and Fagen’s jazz-rock mastery, made the song resonate deeply with listeners and stand out on the charts, ultimately reaching the U.S. Top 40. Engineer Roger Nichols’ ...