ZZ Top is an American (Texas to be exact) Rock and Roll band with Blues infused in their music. The band consists of Billy Gibbons – guitar and lead vocals, Dusty Hill – bass and co-lead vocals , and Frank Beard – drummer.
ZZ Top was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. The true symbol of the band is the lengthy beards of Gibbons and Hill in the late Seventies. Outside of the music industry, Billy also acts on the TV show Bones as the father of Angela Montenegro. Fun Fact – ZZ Top is the last article in the Encyclopedia.
ZZ Top released their first album in 1971 with the catchy title ZZ Top’s First Album. At the time of posting, their latest studio album was in 2012 titled La Futura.
Best ZZ Top Songs
10. I Gotsta Get Paid
Released in 2012
On Album La Futura
La Futura was the first album released by ZZ Top in nine years.
9. Rough Boy
Released in 1986
On Album Afterburner
The song peaked at number twenty-three on the Billboard Hot 100.
8. Tush
Released in 1975
On Album Fandango!
The song peaked at number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100.
7. Got Me Under Pressure
Released in 1983
On Album Eliminator
6. Pearl Necklace
Released in 1981
On Album El Loco
The song is not about a pearl necklace, rather a sexual innuendo.
5. Legs
Released in 1984
On Album Eliminator
The song peaked at number eighty on the Billboard Hot 100. This tied their highest charting single with Sleeping Bag in 1985.
4. Cheap Sunglasses
Released in 1980
On Album Degüello
The song peaked at number eighty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100.
3. Gimme All Your Lovin’
Released in 1983
On Album Eliminator
Obviously the song is about a man trying to fulfill his fantasies.
2. Sharp Dressed Man
Released in 1983
On Album Eliminator
The song is very popular in many different theme settings from weddings to fashion shows. Sharp Dressed Man also is played as the theme song on television show Duck Dynasty.
1. La Grange
Released in 1973
On Album Tres Hombres
The song refers to a brothel on the outskirts of La Grange, Texas. Definitely one of the greatest guitar songs of all-time.
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