Supertramp began as an ambitious art-rock project but evolved into a pop powerhouse by the end of the ’70s. Formed in London in 1970 by singer-songwriters Richard Davies and Roger Hodgson, the band broke through with their 1974 album Crime of the Century, featuring the hits “Dreamer” and “Bloody Well Right.” The acoustic anthem “Give a Little Bit” scored big in 1977 on both sides of the Atlantic. But 1979’s Breakfast in America made Supertramp international superstars, as three smash hits—the bittersweet “Take the Long Way Home,” the hooky, haunting “The Logical Song,” and the stomp-along title track—turned the record into an era-defining pop blockbuster. After 1982’s Famous Last Words, Hodgson left for a solo career, never to return, while Davies led the band onward until 1988. Supertramp reunited (without Hodgson) a few times over the next couple of decades, releasing new albums in 1997 and 2002 that showed Davies and company’s undiminished gifts. But by the mid-2010s, Davies’ health issues appeared to mark the stopping point for Supertramp’s legacy of elegant, irresistible art pop. Davies passed away in 2025 at the age of 81.