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"All Right Now" is a song by English rock band Free, released on their third studio album, Fire and Water (1970). It was released by Island Records, a record label founded by Chris Blackwell. Released as the album's second single, "All Right Now" peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles ...
This is a list of all songs performed by the ... Title Year Release Songwriter(s) Notes "All Right Now" 1970 Fire and Water: Rodgers ... Free: Rodgers/Fraser "Mr. Big ...
"All Right Now" remains a staple of R&B and rock, and has entered ASCAP's "One Million" airplay singles club. [6] [7] Andy Fraser left the band in 1972 and formed Sharks. Free recorded one more album, Heartbreaker, before disbanding in 1973; Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke went on to co-form the more successful rock supergroup Bad Company. [8]
Free with Steve Winwood in Amsterdam, 1970. From left to right: Winwood, Andy Fraser, Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke, Paul Kossoff The band formed in London in 1968, after guitarist Paul Kossoff of the blues band Black Cat Bones saw a performance that included frontman and lead singer Paul Rodgers.
Free's self-titled second album failed in sales and charts, before the 1970 follow-up Fire and Water peaked at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart, [3] supported by the popular single "All Right Now" which reached the same position on the UK Singles Chart. [4]
Success came in 1970 when their third album, Fire and Water (1970), spawned the hit "All Right Now". [10] The band played the Isle of Wight festival to both audience and critical acclaim, followed by sold-out tours in the United Kingdom, Europe and Japan.
Highway is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Free.It was recorded extremely quickly in September 1970 following the band's success at the Isle of Wight Festival but with an attitude of relaxation, [citation needed] the band having achieved worldwide success with their previous album Fire and Water (26 June 1970) and the single "All Right Now".
In 1968, Rodgers joined bluesy rockers Free as singer and songwriter. In 1970, they shot up the international radio charts with "All Right Now", which Rodgers wrote with the group's bassist Andy Fraser. [8] It was a number one hit in more than 20 territories and acknowledged by ASCAP in 1990 for having received over a million radio plays in the US.