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(Saturday, July 19, 1975) — Venus and Mars by Paul McCartney’s band Wings peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard 200 albums chart for one week.

It was McCartney’s fourth of eight number one albums on the chart since The Beatles broke up in 1970 (1970-2018).

As a musician, Paul McCartney has the most number-one albums on the chart, with 27. This includes 19 albums from his work with The Beatles, three solo albums and five albums as a part of his 1970s group Wings.

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After recording Band on the Run as a three-piece with wife Linda McCartney and guitarist Denny Laine, McCartney recruited guitarist Jimmy McCulloch and drummer Geoff Britton to the band in 1974.

Recording sessions for the album took place in London, New Orleans and Los Angeles in November 1974 and early 1975.

During the sessions, personal tensions caused Britton to quit after nine months, forcing the band to recruit American drummer Joe English to finish the album.