Historical Artist Profile
Steely Dan
⭐ HOF Inductee / Class of 2001
Biography & Overview
Steely Dan was an American rock band formed in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, in 1971 by Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Originally having a traditional band lineup, Becker and Fagen chose to stop performing live by the end of 1974 and continued Steely Dan as a studio-only duo, using a revolving cast of session musicians. Rolling Stone magazine named them "the perfect musical antiheroes for the seventies". Becker and Fagen played together in a variety of bands from their time together studying at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson.
🇺🇸 US Billboard Tracking History
8 Charted Tracks
"Rikki Don't Lose That Number"
Entered Charts: 1974
Peak: #4
"Do It Again"
Entered Charts: 1973
Peak: #6
"Hey Nineteen"
Entered Charts: 1980
Peak: #10
"Reeling In The Years"
Entered Charts: 1973
Peak: #11
"Peg"
Entered Charts: 1978
Peak: #11
"Deacon Blues"
Entered Charts: 1978
Peak: #19
"FM (No Static At All)"
Entered Charts: 1978
Peak: #22
"Time Out Of Mind"
Entered Charts: 1981
Peak: #22
🇬🇧 UK Official Charts History
4 Charted Tracks
"Haitian Divorce"
Entered Charts: 1976
Peak: #17
"Do It Again"
Entered Charts: 1975
Peak: #39
"FM (No Static At All)"
Entered Charts: 1978
Peak: #49
"Rikki Don't Lose That Number"
Entered Charts: 1979
Peak: #58