In early September 1973 the Allman Brothers Band reached a commercial peak as their album Brothers and Sisters rose to No.1 on the US album chart. The record completed its climb just two weeks after debuting and held the top spot for five weeks.
The single “Ramblin’ Man” entered the Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 for the first time in the chart dated September 8, 1973, marking the band’s first Top 40 hit. Brothers and Sisters displaced Jethro Tull’s A Passion Play and remained unbeaten at No.1 until the Rolling Stones’ Goats Head Soup succeeded it.
The ascent capped a steady chart progression for the group. Their 1969 self-titled debut finally made the US charts at No.188 in January 1970. Later that year Idlewild South reached No.38, and the live At Fillmore East climbed to No.13 in 1971 as the band’s reputation as a live powerhouse grew.
Eat A Peach, a hybrid studio-and-live album completed amid the upheaval of Duane Allman’s death, went platinum and peaked at No.4 in 1972. Brothers and Sisters, released on Capricorn and co-produced by the band with Johnny Sandlin, became their only US No.1 and their second consecutive platinum record.
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