Combining members of The Omens and Town Criers, Seger formed Bob Seger and the Last Heard, with whom he scored local success with a series of singles.īy 1969 Seger had released his first album, Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man, as The Bob Seger System. It was while performing with The Omens that Seger was discovered by his manager Edward Andrews, who believed Seger had the potential to be a star in his own right. This led to Seger being recruited by a higher profile group, The Omens. When The Decibels split up Seger became lead vocalist of a quartet named The Town Criers, who became popular performing as a covers band in the local area.
The album is presented in full with no commercials or interruptions.īob Seger emerged from the Detroit music scene in the early 1960, recording his first song in 1961 with a short-lived three-piece band called The Decibels. No one person, business or any organizations is allowed to republish any of our original content anywhere on the web or in print without our permission.Tonight (March 14th) on the world famous Classic Album at Midnight on Radio Nova we’re playing Bob Seger’s Night Moves. Bruce Springsteen, “Backstreets,” Born To Run, Columbia Records, 1975.Ĭ claims ownership of all its original content and Intellectual property under United States Copyright laws and those of all other foreign countries. Bob Seger, “Night Moves,” Night Moves, Columbia Records, 1976. Bob Seger: Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums”. Regardless of Night Moves, commercial success, the album’s focus on heartfelt lyrics, and fiery well-written blues-rockers helped Bob Seger deliver perhaps the finest record of his career. The success of “Night Moves,” seemed to inspire a string of mainstream hits as Bob Seger followed up the album with the four Top 40 singles including the much covered ballad “We Got Tonight,” from his Stranger in Town album. The album sold extremely well and captivated Seger into mainstream pop culture. Two of the album’s three singles broke the Billboard Top 40 charts. It could be argued that “Night Moves,” was Bob Seger’s finest work. The section consisted of a group of studio musicians from Alabama that were well known for their work on countless big time blues and soul records. Half the tracks on the album featured the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. The album’s first single reached No.4 on the Billboard Music Charts in 1977. Photo: By radioactv915 (originally posted to Flickr as Bob Seger), via Wikimedia Commons Bob Seger’s Night Moves album was released on October 22, 1976. To go running on the backstreets, running on the backstreets In the deep heart of the night we cut loose from everything
Huddled in our cars waiting for the bells that ring Where desperate lovers park we sat with the last of the Duke Street Kings Slow dancing in the dark on the beach at Stockton’s Wing Out past the cornfields where the woods got heavy
Even on paper, one can see the inspiration. However, it was Springsteen’s lyrical content and his passionate vocals that clearly inspired Bob Seger. Bob Seger had that Midwest dirty rock and roll sound as opposed to the polished production of Born To Run. From fans to rock stars, Bruce Springsteen turned the rock and roll world upside down with Born to Run.īob Seger’s music had a much more raw stripped-down sound than Springsteen’s. Everyone was inspired by Bruce Springsteen. When I first heard Bob Seger’s “Night Moves,” single in 1976, I could instantly hear the inspiration that Bob Seger had found in Bruce Springsteen’s Born To Run album. Feature Photo: Bart Sherkow / Shutterstock
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