1977

John guests on Thin Lizzy's "Bad Reputation" (SRM-11186)


January
12- Amsterdam, The Concertgebauw
16- Amsterdam, Congress Hall by the Rye
18- West Berlin
22- Hamburg
24- Hanover, Germany
27- Copenhagen, The Trivoli Gardens (first concert preformance of "Soapbox Opera")
29- Lund, Norway
31- Olso, Norway


January 20
Munich TV promos shot in a warehouse on Dachaustrasse


February
Jesse Siebenberg born, Hammersmith Hospital, London


1- Stockholm, Sweden
5- London, Royal Albert Hall (Recorded for King Biscuit Flower Hour)



February 15
Group leaves for America


April
6- Regina, Saskatchewan. First leg of tour
7- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
9- Winnipeg, Manitoba
10- Winnipeg, Manitoba
11- Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
12- Edmonton, Alberta. Concert cancelled because of Roger's illness



"Even In The Quietest Moments" released in US (SP-4634)


April 23
"Even" debuts on US Billboard Album Chart


May
"Even In The Quietest Moments" reaches UK #12 and US #16
Los Angeles (recorded for "Rock Around The World)


May 8
Featured on "Rock Around The World" (#144)


May 14
"Even In The Quietest Moments" makes US Top-40
"Give A Little Bit" enters Cashbox Top 100,
where it stays for 21 weeks, peaking @ #13


May 16
Featured on "Earth News" radio


June 4
"Give A Little Bit"/"Downstream" ( A&M 1938) enters US charts @ #77


June 11
"Give A Little Bit" @ #66


June 18
"Give A Little Bit" @ #63


June 25
"Give A Little Bit" @ #53


June
25- Moncton, New Brunswick
28- Montreal Forum
29- Montreal Forum
30- Ottawa Civic Center



July
"Give A Little Bit" climbs to UK #29


July 2
London "Give A Little Bit" enters Billboard's Top-40 singles chart @ #39
"Crime Of The Century" certified gold by RIAA


July 9
"Give A Little Bit" @ #35
Beginning of 150 date world tour


July 13
"Even In The Quietest Moments" certified gold by RIAA


July 16
"Give A Little Bit" @ #31


July 23
"Give A Little Bit" @ #27


July 30
"Give A Little Bit" @ #25


July
1- Ottawa Civic Center
5- Kitchener
14- Edmonton, Alberta (rescheduled)
15- Calgary, Alberta (rescheduled)



August
"Even In The Quietest Moments" reaches US #16


August 2
"Crime Of The Century" certified gold by RIAA


August 6
"Give A Little Bit" @ #23


August 13
"Give A Little Bit" @ #21


August 20
"Give A Little Bit" @ #17


August 21
Featured on the radio show "Nightbird & Company" (#329)


August 27
"Give A Little Bit" makes US #15 (peak)


August 28
Copenhagen


September 3
"Give A Little Bit" @ #15


September 10
"Give A Little Bit" @ #27


September 17
"Give A Little Bit" @ #48


September 23
Geneva, Switzerland. Le Pavillon des Sports.


September 24
"Give A Little Bit" @ #48


October 1
"Give A Little Bit" @ #99


October
England leg of tour
Birmingham
Liverpool
Manchester
Coventry
Newcastle
Glasgow, Scotland
Leicester
London, Wembly Empire Pool
London, Wembly Empire Pool
Brighton
Bournemouth



November
"From Now On/Dreamer" (A&M 1981) released in US
"Babaji/From Now On" released (UK)




1978

February 5
Featured On "The Best Of The Biscuit"


March
Rehearsals for new album started at Rick's home in Encino.


March 4
Re-release of 1970 album "Supertramp" (SP-4665) makes it up to #158
on Billboard Album Top 200


April
Rehearsals moved to management offices in Burbank with album working title, "Working Title"


late April
Rehearsals moved again, this time to Village Recorders, L.A.


May
New album working title, "Hello Stranger".


June 4
Featured on "The Best Of Rock Around The World" (#200)


September
Roger interview with Doug Pringle for Canadian radio show,
"The Pringle Program"
Bob bets Rick $100 that this album will go Top 10


December
Recording finished. Mixing started.




1979

Album now called "Breakfast In America", after a song written by Roger Hodgson when 18 years old. Rick reportedly hated the song. Mixing taking place at Crystal Sound, Los Angeles
Bob guests on Phil Lynott’s "Solo In Soho" (WB-3405)


January 5
Roger and Karuna married


-WORLD TOUR BEGINS-
March
16- Boulder, Colorado
18- St. Louis, MO
19- St. Louis, MO
20- Kansas City, MO
22- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
23- Milwaukee, WI
24- St. Paul, Minnesota
25- Madison, Wisconsin
27- Green Bay, Wisconsin
28- Chicago, Illinois



