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s, three video albums and 30 singles. Originally called the Steve Miller Blues Band, the group first made its mark as a

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band in San Francisco. They went through a fallow period commercially in the early seventies before coming back with the hit album '' The Joker'' and the song of the same name in late 1973, followed by the band's two most successful studio albums in 1976 and 1977, ''

Fly Like an Eagle ''Fly Like an Eagle'' is the ninth studio album by American rock band Steve Miller Band, released in May 1976 by Capitol Records in the United States, Canada and Japan and Mercury Records in Europe. The album was a success, spawning three single ...

'' and ''

Book of Dreams ''Book of Dreams'' is the tenth studio album by Steve Miller Band. The album was released in May 1977 on Capitol Records in the United States, Canada and Japan and by Mercury Records in Europe. Three singles were released from the album in 1977 w ...

''. In 1978, they released their biggest selling album in North America, ''

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'', which has been certified 13× Platinum in the United States and diamond in Canada. Although the 1981 release '' Circle of Love'' was less successful than the two preceding studio albums, the popularity of 1982's ''

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'', which included the worldwide hit single of the same name, more than made up for it. The band's studio releases became more infrequent at this point, with the biggest gap in albums being between 1993's ''

Wide River ''Wide River'' is the fifteenth album by American rock band the Steve Miller Band, released in 1993. The title track was their last ''Billboard'' Hot 100 single, peaking at No. 64. It would be Steve Miller Band's last studio album until '' Bing ...

'' and 2010's '' Bingo!''. Their most recent studio album is 2011's '' Let Your Hair Down''. The band's releases have been most successful in North America: two number-one albums in Canada, three number one singles in the United States, two number one singles in Canada, three multi-platinum awards in the United States, and selling over 24 million albums in the United States alone. The band's most successful singles have been "The Joker", which peaked in the top 10 of the trade charts of six countries—reaching number one in four, and "

", which made the top 10 in five countries—and number one in two countries. Of the band's albums, 12 have reached the top 40 in the United States and seven have done the same in Canada.

Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Singles

Video albums

Notes

:A.Album credited to "The Steve Miller Band". :B.''Born 2 B Blue'' is a Steve Miller solo album. :D.All peak positions for "The Joker", except in the United States, are from the single's 1990 reissue. :E.Credited to Steve Miller on the American single release. :F.A UK only release.

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* {{Steve Miller Band Discographies of American artists Rock music group discographies