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 ballot measures the 26th Amendment in 1971. This amendment asked voters to extend in the legal definition of "city" to any incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before 12 P.M. on July 1, 1971. 1972 Virginia ballot measures The 1972 Virginia State Elections took place on Election Day, November 7, 1972, the same day as the U.S. Presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House elections in the state. The only statewide elections on the ballot were two constitutional referendums to amend the Virginia State Constitution. All referendums were referred to the voters by the Virginia General Assembly. This amendment asked