AUGUST 13, 1973 – Lynyrd Skynyrd released their debut album, “Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd” on MCA Records. It features several of the band’s most well-known songs, including “Gimme Three Steps,” “Simple Man,” “Tuesday’s Gone” and “Free Bird,” which launched the band to national stardom. The cover photograph was taken on Main Street in Jonesboro, Georgia and shows, from left to right, Leon Wilkeson, Billy Powell (seated), Ronnie Van Zant, Gary Rossington (seated), Bob Burns, Allen Collins and Ed King.
“Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd” immediately put the band on the rock-and-roll map. The album was certified gold on December 18, 1974, platinum and double platinum on July 21, 1987, by the RIAA. The album also peaked at 27 in the Billboard 200 in 1975. The album was re-released in 2001 as an expanded version with bonus tracks, including demos of many of the songs on the album. Sales through 2014 were an estimated 2 million units internationally. In 2003 Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album #403 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
TRACKLIST:
1) I Ain’t the One
2) Tuesday’s Gone
3) Gimme Three Steps
4) Simple Man
5) Things Goin’ On
6) Mississippi Kid
7) Poison Whiskey
8 Free Bird
