British music legend, 66, scores his first number 1 album with some surprising help | 50VFY93 | 2024-03-04 21:08:01
British music legend Jools Holland has managed to cinch his first primary album – because of his collaboration with Sir Rod Stewart.
Their album collectively, Swing Fever, has topped the UK chart it was introduced on Friday.
Extremely, despite his career stretching virtually 50 years, the 66-year-old pianist and bandleader had yet to handle this feat.
Former Squeeze member Holland is greatest recognized to British TV audiences for fronting BBC Two present Later… With Jools Holland, on which he brings collectively artists for stay performances.
Each December 31, he also pulls out all the stops for the special Jools' Annual Hootenanny, ringing in the New Year with a Hogmanay celebration environment and friends that this yr included Sugababes, Raye, Joss Stone and, in fact, fellow British icon Sir Rod Stewart.
Their chart-topping document collectively is comprised of covers from the large band era, featuring tracks including Lullaby Of Broadway, Good Rockin' Tonight and Pennies From Heaven.
Chatting with the Official Charts Company after the report was confirmed at number one in the album chart, Sir Rod, 79, stated: 'Are we glad about this, Jools? Totally sudden.'
Holland added: 'I'm so pleased, (this has) by no means occurred to me earlier than. So I'm delighted, thank you so much.'
Chatting with BBC News later, Holland stated that reaching number one 'means extra to me than anything I've ever had'.
He additionally joked that the final massive band report to succeed in number one 'was in all probability in 1946'.
'I shall be celebrating tonight. I might be overdoing it. I can't consider it. It could actually't be occurring to me,' he revealed.
The closest the music star and broadcaster had beforehand obtained was in 1982 when his former band Squeeze – for whom he was a founding member in 1974 and performed with until 1980 – received to number three with a compilation album together with hits like Cool for Cats and Up the Junction.
Sir Rod, who is the former frontman of rock band Faces, last had a number one album more than four years in the past with You're in My Heart, which featured a few of his basic vocal tracks accompanied by new arrangements from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
He now has 11 chart-topping albums to his name, which suggests he draws degree with David Bowie, Taylor Swift and U2, based on the Official Charts Company.
Sir Rod and Holland have been selling their album on TV exhibits including Dancing On Ice, Unfastened Ladies, The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon and The Kelly Clarkson Present.
Sir Rod has described Swing Fever as 'a celebration of the joy and spirit of swing music'.
As Holland informed the BBC when explaining the significance of their achievement: 'As my life has gone on, notably enjoying lots of swing music, it's not the mainstream music. So for me, the concept you'd have an enormous hit with this had gone years ago.
'That's why this does mean more to me.'
Elsewhere within the album chart, Millennials by Scottish indie outfit The Snuts debuted at number two, whereas Stick Season by American singer-songwriter Noah Kahan remained at quantity three.
In fourth spot is The Weeknd's 2021 album The Highlights, while Thanks For Hating by rapper Potter Payper has debuted at quantity 5.
For the second week in a row, Beyoncé's Texas Hold 'Em tops the UK singles chart.
In second spot is Lose Management by Teddy Swims, with Lovely Things by Benson Boone at quantity three.
Stick Season by Kahan is at number four, whereas Finish Of Beginning by indie outfit Djo has moved up six places to number five.
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