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Staggering Stats From This Year’s Rock Hall Class

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After checking out these impressive stats, it’s not hard to see why The Cars, Dire Straits, Moody Blues and Bon Jovi made it into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame.  Looking at these stats, may actually make you say ‘what tooks so long?’.

BON JOVI

Bon Jovi’s album sales & the number of Top 100 singles really stands out here….

  • Years eligible for Rock Hall: 9 (First eligible in 2009)
  • Studio Albums Released:  13
    • Bon Jovi (1984)
    • 7800 Fahrenheit (1985)
    • Slippery When Wet (1986)
    • New Jersey (1988)
    • Keep the Faith (1992)
    • These Days (1995)
    • Crush (2000)
    • Bounce (2002)
    • Have A Nice Day (2005)
    • Lost Highway (2007)
    • The Circle (2009)
    • What About Now (2013)
    • This House Is Not For Sale (2016)
  • Live LPs:  3
    • One Wild Night Live 1985-2001 (2001)
    • Inside Out (2012)
    • This House Is Not For Sale – Live from the London Palladium (2016)
  • Albums sold worldwide:  100 million
    • Biggest selling album:  Slippery When Wet (28 Million)
  • Billboard Hot 100 singles:  25
    • “You Give Love A Bad Name” #1
    • “I’ll Be There For You” #1
    • “Livin’ On A Prayer” #1
    • “Bad Medicine” #1
    • “Born To Be My Baby” #3
    • “Always” #4
    • “Wanted Dead or Alive” #7
    • “Lay Your Hands On Me” #7
    • “Living In Sin” #9
    • “Bed of Roses” #10
    • “This Ain’t A Love Son” #14
    • “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” #23
    • “(You Want To) Make A Memory” #27
    • “In These Arms” #27
    • “Keep The Faith” #29
    • “It’s My Life” #33
    • “Runaway” #39
    • “She Don’t Know Me” #48
    • “Have A Nice Day” #53
    • “Only Lonely” #54
    • “Thank You For Loving Me” #57
    • “We Weren’t Born To Follow” #68
    • “In And Out Of Love” #69
    • “Lie To Me/Something For The Pain” #76
    • “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead” #97

 

 

DIRE STRAITS

It sure took a while to get Dire Straits into the Hall, especially considering that they’ve sold 100 million albums.

  • Years eligible for Rock Hall:  15 (First eligible in 2003)
  • Studio Albums Released:  6
    • Dire Straits (1978)
    • Communique (1979)
    • Making Movies (1980)Love over Gold (1982)
    • Brothers in Arms (1985)
    • On Every Street (1991)
  • Live LPs:  3
    • Alchemy:  Dire Straits Live (1984)
    • On the Night (1993)
    • Live at the BBC (1995)
  • Albums sold worldwide:  100 million
  • Billboard Hot 100 Singles:  7
    • “Money For Nothing” – #1
    • “Sultans of Swing” – #4
    • “Walk of Life” – #7
    • “So Far Away” – #19
    • “Lady Writer” – #45
    • “Skateaway” – #58

THE CARS

It took over a decade for The Cars to get into the Rock Hall but

  • Years eligible for Rock Hall:  15 (First eligible 2003.)
  • Studio Albums Released:  7
    • The Cars (1978)
    • Candy-O (1979)
    • Panorama (1980)
    • Shake It Up (1981)
    • Heartbeat City (1984)
    • Door to Door (1987)
    • Move Like This (2011)
  • Albums sold in the United States:  23 Million
  • Billboard Hot 100 Singles: 18
    • “Drive” – #3
    • “Shake It Up” – #4
    • “Tonight She Comes” – #7
    • “You Might Think” – #7
    • “Magic” – #12
    • “Let’s Go” – #14
    • “You Are The Girl” – #17
    • “Hello Again” – #20
    • “Just What I Needed” – #27
    • “I’m Not The One” – #32
    • “Why Can’t I Have You” – #33
    • “My Best Friend’s Girl” – #35
    • “Touch and Go” – #37
    • “It’s All I Can Do” – #41
    • “Good Times Roll” – #41
    • “Since You’re Gone” – #41
    • “Coming Up You” – #74
    • “Strap Me In” – #85

 

 

MOODY BLUES

Moody Blues fans have been clamoring for 28 years to have the band enshrined in the Rock Hall. The sheer magnitude of albums sold make it easy to see why fans felt like this induction was well-deserved honor that was long overdue.

 

  • Years eligible for Rock Hall:  28 (First eligible in 1990)
  • Studio Albums Released:  16
    • The Magnificent Moodies (1965)
    • Days of Future Passed (1967)
    • In Search of the Lost Chord (1968)
    • On the Threshold of a Dream (1969)
    • To Our Children’s Children’s Children (1969)
    • A Question of Balance (1970)
    • Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971)
    • Seventh Sojourn (1972)
    • Octave (1978)
    • Long Distance Voyager (1981)
    • The Present (1983)
    • The Other Side of Life (1986)
    • Sur la Mer (1988)
    • Keys of the Kingdom (1991)
    • Strange Times (1999)
    • December (2003)
  • Live LPs:  7
    • Caught Live + 5 (1977)
    • A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra (1993)
    • Hall of Fame (2000)
    • Lovely to See You:  Live (2005)
    • Live at the BBC:  1967-1970 (2007)
    • Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (2008)
    • Days of Future Passed Live (2018)
  • Albums sold worldwide:  70 Million
  • Billboard Hot 100 Singles:  21
    • “Nights in White Satin” #2
    • “Your Wildest Dreams” #9
    • “Go Now!” #10
    • “Gemini Dream” #12
    • “I’m Just A Singer (In A Rock and Roll Band)” #12
    • “The Voice” #15
    • “Question” #21
    • “The Story in Your Eyes” #23
    • “Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)” #24
    • “Sitting At The Wheel” #27
    • “Isn’t Life Strange” #29
    • “I Know You’re Out There Somewhere” #30
    • “Steppin’ In A Slide Zone” #39
    • “The Other Side of Life” #58
    • “Driftwood” #59
    • “Ride My See-Saw” #61
    • “Blue World” #62
    • “Talking Out Of Turn” #65
    • “Never Comes The Day” #91
    • “From The Bottom Of My Heart (I Love You)” #93
    • “Stop!” #98

 

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