iTunes Presents 50 Legendary American Albums

iTunes has launched a new 50 Legendary American Albums promotion, which encompasses some of the greatest moments in rock, rap, country, pop and soul of the past six decades. The list includes titles by artists from the Beach Boys to the Beastie Boys and everyone in between, including Eminem and Nirvana, Steve Earle and the Allman Brothers Band, James Brown and Johnny Cash, Katy Perry and Counting Crows, and Lady Antebellum and Taylor Swift.
Bon Jovi’s ‘New Jersey’ was the band’s defiant answer to those critics who thought they’d never be able to follow their ‘Slippery When Wet’ breakthrough album of 1986. Two years later, ‘New Jersey’ raced to the top of the American charts in just seven days, stayed there for a month and became their first No. 1 album in the UK. It also produced no fewer than five top ten US singles, two of them chart-toppers, ‘Bad Medicine’ and ‘I’ll Be There For You.’ Key tracks include: ‘Bad Medicine,’ ‘Born To Be My Baby,’ ‘I’ll Be There For You.’
Finally, the iTunes list boasts one of the all-time classic live rock albums in the shape of the Allman Brothers Band’s ‘At Fillmore East.’ The set was the first in-concert LP by the southern rock kings and helped make them one of the hottest live tickets in the world with its collection of new songs and covers of blues greats such as Muddy Waters, Blind Willie McTell and T-Bone Walker. It featured the band’s classic line-up of guitar virtuoso Duane Allman (only seven months before his sad death), brother Gregg on keyboards and vocals, the dual drumming combination of Jaimoe and Butch Trucks, bassist Berry Oakley and Duane’s guitar foil Dickey Betts. Key tracks include: ‘Statesboro Blues,’ ‘Stormy Monday, ‘Whipping Post.’
The list of 50 Legendary American Albums also includes such undisputed classics as the Beach Boys’ ‘Pet Sounds,’ James Brown’s famous concert recording ‘Live At The Apollo,’ John Coltrane’s ‘My Favorite Things,’ Miles Davis’ ‘Kind of Blue’ and many others.

