Roxy Music were an English rock band that was formed in 1970 by Bryan Ferry, who became the band's lead singer and main songwriter and bass guitarist Graham Simpson. Alongside Ferry, the other longtime members were Phil Manzanera (guitar), Andy Mackay (saxophone and oboe), and Paul Thompson (drums and percussion). Other members included Brian Eno (synthesizer and 'treatments'), Eddie Jobson (synthesizer and violin), and John Gustafson (bass).
Roxy Music became a successful act in Europe and Australia during the 1970s. This success began with their self-titled debut album in 1972.
I first became aware of them through their single 'Virginia Plain', a track I really loved at the time.
The band pioneered more musically sophisticated elements of glam rock while significantly influencing early English punk music and innovated elements of electronic composition.
The group also distinguished their visual and musical sophistication through a preoccupation with glamorous fashions.
Their other 'earlier' track of significance was 'Love is the Drug'
Ferry and co-founding member Eno have had influential solo careers; the latter became one of Britain's most significant record producers of the late 20th century.
They had big hits with 'Dance Away' and 'Jealous Guy' both in the early 1980s
Roxy Music's final studio album was 'Avalon' which was very popular amongst may of my friends and associates back in the day, from it came the title track.