Cocaine and affairs translate to drivetime radio

February 1977: Number 34 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicThe qualities that helped Fleetwood Mac's Rumours sell 40m copies – its west coast provenance, which gave the record a languid charm, and the pain of dual marital break-ups transmuted into elegant, harmony-laden pop songs – weren't really transferable, but they turned soft rock into one of the definitive sounds of the late 70s anyway. Some American radio stations even switched formats to exploit the upsu...

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