Bryan Ferry and Phil Manzanera before the band recorded its first album (early Peel Sessions for the UK's BBC Radio 1 feature O'List's playing). Roxy Music's first hit "Virginia Plain" made the UK top 5 in 1972, and was followed up with several hit singles and albums, with Ferry as their lead vocalist and instrumentalist (he taught himself the piano in his mid-twenties) and Eno contributing synthesiser backing. After their second album, Brian Eno left Roxy Music, leaving Ferry its undisputed leader. Ferry started a parallel solo career in 1973, initially performing cover versions of old standards on albums such as "These
1972 Virginia Slims of Denver 1972 Virginia Slims of Denver The 1972 Virginia Slims of Denver, also known as the Virginia Slims Denver International, was a women's tennis tournament played on hard court at the South High School in Denver, Colorado in the United States that was part of the 1972 WT Pro Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from August 14 through August 20, 1972. Third-seeded Nancy Richey Gunter won the singles title and earned $6,000 first-prize money. Nancy Richey Gunter defeated Billie Jean King 1–6, 6–4, 6–4 Françoise Dürr / Lesley Hunt defeated Helen Gourlay-Cawley / Karen