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STEELY DAN
New York, USA
* 6/1972

Line-Up (2003):

Walter Becker - bg,voc
Donald Fagen - kb,voc
Jay Leonhart - bg
Keith Carlock - ds

Former Members:

David Palmer (voc, 1972); Royce Jones (voc,perc, cca 5/74)
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (g, 6/72-8/74); Denny Dias (g, 6/72-75); Elliott Randall (g, cca 1976); Larry Carlton (g, cca 1976); Dean Parks (g, cca 1975-cca 1976)
Michael McDonald (kb, 3/74-9/75); Jim Beard (kb, 2008-3/24 g.a.)
Jim Hodder (ds, 6/72-7/74); Jeff Porcaro (ds, cca 5/74-75)
Cornelius Bumpus (sax, 1993-2/04)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Can't Buy A Thrill produced by: Gary Katz	11/1972	ABC		38	13
2.	Countdown To Ecstasy	17.08.1973	Probe			28
3.	Pretzel Logic	02.03.1974	Probe		37	8
4.	Katy Lied produced by: Gary Katz	04.04.1975	ABC		13	13
5.	The Royal Scam produced by: Gary Katz	07.05.1976	ABC		11	15
6.	Aja produced by: Gary Katz	16.09.1977	ABC		5	3
7.	You Gotta Walk It	3/1978	Visa
8.	Greatest Hits 1972-78 (2LP)	03.11.1978	ABC		41	18
9.	Gaucho	11/1980	MCA		27	8
10.	Gold	6/1982	MCA		44
11.	A Decade Of Steely Dan - The Best Of Steely Dan	8/1985	MCA			122
12.	Reeling In The Years - The Very Best Of Steely Dan	10/1985	MCA		43
13.	Live At The Record Play	1986
14.	Sun Mountain	4/1986	Showcase
15.	Berrytown	5/1986	Bellaphon
16.	Old Regime	5/1987	Thunderbolt
17.	Do It Again - The Very Best Of Steely Dan	10/1987	Telstar		64
18.	Stone Piano	4/1988	Thunderbolt
19.	Becker And Fagen - The Collection (2LP)	6/1988	Castle
20.	New York Rock'n'Soul Revue Live At The Bacon	1991
21.	Remastered - The Best Of Steely Dan	11/1993	MCA		42
22.	Citizen Steely Dan (1972-1980)	1/1994	MCA
23.	Then And Now	1994
24.	Spotlight On Steely Dan	2/1994	Javelin
25.	Catalyst (2CD)	6/1994	Thunderbolt
26.	Alive In America	10/1995	Giant		62	40
27.	Art Crimes	02.12.1996	Institute Of Art/Rough Trade
28.	Very Best Of Steely Dan	16.02.1999
29.	Android Warehouse	16.03.1999
30.	Two Against Nature	29.02.2000	Giant/BMG		11	6
31.	Showbiz Kids: The Story (2CD)	14.11.2000	Chronicles		53
32.	Everything Must Go featuring: Jon Herrington (g), Hugh McCracken (g), Ted Baker (kb), Bill Charlap (kb), Keith Carlock (ds)	10.06.2003	Reprise		21	9
33.	Yellow Peril	08.03.2005	Kala
34.	Piano Jazz: McPartland / Steely Dan & Marian McPartland	15.03.2005	Concord
35.	The Definitive Collection	01.08.2006	Geffen			92
36.	20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection	12.06.2007	Geffen
37.	Millennium Collection	02.10.2007	Universal
38.	In Concert	24.06.2008	Immortal
39.	Very Best Of Steely Dan (2CD)	29.06.2009	Universal
40.	Going Mobile: Classic 1974 Live Radio Broadcast	27.08.2013	Chrome Dreams
41.	5 Classic Albums	19.11.2013	Geffen
42.	Greatest Hits	11.07.2014	UMC
43.	Do It Again: The Story of Steely Dan	12.08.2014	Laser Media
44.	Ellis Auditorium: Memphis April 30th 1974 (2LP)	16.04.2015	Keyhole
45.	Green Flower Street: Radio Broadcast 1993	10.07.2015	Laser Media
46.	Doing it in California	02.10.2015	Sutra
47.	Radio Vaults: Best of Steely Dan Broadcasting Live	06.11.2015	Anglo Atlantic
48.	Doing It in California: The 1974 Broadcasts	29.01.2016	Let Them Eat Vinyl
49.	The Ultimate Roots: Classic FM Performances	01.07.2016	Laser Media
50.	Transmission Impossible	02.12.2016	Eat To The Beat
51.	Northeast Corridor - Live!	9/2021	Universal

