Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon. The album was released on February 15, 1980, by Elektra Records. Three singles were released from the album, one of which charted: "A Certain Girl" reached No. 57 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was Zevon's second and final hit on that chart.
Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
Warren William Zevon was an American rock singer, songwriter, and musician. His most famous compositions include "Werewolves of London", "Lawyers, Guns and Money", and "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner". All three songs are featured on his third album, Excitable Boy (1978), the title track of which is also well-known. He also wrote major hits that were recorded by other artists, including "Poor Poor Pitiful Me", "Accidentally Like a Martyr", "Mohammed's Radio", "Carmelita", and "Hasten Down the Wind".
Zevon in a press photo, 1978
Zevon in Heidelberg as the opener for Jackson Browne in 1976. He toured solo.
Country rock musician Linda Ronstadt helped popularize Zevon's songs in the 1970s.
Comedian and TV host David Letterman was credited by Zevon as "being the best friend my music ever had".