Supertramp Music

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Their most popular album, Breakfast in America in March 1979, which reached Number 3 in the UK and Number 1 in the United States and spawned four successful singles, "The Logical Song", "Take the Long Way Home", "Goodbye Stranger" and "Breakfast in America". The album has since sold over 18 million copies worldwide.

The run of successes was capped with 1980's Paris, a 2-LP live album, in which the band stated its goal of improving on the studio versions of their songs. Interestingly, instead of focusing on songs from the hugely successful Breakfast in America, it included nearly every song from Crime of the Century, another testament to the importance of that album in the group's development. 

Supertramp music is a rock/pop/progressive/jazzy british band. The picture is from Paris album, recorded in the peak of their successful career and an icon of the live albums.

Supertramp is a British progressive rock band that had a series of top-selling albums in the 1970s and 1980s.

Their early music included ambitious concept albums, but they are best known for their later hits including "Dreamer", "Goodbye Stranger", "Give a Little Bit" and "The Logical Song". Supertramp attained superstardom in the United States, Canada, and most of Europe. However, they were not quite as popular in the UK (where most of the band members were actually from). Nonetheless, Breakfast in America was still a big hit and reached number #3 on the UK charts and also had two top 10 singles from the album.

In 2001 the German band Scooter used parts of The Logical Song in their single Ramp! (The Logical Song), and in 2007 Gym Class Heroes used parts of Breakfast in America in their single Cupid's Chokehold.

In 2005 The Goo Goo Dolls covered Give a Little Bit on their Let Love In album.

In the past few years Roger Hodgson has donated Give A Little Bit to raise funds for Tsunami Relief efforts and other causes. It's been used by the Red Cross, United Way, the Make a Wish Foundation, and The Oprah Winfrey show requested the use of Give A Little Bit as part of their ”Gift of Giving Back Program.“

2006 was a busy year for Roger Hodgson. Throughout the summer of 2006, he has been touring Europe (France, Belgium, Portugal, Denmark, Switzerland, and Germany), as well as the US (St. Paul, MN) and Canada (fall 2006) and his DVD "Take The Long Way Home – Live In Montreal" has gone Platinum and to the #1 spot in Canada, in its first 7 weeks of release.

He has also been asked to mentor Canadian Idol’s Top 7 contestants, alongside Dennis DeYoung (a founding member of the group Styx).

In March 2006 Roger Hodgson was honored for his song Give A Little Bit at the 23rd Annual ASCAP awards in Los Angeles. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers gave the award in acknowledgment of the song being one of the 50 most played songs of 2005.

It was announced recently that the Diana Memorial Concert at Wembley Stadium on July 1 2007, will feature Roger Hodgson of Supertramp, as the band were one of the late Princess' favourites.

(from wikipedia)