Donald Fagen:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	You Gonna Walk It Like You Talk It Or You Lose That Beat & Walter Becker	1971
2.	The Nightfly produced by: Gary Katz	10/1982	Warner Bros		44	11
3.	Walter Becker & Donald Fagen & Walter Becker	1983	2LP
4.	The Early Years - Walter Becker & Donald Fagen & Walter Becker	3/1984	Aero
5.	Berry Town & Walter Becker	1985
6.	Kamakiriad produced by: Walter Becker	31.05.1993	Reprise		3	10
7.	Founders Of Steely Dan & Walter Becker	9/1993	Remember
8.	Pearls Of The Past & Walter Becker	2/1995	B.A.M.
9.	Tempus Fugit & Walter Becker	23.07.2002	Thunderbolt
10.	Come Back Baby & Walter Becker	25.02.2003
11.	Morph The Cat	14.03.2006	Reprise/Warner Bros		35	26
12.	The Donald Fagen Trilogy Collection	22.05.2007	Rhino
13.	Sunken Condos	16.10.2012	Reprise		23	12
14.	Early Years & Walter Becker	23.10.2015
15.	The Nightfly - Live	9/2021	Universal

Walter Becker:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	You Gonna Walk It Like You Talk It Or You Lose That Beat & Donald Fagen	1971
2.	Walter Becker & Donald Fagen & Donald Fagen	1983	2LP
3.	The Early Years - Walter Becker & Donald Fagen & Donald Fagen	3/1984	Aero
4.	Berry Town & Donald Fagen	1985
5.	Founders Of Steely Dan & Donald Fagen	9/1993	Remember
6.	11 Tracks Of Whack produced by: Donald Fagen	11/1994	Giant
7.	Pearls Of The Past & Donald Fagen	2/1995	B.A.M.
8.	Tempus Fugit & Donald Fagen	23.07.2002	Thunderbolt
9.	Come Back Baby & Donald Fagen	25.02.2003
10.	Circus Money	10.06.2008	5 Over 12/Mailboat
11.	Early Years & Donald Fagen	23.10.2015

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Dallas / Sail The Waterway	9/1972	ABC
2.	Do It Again / Fire In The Hole (v GB 26.1.73, Probe)	11/1972	ABC		6
3.	Reelin' In The Years / Only A Fool (v GB 13.4.73, Probe)	3/1973	ABC		7
4.	Show Biz Kids / Razor Boy (v GB 17.8.73, Probe)	7/1973	ABC		61
5.	My Old School / Pearl Of The Quarter	10/1973	ABC		63
6.	Rikki Don't Lose My Number / Any Major Dude Will Tell You	5/1974	ABC		3
7.	Pretzel Logic	10/1974	ABC		57
8.	Black Friday / Throw Back The Little Ones (v GB 27.6.75)	5/1975	ABC		37
9.	Do It Again	15.08.1975	ABC	28	9
10.	Bad Sneakers / Chain Lightning	9/1975	ABC		103
11.	Kid Charlemagne / Green Earrings	11.06.1976	ABC		82
12.	The Fez / Sign In Stranger	9/1976	ABC		59
13.	Haitian Divorce / Sign In Stranger produced by: Gary Katz	05.11.1976	ABC	17
14.	Peg / I Got The News	11/1977	ABC		8
15.	Dallas / Sail The Waterway / Haitian Divorce / Do It Again	25.11.1977	Anchor
16.	Deacon Blues / Home At Last	3/1978	ABC		19
17.	FM (No Static At All) / FM (Reprise)	5/1978	MCA	49	22
18.	Josie / Black Cow	8/1978	ABC		21
19.	Rikki Don't Lose That Number	23.02.1979	ABC	58
20.	Hey Nineteen / Bodhisattva (live)	11/1980	MCA		10
21.	Babylon Sisters / Time Out Of Mind (v GB)	20.02.1981	MCA
22.	Time Out Of Mind / Bodhisattva	3/1981	MCA		22
23.	FM (No Static At All) / FM (Reprise) 12" + East St.Louis Toodle-Oo	7/1982	MCA
24.	Do It Again / Rikki Don't Lose That Number	4/1983	Old Gold
25.	Haitian Divorce / Do It Again / Reeling In The Years / Rikki Don't Lose That Number	12/1983	MCA
26.	Reeling In The Years / Rikki Don't Lose That Number	11/1985	MCA
27.	Rikki Don't Lose That Number / Do It Again	10/1987	MCA
28.	Black Cow / Peg (reissue)	25.08.2003	Alpha Omega Rock
29.	Do It Again (reissue)	09.10.2013	ABC

Donald Fagen:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	I.G.Y. (What A Wonderful World) / Walk Between The Raindrops	9/1982	Warner Bros		19
2.	New Frontier / Maxine 12" + The Goodbye Look	21.01.1983	Warner Bros		70
3.	Ruby Baby / Walk Between The Raindrops	4/1983	Warner Bros
4.	Century's End / Shanghai Confidential (instrumental) 12",CD + The Nightfly / The Goodbye Look	3/1988	Warner Bros		83
5.	Tomorrow's Girls / Shanghai Confidential CD + Confide In Me	14.06.1993	Reprise	46
6.	Trans-Island Skyway / Big Noise, New York CD + Home At Last (live)	8/1993	Reprise
7.	Snowbound / Trans-Island Skyway	15.11.1993	Reprise

Videos:

