Move It On Over (album)
1978 studio album by George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Move It On Over is the second studio album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers. It was released in 1978 by the label Rounder Records. The album peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard 200 chart, and was on the chart for 47 weeks.
The album contains all cover material. Its title track, Hank Williams' "Move It On Over", received major FM radio airplay when released, as did the Bo Diddley cover, "Who Do You Love?". The album features drummer Jeff Simon's uncle, Uncle Meat Pennington on tambourine and maracas.
The album was recorded in February 1978, and released later that same year. Move It On Over ended up being the band's breakthrough album, receiving positive reviews from critics and being the band's first album to sell more than 500,000 copies.
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Rounder Records released Move It On Over in 1978.
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