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MTV played the video extensively, and the song hit No. Recycler followed in , reaching No. The trio was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in They eventually recruited guitarist Gibbons from the Dallas psychedelic-rock outfit Moving Sidewalks — which had opened for Jimi Hendrix a year earlier — and ZZ Top was on its way. He rejoined his bandmates in A post shared by ZZ Top zztop. Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy.

All Rights reserved. Hill and influenced by the British power trio Cream. Three years later, they broke through commercially with "La Grange," a funky blues song in the style of Slim Harpo's "Shake Your Hips" that paid tribute to the Chicken Ranch, a notorious brothel outside the Texas town of La Grange.

The Texas natives — with Gibbons and Hill sporting long, distinctive beards and the trio wearing dark sunglasses — would go on to become one of the most recognizable bands of the s.

But the ranking belies the song's staying power, thanks to a highly stylized music video in the art form's early years. ZZ Top was nominated for three Grammy Awards: in for best rock performance by a group for the album "Eliminator," in in the same category for the album "Afterburner" and this year for best music film for "That Little Ol' Band From Texas. The "Little" documentary "tells the story of how three oddball teenage bluesmen became one of the biggest, most beloved bands on the planet, all while maintaining a surrealist mystique that continues to intrigue fans and entice onlookers," according to the group.

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