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How Sting’s “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” Divided The Police
Throughout the late 70s and early 80s THIS BAND WAS ON fire. Between the US and the UK, The Police had 14 Top 20 hits and for a while they were easil…
2 years, 11 months ago
How Bob Seger’s “Night Moves” Turned Heartbreak Into a Breakthrough Hit
Bob Seger had been a regional sensation for over a decade but when it was all said and done he had only had one hit in 15 years and by 1976 it had be…
2 years, 11 months ago
How The Zombies’ “Time of the Season” Became a Hit After They Broke Up
Coming up, an all-time rock hit is put under the microscope by the entire band and this one has so many layers to it. Time of the Season by the Zombi…
2 years, 11 months ago
How Boston’s Debut Album Overcame Rejection to Sell 17 Million Copies
It was the blockbuster record that put rock back on the front burner in the middle of disco…and it came out of nowhere… Tom Scholz and his upstart ba…
2 years, 11 months ago
Interview with Dave Pirner: How “Runaway Train” Became a Hit and Helped Find Missing Kids
Coming up next, a rare interview with rock singer-songwriter Dave Pirner of 80s and 90s Minneapolis scene group Soul Asylum on the 1993 classic hit R…
2 years, 11 months ago
How Foreigner’s “Juke Box Hero” Combined Two Stories Into an 80s Rock Anthem
Up next.. the story of an all time classic rock song from both the singer Lou Gramm and guitarist Mick Jones who wrote it.. All-time 80s anthem Juke…
2 years, 11 months ago
How A-ha’s “Take On Me” Overcame Failure to Become an 80s Classic
Coming up, it’s one of the most instantly recognizable and impossible to resist songs of the rock era. Take on Me by A-ha. It's music video ain’t cho…
2 years, 11 months ago
How Fleetwood Mac’s “Everywhere” Emerged from the Chaos of Tango in the Night
Coming up, it’s one of the darkest days of one of the rock era’s most storied bands. 1987's Tango in the Night was Fleetwood Mac’s 2nd biggest record…
2 years, 11 months ago
Steven Tyler Wrote “Dream On” at 14 – The Song That Almost Didn’t Happen
Coming up legendary singer Steven Tyler of Aerosmith wrote one of rock’s greatest masterpieces at the age of 14. A 14-year-old kid! Not only that… T…
2 years, 11 months ago
Revisiting the Top 10 Songs of 1982 – Which Hit Stands the Test of Time?
Coming up, we’re going to go behind the Top 10 songs of this very same week from the year 1982. But that’s not all. After we count them down, we’re r…
2 years, 11 months ago