def leppard released their first album on 14 march 1980.
when did def leppard release their first album?
14 march 1980
the band was soon signed to a record deal with phonogram/vertigo (mercury records in the us) and began recorded a new single "wasted" in september 1979 with new full time drummer rick allen. the single was released in november with "hello america" as a b-side, charting at no. 61 in the uk. in december, def leppard recorded their first full length studio album "on through the night" which would be released on 14 march 1980. the album, which included re-recorded versions of "wasted", "hello america", as well as two tracks from the ep charted at no. 15 in the uk and spawned the release of "hello america" as a single in a addition to "rock brigade". the band soon caught the attention of renowned producer robert john "mutt" lange who agreed to produce their sophomore effort. recorded in early 1981, def leppard released "high 'n' dry" in july, with two singles "let it go" and "bringin' on the heartbreak".
list of songs recorded by def leppard
in october 2008, def leppard played with country star taylor swift in a taped show in nashville, tennessee, in a show called cmt crossroads: taylor swift and def leppard. this was released as a dvd on 16 june 2009 exclusively at wal-mart. the release was the best-selling dvd of week, and the 10th best selling wal-mart music release. a fan of the band since childhood, taylor swift chose def leppard to perform together for the show, and their crossover performance of "photograph" was up for both performance of the year and wide open country video of the year at the cmt music awards in 2009. taylor swift said of the performance, "performing with def leppard was awesome! they are the coolest guys on the planet! it was the coolest thing in the world to have my band on stage with them...it was the most amazing feeling in the world..." joe elliott from def leppard said, "what an absolute pleasure it was to work with taylor and her band who are a great set of musicians. myself and taylor blended really well together, i think, and everybody, both bands and the crowd, had a great time. i'm really glad we had the opportunity to do this."
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