The Ides of March (band)

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The Ides of March
General information
Genre (s) Rock music
founding 1964, 1990
resolution 1973
Website http://www.theidesofmarch.com
Members
Jim Peterik
Vocals , guitar, bass
Ray mr
Guitar, organ
Lawrende Millas
Bass, saxophone
Robert Bergland
John Larson
horns
 Chuck Somar
Michael Borch
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Vehicle
  US 55 08/01/1970 (12 weeks)
Singles
You wouldn't listen
  US 42 07/23/1966 (7 weeks)
Roller coaster
  US 92 09/10/1966 (1 week)
Vehicle
  UK 31 06/06/1970 (9 weeks)
  US 2 05/23/1970 (12 weeks)
Superman
  US 64 07/18/1970 (5 weeks)
LA goodbye
  US 73 05/01/1971 (9 weeks)

The Ides of March is an American rock band that was mainly active in the 1960s.

Band history

The group members attended a school together in Chicago , Illinois . In high school , they decided to start a band and named it after the drama Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare The Ides of March (German: The Ides of March ). They played in small clubs and discos until they got a record deal in 1966 . The first single “You Wouldn't Listen” reached number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100 , and the second single “Rollercoaster” also made it to the bottom of the Hot 100. In 1970 the band had their greatest success with the song "Vehicle" composed by Jim Peterik . This reached number 2 on the Billboard charts and number 31 in the UK . Although the band got two smaller hits in the USA in 1970 and 1971 with the titles Superman and LA Goodbye , further releases after 1971 were commercially unsuccessful, whereupon the band disbanded.

In the mid-1970s, Peterik tried unsuccessfully to reform the group, whereupon he founded the rock formation Survivor in 1978 . In 1990 he returned to The Ides of March and has since made other albums.

Albums

  • Vehicle (1970)
  • Common Bond (1971)
  • World Woven (1972)
  • Midnight Oil (1973)
  • Ideology (1992)
  • Age Before Beauty (1997)
  • Ideology 11.0 (2000)
  • Beware - The Ides of March Live (2002)
  • Ides Essentials (2005)
  • Still 19 (2010)

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  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: UK US
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Ltd., 1994, p. 288
  3. ↑ Rice, Jo / Rice, Tim / Gambacini, Paul / Read, Mike: The Guinness Book Of The Hits Of The 70s . London: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1980, p. 90
  4. ↑ Superman US catalog number Warner 7403 reached number 64, LA Goodbye US catalog number Warner 7466 reached number 73

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