Jimmy Buffett - Riddles In the Sand

This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of Riddles in the Sand, the thirteenth studio album from Jimmy Buffett. It spent fourteen weeks on the US Billboard Album chart, peaking at number 87. It also went to number 18 on the US Billboard Country chart.

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Welcome to another edition of Seventies Saturday. Today (October 20th) is a special one as we also celebrate the sixty-second birthday of Florida-born American rocker Tom Petty.

Petty and his band the Heartbreakers made their recording debut on the November 9th, 1976, self-titled release. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers did not initially take off in the US; only after a UK tour and reaching number 24 on the charts there did it spark in the States (where it ultimately went to number 55 on the US Billboard Hot 200 in 1978). It also charted at number 57 in Australia and number 18 in New Zealand.