Saturday, November 20th, 1971

Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy hits the U.S. charts. The album, considered by many to be the best-ever Who compilation, is released just as The Who cross over the five-year mark during which five percent of The Who's record royalties had to be paid to their first producer Shel Talmy as a result of his 1966 lawsuit. Many of the singles, so familiar to The Who's British and European fans, are heard first here by most U.S. Who fans. The album peaks at #11