1. Two Against Nature Plush TV Jazz-Rock Party - 05.06.2000, Direct Video
2. Dilectus - 30.01.2013, Echoes
3. FM (No Static at All) - 05.08.2016

Movies:

1. You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It (Or You Loose That Beat) (1969, music by, directed by Richard Pryor)

Awards:

1974 New Musical Express Album Of The Year ("Pretzel Logic")
1977 Grammy Awards - Best Engineered Recording (Non-Classical) (LP "Aja")
1978 Grammy Awards - Best Engineered Recording (Non-Classical) (track "FM (No Static At All)")
1981 Grammy Awards - Best Engineered Recording (LP "Gaucho")
2000 Grammy Awards

- Album Of The Year ("Two Against Nature")
- Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal ("Cousin Dupree")
- Best Pop Vocal Album ("Two Against Nature")
- Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical ("Two Against Nature")

2001 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
2003 Grammy Hall Of Fame (LP "Aja", 1977)

Various:

disbanded 21.6.1981
reunited 1993

Donald Fagen:

produced by LP:

Rosie Vela: Zazu (1/87)
Walter Becker: 11 Tracks Of Whack (11/94, Giant)
Peter More: Beautiful Disrepair (2018)

appeared on the LP:

Martha Wainwright: I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too (10.6.08)
Todd Rundgren: White Knight (12.5.17, Cleopatra)
Derek Smalls: Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing) (13.4.18)

Walter Becker:

http://www.walterbecker.com

produced by LP:

China Crisis: Flaunt The Imperfection (5/85, Virgin)
Rosie Vela: Zazu (1/87)
Donald Fagen: Kamakiriad (31.5.93, Reprise)

Dean Parks:

appeared on the LP:

Minnie Riperton: Adventures In Paradise (20.6.75, Epic)
Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life (30.9.76, Tamla Motown)
Leo Sayer: Endless Flight (29.10.76, Chrysalis)
Steely Dan: Aja (9/77, ABC)
Dolly Parton: Here You Come Again (21.10.77, RCA)
David Gates: Goodbye Girl (6/78, Elektra)
Dolly Parton: Heartbreaker (9/78, RCA)
Donald Fagen: The Nightfly (10/82, Warner Bros)
Philip Aaberg: Upright (Windham Hill)
David Lee Roth: Crazy From The Heat (2/85, WEA)
Fernando Allende: Fernando Allende (1992, Warner Bros)
Rickie Lee Jones: Traffic From Paradise (9/93, Geffen)
Joe Cocker: Organic (14.10.96, Parlophone)
Adam Cohen: Adam Cohen (28.7.98, Columbia)
Crosby And Nash: Crosby-Nash (10.8.04, Sanctuary)
Viktor Krauss: II (20.2.07, Back Porch)
Bill Medley: Damn Near Righteous (25.9.07)

Press References:

Big Beng!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
2000	10	18.05.2000	43	Forum kritikum	album review
Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1981	9		267	Ze světa
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1973	4	27.01.1973	14	New Pop Singles	single review
1973	33	18.08.1973	34	Albums	album review
1974	21	25.05.1974	34	Caught In The Act	gig review
1974	22	01.06.1974	14	MM Band Breakdown	profile, interview, discography
1975	14	05.04.1975	24	Albums	album review
1975	17	26.04.1975	25		interview
1975	33	16.08.1975	18	Singles	single review
1976	19	08.05.1976	24	Albums	album review
1976	25	19.06.1976	24		interview
1976	45	06.11.1976	3	New Singles	single review
1977	38	17.09.1977	18	Albums	album review
1977	50	10.12.1977	20	Singles	single review
1978	10	11.03.1978	20	Singles	single review
1980	27	16.08.1980	3	News
1980	45	20.12.1980	6		interview
1981	8	21.02.1981	20	Singles	single review
1981	26	27.06.1981	3	Fast Forward
1982	31	31.07.1982	17	Albums	album review
1994	1	08.01.1994	29	Albums	album review
1996	34	24.08.1996	4	News
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1973	0	25.08.1973	39	Albums	album review
1973	0	20.10.1973	59
1974	0	23.02.1974	25
1974	0	09.03.1974	14	Albums	album review
1974	0	25.05.1974	12
1974	0	25.05.1974	44	Front Line Reviews	gig review
1974	0	01.06.1974	43	Front Row Reviews	gig review
1974	0	31.08.1974	2	News Desk
1975	0	25.01.1975	9	Thrills
1975	0	05.04.1975	18	Platters	album review
1975	0	26.04.1975	5
1976	0	08.05.1976	17	Platters	album review
1976	0	06.11.1976	23	Singles	single review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1995	2	31.01.1995	12		profile
1995	24	05.12.1995	6	Galerie
1995	24	05.12.1995	27	Recenze	album review
1997	6		115	Recenze - CD Retro	album review
2000	4		58	Zapomenutí nezapomen	profile, discography
2000	6		107	Recenze - Novinky	album review
Rolling Stone
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
2000	6		82	Nová alba	album review