This Detroit rocker put out a string of quality albums as good as any from 1976-1980 with Night Moves, Stranger In Town and Against the Wind. It took him a while to get going in his career, but once he spread nationally and internationally, Seger took it to the next level. In fact, I can't think of anyone in the history of the Rock Era who took longer to make it big and then became as big a star. Here is the complete Hits List:
1961: "The Lonely One"
1965: "TGIF"
1966: "Ballad of the Yellow Beret"
"East Side Story
"Sock It to Me Santa"
"Persecution Smith"
1967: "Vagrant Winter"
"Heavy Music"
1968: "2 + 2 = ?" (#79 Canada)
"Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" (#17, #18 Canada)
1969: "Ivory" (#97)
"Noah"
"Innervenus Eyes"
1970: "Lucifer" (#84)
1971: "Lookin' Back" (#96)
1972: "If I Were a Carpenter" (#76)
"Midnight Rider"
"Turn the Page"
1973: "Who Do You Love"
"Rosalie"
1974: "Need Ya"
"Get Out of Denver" (#80)
"U.M.C. (Upper Middle Class)"
1975: "Beautiful Loser"
"Katmandu" (#43, #57 Canada)
1976: "Nutbush City Limits" (live) (#69, #85 Canada)
"Night Moves" (#4, #5 Canada, #45 U.K.)
1977: "The Fire Down Below"--highly underrated.
"Mainstreet" (#24, #1 Canada)
"Rock and Roll Never Forgets" (#41)
"Sunspot Baby"--highly underrated.
1978: "Still the Same" (#4, #27 Adult Contemporary, #4 Canada)
"Hollywood Nights" (#12, #12 Canada, #42 U.K.)--highly underrated.
"We've Got Tonight" (#13, #29 AC, #9 Canada, #22 U.K.)
"Old Time Rock and Roll" (#28, #31 Canada)--highly underrated.
1980: "Fire Lake" (#6, #31 AC, #3 Canada)
"Against the Wind" (#5, #8 AC, #6 Canada)
"You'll Accomp'ny Me" (#14, #7 AC, #8 Canada)
"Horizontal Bop" (#42)
"Her Strut"--highly underrated.
1981: "Tryin' To Live My Life Without You" (live) (#5, #2 Rock, #11 Canada)
"Feel Like a Number" (live) (#48, #29 Canada)
1982: "Shame on the Moon" (#2, #1 AC, #8 Canada)
1983: "Even Now" (#12, #2 Rock, #35 Canada, #73 U.K.)
"Roll Me Away" (#27, #13 Rock)
"Old Time Rock and Roll" (re-release) (#48)
1984: "Understanding" (#17, #7 AC, #5 Rock, #38 Canada)
1986: "American Storm" (#13, #2 Rock, #26 Canada, #78 U.K.)
"Like a Rock" (#12, #21 AC, #1 Rock, #33 Canada)
"It's You" (#52, #22 AC, #8 Rock)
"Miami" (#70, #47 Rock)
1987: "Shakedown" (#1, #1 Rock, #1 Canada, #88 U.K.)
1989: "Blue Monday" (#40 Rock)
1991: "Take a Chance" (#10 Rock)
"The Real Love" (#24, #4 AC, #4 Rock)
"The Fire Inside" (#45 AC, #6 Rock)
1994: "In Your Time"
1995: "Lock and Load" (#22 Rock)
"Manhattan"
1996: "Hands in the Air" (#29 Rock)
1998: "Chances Are" (with Martina McBride) (#23 AC)
2006: "Wait for Me" (#17 AC)
"Wreck This Heart"
2011: "Downtown Train" (#17 AC)
"Hey Hey Hey Hey (Going Back to Birmingham)"
That's 31 hits, with 7 going Top 10 and 1 #1. On the more dominant Adult Contemporary chart,14 hits with 5 reaching the Top 10 and 1 #1.
1961: "The Lonely One"
1965: "TGIF"
1966: "Ballad of the Yellow Beret"
"East Side Story
"Sock It to Me Santa"
"Persecution Smith"
1967: "Vagrant Winter"
"Heavy Music"
1968: "2 + 2 = ?" (#79 Canada)
"Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" (#17, #18 Canada)
1969: "Ivory" (#97)
"Noah"
"Innervenus Eyes"
1970: "Lucifer" (#84)
1971: "Lookin' Back" (#96)
1972: "If I Were a Carpenter" (#76)
"Midnight Rider"
"Turn the Page"
1973: "Who Do You Love"
"Rosalie"
1974: "Need Ya"
"Get Out of Denver" (#80)
"U.M.C. (Upper Middle Class)"
1975: "Beautiful Loser"
"Katmandu" (#43, #57 Canada)
1976: "Nutbush City Limits" (live) (#69, #85 Canada)
"Night Moves" (#4, #5 Canada, #45 U.K.)
1977: "The Fire Down Below"--highly underrated.
"Mainstreet" (#24, #1 Canada)
"Rock and Roll Never Forgets" (#41)
"Sunspot Baby"--highly underrated.
1978: "Still the Same" (#4, #27 Adult Contemporary, #4 Canada)
"Hollywood Nights" (#12, #12 Canada, #42 U.K.)--highly underrated.
"We've Got Tonight" (#13, #29 AC, #9 Canada, #22 U.K.)
"Old Time Rock and Roll" (#28, #31 Canada)--highly underrated.
1980: "Fire Lake" (#6, #31 AC, #3 Canada)
"Against the Wind" (#5, #8 AC, #6 Canada)
"You'll Accomp'ny Me" (#14, #7 AC, #8 Canada)
"Horizontal Bop" (#42)
"Her Strut"--highly underrated.
1981: "Tryin' To Live My Life Without You" (live) (#5, #2 Rock, #11 Canada)
"Feel Like a Number" (live) (#48, #29 Canada)
1982: "Shame on the Moon" (#2, #1 AC, #8 Canada)
1983: "Even Now" (#12, #2 Rock, #35 Canada, #73 U.K.)
"Roll Me Away" (#27, #13 Rock)
"Old Time Rock and Roll" (re-release) (#48)
1984: "Understanding" (#17, #7 AC, #5 Rock, #38 Canada)
1986: "American Storm" (#13, #2 Rock, #26 Canada, #78 U.K.)
"Like a Rock" (#12, #21 AC, #1 Rock, #33 Canada)
"It's You" (#52, #22 AC, #8 Rock)
"Miami" (#70, #47 Rock)
1987: "Shakedown" (#1, #1 Rock, #1 Canada, #88 U.K.)
1989: "Blue Monday" (#40 Rock)
1991: "Take a Chance" (#10 Rock)
"The Real Love" (#24, #4 AC, #4 Rock)
"The Fire Inside" (#45 AC, #6 Rock)
1994: "In Your Time"
1995: "Lock and Load" (#22 Rock)
"Manhattan"
1996: "Hands in the Air" (#29 Rock)
1998: "Chances Are" (with Martina McBride) (#23 AC)
2006: "Wait for Me" (#17 AC)
"Wreck This Heart"
2011: "Downtown Train" (#17 AC)
"Hey Hey Hey Hey (Going Back to Birmingham)"
That's 31 hits, with 7 going Top 10 and 1 #1. On the more dominant Adult Contemporary chart,14 hits with 5 reaching the Top 10 and 1 #1.
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