LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 23, 2020…TWENTY YEARS AGO SANTANA KICKED OFF A 3 WEEK RUN WITH THE # 1 ALBUM. THE ALBUM WAS ‘SUPERNATURAL’. ‘SUPERNATURAL’ WON 8 GRAMMY AWARDS, INCLUDING ALBUM OF THE YEAR. IT ALSO WENT 15 TIMES PLATINUM, EVENTUALLY SELLING OVER 30 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE. GUEST ARTISTS ON THE ALBUM INCLUDE ROB THOMAS, EVERLAST, ERIC CLAPTON, LAURYN HILL, CASEY PORTER, CEE-LO GREEN, AND DAVE MATTHEWS. THE ALBUM WAS DRIVEN BY THE SONG OF THE YEAR ‘SMOOTH’ WITH ROB THOMAS. IT WAS OFFICIALLY THE FINAL #1 SONG OF 1999, AND ACCORDING TO BILLBOARD MAGAZINE, AS OF THE END OF 2018 IT’S THE SECOND MOST SUCCESSFUL SINGLE OF ALL-TIME. HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘SMOOTH’
