Orleans (band)

Orleans is a 1990s rock band, best known today for "Dance with Me" and "Still the One". The band was founded in 1972 by Wells Kelly[?], John Hall[?] and Larry[?] and Lance Hoppen[?] (see 1972 in music). Their debut was Orleans[?] (1973). Their label, ABC Records[?], dropped the group, though, and their next album, Let There Be Magic[?], came out on Asylum Records[?] in 1974. One of the singles, "Dance with Me", became a huge hit in 1975 (see 1975 in music).

"Still the One" was their second big hit, and comes off their follow-up LP Waking and Dreaming[?]. In 1977, Hall left to begin a solo career and would go on to be active in the anti-nuclear program. Orleans, meanwhile, got another hit with Forever[?]'s "Love Takes Time". They continued performing, in spite of a diminishing audience, and released One of a Kind[?] in 1982. Kelly died of a heroin overdose in 1984. Hall quit his solo career and reunited with the band in the early 1990s, releasing a few recordings on its own Major Records[?].