April
3- Los Angeles, California - LA Forum
4- Los Angeles, California - LA Forum (recorded - "From Lunch To Ecstacy" IMP 2-109) Bootleg 5- Oakland, CA
8- Tucson, Arizona
9- Phoenix, Arizona
11- San Diego Sports Arena
12- Fresno,California - Selland Arena
13- Fresno, California - Selland Arena
15- Spokane, Washington - Coliseum
16- Missoula, Montana - Adam Field House
18- Seattle, Washington - Coliseum
19- Portland, Oregon - Coliseum
20- Pullman, Washington - WSU Field House
22- Corvallis, Oregon - Gill Coliseum
30- Tulsa, Oklahoma



May
1- Norman, Oklahoma
2- Ft. Worth, Texas
3- San Antonia, Texas - Arena
5- Houston, Texas - Coliseum
7- New Orleans, Louisiana
9- Nashville, Tennessee
11- Miami, Florida
12- Fr. Meyers, Florida
13- St. Petersburg, Florida
15- Atlanta, Georgia - The Omni
16- Greensboro, North Carolina
17- Largo - Capitol Center
18- New Brunswick, Nova Scotia
20- Detroit, Michigan
21- Buffalo, NY
23- Boston, Mass.
24- Boston, Mass
25- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - The Spectrum
26- Rochester, NY 27 Troy, NY 29 Utica, NY
30- Springfield Civic Center
31- Madison Square Gardens, NY
(Supertramp is presented with it’s first platinum record awards here)



June
2- Cincinati, Ohio - Riverfront Stadium
3- Indianapolis, Indiana - Market Square Arena
4- Pittsburgh, Penn. - Civic Arena
6- Columbus, Ohio
8- Cleveland, Ohio - Richfield Coliseum
9- Birmingham, Alabama
10- Richmond, Virginia
11- Hampton, Virginia



July
17- Winnipeg, Manitoba
19- Toronto - Exhibition Stadium
20- Toronto - Exhibition Stadium
21- Toronto - Exhibition Stadium



August
11- Canadian tour ends in Vancouver, British Columbia



March 24
"The Logical Song"/"Just Another Nervous Wreck" (A&M 2128) enters US Billboard chart @ #86


March 29
"Breakfast In America" released in US (SP-3708).
Recording cost - $400,000 Front cover centers around actress Kate Murdock.
Back cover photo- graphed at "Burt’s Mad House" on LaBrea Ave, Los Angeles.


March 31
"The Logical Song" @ #76
"Breakfast In America" debuts on Billboard’s Top 100 Album Chart


April 1
"Breakfast In Ameica" (AMLK-63708) released in UK.
"The Logical Song reaches #7 on the UK charts


April 7
"Breakfast In America" enters US Top 40 Album chart
"The Logical Song" @ #66
"The Logical Song" enters CASHBOX magazine’s top-100,
where it stays for 19 weeks, peaking @ #4


April 9
"Breakfast In America" certified gold by the RIAA


April 11
Heidi Hodgson born at 7:45 p.m. in the family motor home, just outside of the concert hall.
Mother Karuna Hodgson attended by midwife and Dr. John Repair.
Roger appears onstage 15 minutes later.


April 14
"The Logical Song" @ #55
Article in MELODY MAKER magazine


April 21
"The Logical Song" @ #48


April 28
"The Logical Song" enters Billboard’s Top-40 @ #36


May 5
"The Logical Song" @#24


May 12
"Breakfast In America" peakes @ #3 on the UK charts.
"The Logical Song" @ #18


May 19
"The Logical Song" @ #14
"Breakfast In America" tops US Charts for the first of 6 weeks,
earning platinum status (1,000,000 units sold)


May 31
Rick pays off the $100 bet with Bob with the bill framed.
The plaque reads "You better not spent it, you rat!"


June 1
"Breakfast in America"/"Gone Hollywood" released (UK)


June 2
"The Logical Song" enters Billboard’s Top-10 @#9


June 9
"The Logical Song" @ #7


June 16
"The Logical Song" peaks on the US charts @ #6


June 21
2 page article in MELODY MAKER magazine


June 23
"The Logical Song" @ #6


June 30
"The Logical Song" @ #6


July 2
"Breakfast In America" the single, hits #9 in the UK


July 7
"Goodbye Stranger"/"Even In The Quietest Moments" (A&M 2162) enters US charts @ #78 "Goodbye Stranger" enters CASHBOX charts, where it stays for 16 weeks, peaking @ #16


July 12
ROLLING STONE magazine has feature article



July 14
"The Logical Song" @ #11
"Goodbye Stranger" @ #69



July 21
"The Logical Song" @ #24
"Goodbye Stranger" @ #56
Article in BILLBOARD Magazine


July 28
"The Logical Song" @ #41
"Goodbye Stranger" @ #45


August 4
"Goodbye Stranger" enters Billboard Top-40 @ #32
"The Logical Song" @ #84
"Breakfast In America" (single) peaks @ #9 (UK)


August 6
Magazine article in MACLEANS


August 11
"The Logical Song" @ #100
"Goodbye Stranger" @ # 26


August 18
"Goodbye Stranger" @ #20
"Goodbye Stranger" enters Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Chart.


August 25
"Goodbye Stranger" @ #18
The Barron Knights release a parody song, "The Topical Song" (Epic 9-50755)
which stays on the charts for 3 weeks before disappearing.


