When did Jimmy Buffett record his first album?

Jimmy Buffett recorded his first album Down To Earth in the 1970s, while he was working for Billboard magazine as a correspondent.

He later released five more albums which had some great sales and were played on the radio.

His breakthrough came with his seventh album in 1977 – Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes – which included his hit single Margaritaville.

It reached the top 10 on Billboard and in 2023 it was induced into the Library of Congress National Recording Registry, selected for its “cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage.”

Buffett told the Registry at the time: “You’re lucky enough at some point to put your thumb on the pulse of something that people can connect with.

“It’s an amazing and lucky thing to happen to you, and that happened with ‘Margaritaville.’”