Underdog (Atlanta Rhythm Section album) explained

Underdog
Type:Studio
Artist:Atlanta Rhythm Section
Cover:Atlanta Rhythm Section - Underdog.jpg
Released:June 1979
Genre:Soft rock
Length:41:14
Label:Polydor
Producer:Buddy Buie
Prev Title:Champagne Jam
Prev Year:1978
Next Title:The Boys from Doraville
Next Year:1980

Underdog is an album by the Atlanta Rhythm Section, released in 1979 by Polydor Records. It is their last album with drummer Robert Nix who left the band near the end of 1979.

The album reached number 26 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart,[1] and was certified gold by the RIAA in June 1979.[2] The album contained two songs which reached the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, "Do It or Die" and "Spooky".[3] The latter was a re-recording of the 1968 number three hit for Classics IV, a pop rock group whose line up included members who later joined Atlanta Rhythm Section.[4]

Personnel

Chart performance

Album
Singles
YearSingleChart Position
1979"Do It or Die"Billboard Hot 100[5] 19
Billboard Adult Contemporary[6] 11
Billboard Country92
RPM Top Singles[7] 43
Kent Music Report75
"Spooky"Billboard Hot 100[8] 17
Billboard Adult Contemporary[9] 23
RPM Top Singles37
Kent Music Report96

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p52901|pure_url=yes}} Atlanta Rhythm Section - Charts & Awards - ''Billboard'' Albums ]. Allmusic. 30 November 2009.
  2. Web site: Gold & Platinum Search Results - Atlanta Rhythm Section. RIAA. 30 November 2009.
  3. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p52901|pure_url=yes}} Atlanta Rhythm Section - Charts & Awards - ''Billboard'' Singles ]. Allmusic. 30 November 2009.
  4. Book: Whitburn , Joel . The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. 8th . Billboard Books. 131. New York. 2004 . 978-0-8230-7499-0.
  5. Web site: Do It or Die (Hot 100). Billboard. January 9, 2020.
  6. Web site: Do It or Die (Adult Contemporary). Billboard. January 9, 2020.
  7. Web site: Do It or Die (Canada). RPM. January 9, 2020.
  8. Web site: Spooky (Hot 100). Billboard. January 9, 2020.
  9. Web site: Spooky (Adult Contemporary). Billboard. January 9, 2020.
  10. Web site: RIAA searchable certification database: Atlanta Rhythm Section. Recording Industry Association of America. November 5, 2020.