The Bellamy Brothers
The Bellamy Brothers are an American country music duo consisting of brothers Howard ( born February 2, 1946 in Darby, Florida) and David Bellamy ( born September 16, 1950 in Darby, Florida).
Getting Started
David and Howard Bellamy spent her childhood in Florida on her parents' farm. Early on they took on musical impulses from numerous styles. They learned various instruments and accumulated experience in several bands. In 1968, she founded the pop group Jericho, who had three years inventory. The brothers then initially concentrated on writing songs. In 1973, Jim Stafford the written by David Bellamy title Spiders and Snakes. The single sold more than three million copies and gave them a solid financial cushion.
Career
After this first success, the Bellamy Brothers in 1973 moved to Los Angeles, where she worked first as a session musician. In 1975, she received from the Curb label a recording contract. The sung by David Bellamy single Nothin 'Heavy reached number 77 on the Billboard singles charts.
They learned about the friendly drummer Neil Diamond backing from a song that a Roady the band had written: Let Your Love Flow. The duo played with a 1976, a single and scored a blockbuster hit, which reached top positions in the pop charts around the world. In Germany also the version by Jürgen Drews was A bed in a cornfield became a hit and peaked in the German singles chart number 1 A then produced album of the same name only reached number 69 of the U.S. LP charts and was the only album the duo, that could be placed at all in the LP charts. Let Your Love Flow also reached number 21 on the country charts.
The two follow-up singles Hell Cat and satin sheets could only occupy seats in the lower third chart in the U.S., but in Europe the brothers had greater success with their titles. So they go with Satin Sheet, No. 12, and Crossfire, 17th place in 1976 and 1977 respectively, two top 20 hits in Germany.
After a long stay in Europe in the late 1970s, a slight change of style in the direction of classic country music was initiated. In 1979, the single If I Said You Have A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me # 1 on the country charts. In the pop music field was the song with number 39, the last success of the Bellamy Brothers in the U.S. charts.
In the country music field, they continued to be successful, there followed further top ten placings in the charts. 1980 appears again two number 1 hits with Sugar Daddy and Dancin ' Cowboys. By 1987 they reached with the following titles # 1 on the country charts: Do You Love As Good As You Look ( 1981), For All The Wrong Reasons (1982 ), Redneck Girl ( 1982), When I'm Away from You ( 1983), I Need More of You (1985 ), Too Much Is Not Enough (1986) and Kids of the Baby boom ( 1987).
Their winning streak continued until the late 1980s. In 1991, the brothers formed their own label. The sales figures fell significantly, but the Bellamy Brothers remained in business. Between 1991 and 2000 she worked with Ralph Siegel, who helped them back to smaller chart success in Germany.
2012 took the Bellamy Brothers with DJ Ötzi a plate under the title Simply the Best on. Among other things, it is the song Like a Star, the English version of the song A star (who bears your name ).