September 1
"Goodbye Stranger" @ #16
"Goodbye Stranger" (AMS 7481) released in UK
"The Topical Song" @ #70


September 8
"Goodbye Stranger" peaks at #15 (BILLBOARD)
"The Topical Song" @ #99


September 15
"Goodbye Stranger" @ #15


September 16
Featured on "What’s It All About"


September 22
"Goodbye Stranger" @ #25


September 29
"Goodbye Stranger" @ #49


October 1
"The Logical Song" lyrics featured in SONG HITS magazine


October 6
"Goodbye Stranger" @ #76
"Take The Long Way Home/From Now On" released in UK


October 13
"Take The Long Way Home/Rudy"(A&M 2193) released in US and debuts on
BILLBOARD charts @ #70
"Take The Long Way Home" debuts on CASHBOX charts where it stays for 17 weeks,
peaking @ # 15


October 20
"Take The Long Way Home" @ #54


October 27
"Take The Long Way Home" @ #43


November 3
"Take The Long Way Home’ enters BILLBOARD Top-40 @ #31
Also enters the Adult Contemporary charts


November 10
"Take The Long Way Home’ @ #23
"Goodbye Stranger" makes UK #57


November 17
"Take The Long Way Home’ @ #17


November 24
"Take The Long Way Home" @ #15


November 29
Concert at the Pavilion in Paris is recorded and filmed


December 1
"Take The Long Way Home" @ #13
Article in SEVENTEEN magazine


December 2
Cover story in magazine ROCK & FOLK (France)


December 8
"Take The Long Way Home" @ #11


December 15
"Take The Long Way Home" @ #10 (peak)


December 22
"Take The Long Way Home" @ #10


December 29
"Take The Long Way Home @ #26



1980


John guests on Chris DeBurgh's "Eastern Wind" (SP-4815)


January 5
"Take The Long Way Home" @ #26


January 12
"Take The Long Way Home" @ #35


January 19
"Take The Long Way Home" @ #94


February 16
Watermark Inc. broadcasts "Profiles In Rock" (#PRB 801-7)


March
Bob's home destroyed by fire Dougie buys a yacht "Trinity"


May 9
"The Logical Song" named "Best Song, Musically & Lyrically" at the 25th Annual Ivor Novello Awards, held at London's Grosnevor House Hotel


June
TEEN Magazine article Review of "Breakfast In America" in Hi-Fi magazine


September
"Paris" (SP-6702) released in US with cover art by Cindy Marsh and inside photo by Mark Hanauer "Paris" (MP-44001-2) released in Japan


September 20
"Dreamer"(live)/"From Now On" (live) (A&M 2269) enters US charts @ #67 "Dreamer"(live) enters Cashbox Top-100 where it stays for 17 weeks, peaking at #15


September 27
"Dreamer"(live) @ #46


October
"Paris" hits UK #7


October 4
"Dreamer (live)" enters Billboard's Top - 40 @ #33


October 6
Roger interviewed on "Off The Record with Mary Turner"


October 10
Roger interviewed on "The Robert W. Morgan" radio show ( #SWB 804-2)


October 11
"Paris" makes US Top-40 Billboard Album Chart "Paris" peaks @ #7 on the U.K. Music Week charts "Dreamer"(live) @ #26


October 18
"Dreamer"(live) @ #23


October 19
Featured on "The BBC Rock Hour" (#142)


October 24
"Dreamer"(live) @ #20


November
"Dreamer"(live)/"You Started Laughing"(live) (AMS 7576) released in UK


November 1
"Dreamer"(live) @ #17


November 8
"Dreamer"(live) climbs to US #15. "Paris" hits US #8


November 15
"Dreamer"(live) @ #15


November 22
"Dreamer"(live) @ #23


November 29
"Dreamer"(live) @ #45


December 6
"Dreamer"(live) @ #56


December 10
"Paris" certified gold by RIAA


December 13
"Dreamer"(live) @ #86 "Breakfast In America (live)"/"You Started Laughing"(live) (A&M 2292) enters Billboard charts @ #82 "Breakfast In America (live)"
enters Cashbox Top-100, staying for 7 weeks, peaking at #69


December 19
The Source broadcasts "The Supertramp Special"


December 20
"Dreamer"(live) @ #98 "Breakfast In America" @ #72


December 27
"Breakfast In America" (live) peaks at US #62



1981

Bob guests on Gary Wright's "The Right Place" (WB 3511)


January
John breaks his leg bicycling


January 3
"Breakfast In America" (live) @ #62


January 10
"Breakfast In America" (live) @ #62


January 17
"Breakfast In America" (live) @ #69


January 24
"Breakfast In America" (live) @ #76


January 31
Andrew Hodgson born
"Breakfast In America" (live) @ #95


March 5
"Paris" @ #63 in ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE'S top-100


March 19
"Paris" @ #77 in ROLLING STONE


May
Double cassette (Crisis/Even..) released (UK)


May 23
Featured on The Robert W. Morgan Special Of The Week (#SWB 812-8)


August 9
John appears on The Robert Klein Radio Show (#42)
John guests on Ali Thomson's "Deception Is An Art" (SP-4846)




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