Album · Allman Brothers Band
Brothers and Sisters by Allman Brothers Band
Brothers and Sisters is an album by Allman Brothers Band, released in 1973. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 165 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Ramblin' Man”, on 87 lists and voted number one once.
Brothers and Sisters, the Allman Brothers Band's fourth studio album, rolled out of Capricorn on August 6, 1973, and it's the sound of a band refusing to lie down. Duane Allman was gone, and bassist Berry Oakley was killed in a motorcycle crash in November 1972, making this the last record he played on. The survivors spent three months at Capricorn Sound Studios in Macon, co-producing with Johnny Sandlin, and brought in Chuck Leavell on piano and Lamar Williams on bass.
Dickey Betts took the wheel, and his songs steer the band toward country. "Ramblin' Man" is pure open-highway twang and reached number two on the Hot 100, their only top-10 single; "Jessica" is a joyous, galloping instrumental. The album sat on top of the chart for five weeks and has sold over seven million copies, though drugs and frayed friendships soured the tour that followed.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Brothers and Sisters on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramblin' Man#296 of all time | 87 | #1 | 1 | 1982–2026 | |
| 2 | Jessica | 63 | #4 | – | 1976–2026 | |
| 3 | Southbound | 14 | #40 | – | 1996–2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.