George Thorogood's major recording debut came with the album George Thorogood and the Destroyers, which was released in 1977.
14 Facts About George Thorogood
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In 1978, George Thorogood released his next album with the Destroyers titled Move It on Over, which included a remake of Hank Williams's "Move It on Over".
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George Thorogood followed those recordings in 1979 with "Please Set a Date" and a reworking of the Bo Diddley song "Who Do You Love", both released in 1979.
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George Thorogood was friends with Jimmy Thackery of the Washington, DC-based blues band, The Nighthawks.
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The connection with the Nighthawks was extended further when Nighthawks bass player Jan Zukowski supported George Thorogood's set with Bo Diddley and Albert Collins at the Live Aid concert in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 13,1985.
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George Thorogood gained his first mainstream exposure as a support act for the Rolling Stones during their 1981 US tour.
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George Thorogood was the featured musical guest on Saturday Night Live on the October 2,1982, broadcast.
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George Thorogood and his band went on to have two more gold studio albums in the 1980s, Maverick and Born to Be Bad.
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George Thorogood's popularity waned in the 1990s, although he had a No 2 hit on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart in 1992 with "Get a Haircut".
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In 2012, George Thorogood was named one of the "50 Most Influential Delawareans of the Past 50 Years".
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George Thorogood released his first proper solo album in 2017, titled Party of One.
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On March 14,2020, George Thorogood was inducted into the Mississippi Music Project Hall of Fame in Biloxi, Mississippi, and was awarded the MMP Music Award for his lifelong commitment to the music industry.
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George Thorogood has been a baseball fan for most of his life, playing semi-pro ball as a second baseman during the 1970s.
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George Thorogood took his daughter to Chicago for her first major league game, during which he sang "Take Me Out to the Ball Game".