The Jets - The Jets (30th anniversary)

This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of the self-titled debut album from the Jets, the brothers and sisters of the Wolfgramm family. The record hit the US Billboard Album chart in early 1986 and then had a seventy week run with a peak of number 21.

For more from this record, click here.

Rupert Holmes - Partners In Crime (35th anniversary)

Welcome to another edition of Seventies Sunday.

Today (October 5th) marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of Partners In Crime, the fifth studio album from singer-songwriter Rupert Holmes. This 1979 release spent thirty-one weeks on the US Billboard Album chart, peaking at number 33.

Click here for my full review of this record.

The Jets - The Jets

In 1985, the brothers and sisters of the Wolfgramm family (Leroy, Eddie, Eugene, Haini, Rudy, Kathi, Elizabeth and Moana)of Minneapolis, Minnesota, formed an R&B/pop music band called the Jets. The self-titled debut album that year did very well on the charts - reaching number 17 on the US Album chart, number 16 on the US Billboard R&B album charts and number 57 in the UK. The record was certified as Platinum and yielded four singles.

Rupert Holmes - Partners In Crime

Welcome to another edition of “Seventies Saturday”.

The man who would eventual become known as Rupert Holmes was actually born in England to the name of David Goldstein. His father was an American Army Warrant Officer and bandleader; his English mother was also musically inclined. He attended the Manhattan School of Music. His brother was an opera singer. Suffice to say, music was in his blood.