Music career The Bellamy Brothers

1 music career

1.1 1970s
1.2 1980s , 1990s
1.3 2000s

music career
1970s

the duo signed curb records in 1975. single featuring david, nothin heavy , unsuccessful. however, @ suggestion of neil diamond s drummer dennis st. john, brothers recorded , released single let love flow , written diamond s roadie larry williams. released in 1976, let love flow no. 1 single on united states pop charts, more dozen countries worldwide.

although let love flow hit on hot country singles & tracks chart, bellamys country music success limited until 1979, when if said had beautiful body hold against me released. song, double entendre title derived groucho marx quote, landed bellamys first country music no. 1 in united states. first played on radio in united kingdom in northern ireland in 1979 , went on become record of year in uk in 1979. in 2003 issue of country weekly magazine, line named number 1 country pick-up line of time. `

1980s , 1990s

after success of if said had beautiful body, brothers continued run of country hits, including tunes such redneck girl, santa fe , social commentary pieces, old hippie , kids of baby boom. billboard named bellamy brothers top country duo , went on set record duo nominations both academy of country music , country music association.

the brothers worked on number of collaborative efforts other musicians during period. recorded not enough forester sisters in 1986 , drive south them in 1990. in 1993, recorded stayin’ in love freddy fender , flaco jiménez. in 1997, recorded catahoula eddy raven , jo-el sonnier, while in 1997 recorded everyone’s somebody’s darlin’ nicolette larson. in 1999, recorded (don’t put me in) ex files buck owens , same year recorded vertical expression freddy fender , eduardo araujo.

in 1991, bellamys switched atlantic records. tenure there produced 1 album before duo formed own label, bellamy brothers records. 1 of first country music artists have own record label , have been licensing albums own record label 25 years. in 1999, switched blue hat records lonely planet album.

2000s

in 2005, bellamys returned curb records record angels & outlaws, volume 1, compilation album featuring re-recordings of duo s older hits additional artists, including dolly parton, george jones, alan jackson, tanya tucker, , montgomery gentry. re-recorded version of if said had beautiful body , featuring dolly parton, spent 1 week @ no. 60 on billboard hot country songs chart in 2005.

in march 2007, redneck girl covered blake shelton on soundtrack dukes of hazzard: beginning.

the bellamys released album of gospel music, titled jesus coming, on may 8, 2007. title track recorded on native american in 1995. album received 2 dove award nominations , second gospel album, pray me, released in 2012. had many guest singers on album. sister, ginger, sang them on song suppertime , deborah allen sang background vocals vicky hampton on album. irish actor , musician kieran mchugh played penny whistle song hymn him .

in 2008, song let love flow used in barclaycard advert new contactless cards. song re-entered uk singles chart @ no. 48 based on downloads , peaked @ no. 21 in pop charts in march 2009 , listed on bmi’s list of top 100 song of century @ no. 68 same year. cover petra haden used in 2010 toyota prius commercial.

the anthology, vol. 1 released in 2009 , includes single guilty of crime , collaboration bacon brothers. video features shannen doherty of beverly hills, 90210 fame. both sets of brothers performed song on grand ole opry in nashville, tenn. on sept. 1, 2009.

in 2010, bellamys recorded greatest hits sessions swiss rock star gölä (marco pfeuti) , project sold double platinum in europe. @ number 1 of swiss schweizer hitparade 7 weeks. in 2011, created bb&g platinum gölä. then, in 2014, teamed again gölä , recorded mermaid cowgirl in switzerland. achieved gold record status in switzerland album.

in june 2010, song jalepeños , problems of political correctness, banned before released radio because of profanity. video became major youtube hit 3 million views.

in 2012, bellamy brothers collaborated austrian schlager singer dj Ötzi create album best. dj Ötzi’s first full english-language album , entered german album charts @ number three.

in june 2014, rolling stone magazine ranked old hippie #95 in list of 100 greatest country songs.

during these years brothers worked on many other collaborative song efforts well. recorded hello, lady harley truck stop in 2003, worked alan jackson in 2005, , collaborated tom astor in 2007.