Most eventually huge groups released several good but much less appreciated albums before the one that exponentially increased their fan base. Supertramp's breakthrough album was the one the band served up on this day in 1979. Breakfast in America, the group's 6th album, surpassed the combined sales of the five previous albums within weeks of its March 29th release.

 

The 4x Platinum lp lodged in the #1 spot on album charts for a full six weeks, and heavy airplay for the title track, The Logical Song, Goodbye Stranger and Take The Long Way Home made the band a major concert draw.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on March 29 include...

 

1945 John 'Speedy' Keen of Thunderclap Newman born.

1946 Billy Thorpe born.

1947 Toto lead singer Bobby Kimball is born.

1947 Robert Gordon is born.

1951 Boston guitarist Barry Goudreau is born.

1966 A Chair hurled by a fan during a Rolling Stones concert in Marseilles, France injures Mick Jagger.

1967 John Popper of Blues Traveler is born.

1967 Beatles start recording With a Little Help From My Friends.

1970 John & Yoko Ono announce she is pregnant

1973 Dr. Hook makes the cover of the Rolling Stone.

1975 Jeff Beck releases Blow By Blow. 

1978 David Bowie opens his Low tour in San Diego.

1980 Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon Eclipses Carole King's Tapestry for the longest run on the Billboard album charts as it enters its 304th week.

1982 Scorpions release Blackout.

1986 Beatles albums go on sale legally in Russia for the first time.

2000  Phil Collins sues two Earth Wind & Fire members seeking a refund on what Collins claims were overpayments on royalties for the pairs work on the songs Sussudio and Easy Lover.

2001 Billy Joel, Paul Simon and others pay tribute to Brian Wilson at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

2005 Neil Young diagnosed with a brain aneurysm after going to hospital with blurred vision.

2007 Bono gets an honorary knighthood. Can't be awarded the full one because he's Irish.

2009 Grateful Dead members Bob Weir and Phil Lesh join the Allman Brothers Band for the closing night of the ABB's 15 night series of concerts at New York's Beacon Theatre.

2010 Rush inducted by the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

2015 Norman Greebaum is badly injured when his car collides with a motorcycle.

2016 Charlie Daniels gets inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

2016 Andy (Thunderclap) Newman dies at 73.