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Supertramp was een Britse symfonische-rockgroep, met een door Wurlitzer-piano en saxofoon gedomineerd geluid. De band werd in 1969 opgericht door Rick Davies (zang en toetsinstrumenten) en de latere King Crimson-tekstschrijver Richard Palmer-James (zang en gitaar). Davies speelde eerder in The Joint samen met Steve Jolliffe, later Tangerine Dream. Belangrijkste andere groepslid was Roger Hodgson (zang, gitaar en toetsinstrumenten), die tot 1983 deel uitmaakte van de groep. Vanaf hun tweede album, Indelibly Stamped, schreven de oprichters Roger Hodgson en Rick Davies afzonderlijk met zingende leadzang op hun eigen composities. Hodgson componeerde en zong de meerderheid van de hits zoals Give a Little Bit, de eerste hitsingle in Nederland, The Logical Song, Take the Long Way Home, Dreamer, Breakfast in America en It's Raining Again. Davies componeerde Bloody Well Right, Goodbye Stranger en Cannonball.

Supertramp were an English rock band formed in London in 1970. Marked by the individual songwriting of founders Roger Hodgson (vocals, keyboards and guitars) and Rick Davies (vocals and keyboards), the group were distinguished for blending progressive rock and pop styles. The classic lineup, which lasted ten years from 1973 to 1983, consisted of Davies, Hodgson, Dougie Thomson (bass), Bob Siebenberg (drums) and John Helliwell (saxophone), after which the group's lineup changed numerous times, with Davies eventually becoming the only constant member throughout its history.

The group found no success with their first two albums, but after a lineup change into what became their classic lineup, their third album, Crime of the Century (1974), was their breakthrough. Initially a more experimental prog-rock group, they began moving towards a more pop-oriented sound with the album. The band reached their commercial peak with 1979's Breakfast in America, which yielded the international top 10 singles "The Logical Song", "Breakfast in America", "Goodbye Stranger" and "Take the Long Way Home". Their other top 40 hits included "Dreamer" (1974), "Give a Little Bit" (1977) and "It's Raining Again" (1982).

In 1982 the band released ...Famous Last Words..., the last album to feature Hodgson, who left the group in 1983 to pursue a solo career. The band continued with Davies as the sole leader and released two albums until 1988, after which they disbanded and periodically reformed in various configurations, touring with two further albums, Some Things Never Change (1997) and Slow Motion (2002) resulting from these.

They attained significant popularity in North America, Europe, South Africa and Australia. Their highest sales levels were in Canada, where they had two diamond-certified (ten-times platinum) albums (Crime of the Century and Breakfast in America), and their only number 1 singles anywhere ("The Logical Song" and "Dreamer"). As of 2007, Supertramp album sales exceeded 60 million.