Duke Jupiter

Duke Jupiter was an American rock band from Rochester, New York. They were active in the 1970s and 1980s on Mercury Records, CBS Records, and the Motown subsidiaries Morocco Records and Powerglide Records. They are best known for their hit single I'll Drink to You.^[1][2]

Duke Jupiter
Origin	Rochester, New York
Genres	Rock
Years active	1973-1986

After the release of their first album Sweet Cheeks in 1978, Duke Jupiter started touring with national acts, including ZZ Top, Stevie Ray Vaughan, David Bowie, Bob Seger, Robert Palmer, B. B. King, Toto, Sea Level, Huey Lewis and the News, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, Blue Öyster Cult, The Charlie Daniels Band, Outlaws, and John Lee Hooker.^{[citation needed]}

Band History

George Barajas died of a brain tumor in August 1982.^[3]

In June 1982, the band played a free concert in Rochester and 25,000 fans attended. The concert was held at Ontario Beach Park and caused the biggest traffic jam the city had seen. The concert ended up making national news as well as MTV.^[4]

Because of their rising popularity, the band went on to tour with REO Speedwagon, ZZ TOP, Foreigner, Blue Oyster Cult, and David Bowie.^[4]

Duke Jupiter played a farewell concert in their hometown of Rochester in 1986. This ended a 13-year career for the band.

From 1973 to 1986, Duke Jupiter released nine albums with four music videos that appeared on MTV.^[4]

In 2014, Duke Jupiter was inducted into the Rochester Hall of Fame.^[4]

David Corcoran (born in Smithtown, New York) died of kidney cancer on June 21, 2018, at age 64.^[5][6]

Original band members

• Marshall Styler - Lead vocals, keyboards
• Greg Walker - Lead vocals, Guitar
• Don Maracle - Guitar
• George Barajas - Bass guitar, background vocals, all recordings through portions of Duke Jupiter I
• Earl Jetty - Drums, Sweet Cheeks
• David Hanlon - Drums, Taste The Night and Band In Blue

1980 to present band members

• Marshall James Styler - Keyboards, lead vocals
• Greg Walker - Guitar, lead vocals
• Rickey Ellis - Bass guitar, vocals
• Dave Corcoran - Drums, Lead vocals^[3]

Discography

Albums

Studio Albums

Year	Title	Peak Positions	Album Notes
		US
1978	Sweet Cheeks	-	Mercury SRM-1-3718 Produced by Chuck Leavell
1979	Taste The Night	-	Mercury SRM-1-3756 Produced by Glen Kolotkin
1980	Band In Blue	-	Mercury SRM-1-3815 Produced by Steve Katz
Begin Again - Collector's Edition [EP]	-	See footnotes[7]
1982	Duke Jupiter I	204	Coast To Coast Records (US) Epic Records (Canada) Some pressings show a "Roadshow" logo Produced by Glen Kolotkin
1983	You Make It Look Easy	-	Coast To Coast Records Produced by Ashley Howe
1984	White Knuckle Ride	122	Morocco Records Produced by Glen Kolotkin
1985	The Line Of Your Fire	-	Motown Records Produced by Glen Kolotkin

Live Albums

• Duke Jupiter/The Restless Concert (1984)
• Captured Live! (1984)
• Duke Jupiter Live in Concert 1984 (2012) Duke Jupiter records

Singles

Year	Title	Peak Positions		Album
		US	US Rock
1978	"Trouble In Paradise/Days Between Us"	-	-	Sweet Cheeks
1979	"Taste The Night"	-	-	Taste The Night
	"Like Our First Night"	-	-
1980	"If You Love Her"	-	-	Band In Blue
1982	"I'll Drink To You"[8]	58	16	Duke Jupiter I
	"Rock 'N' Roll Band"[9]	-	-
	"Rockin' In A Motel Room"[10]	-	-
1983	"You Make It Look Easy"[11]	-	–	You Make It Look Easy
1984	"Little Lady"[12]	68	12	White Knuckle Ride
	"Rescue Me"[13]	101	-
1985	"The Line Of Your Fire"	-	-	The Line Of Your Fire