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Post by djdave on Aug 3, 2005 18:05:50 GMT -5
Throughout much of the first half of 1981, 2 Illinois rock groups battled it out on the album chart: Styx and REO Speedwagon.
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Post by Dawn on Aug 4, 2005 7:49:15 GMT -5
REO Speedwagon's Keep on Loving You was a number one hit in March '81, succeeding I Love A Rainy Night by Eddie Rabbitt.
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Post by H2IZCOOL on Aug 4, 2005 12:06:22 GMT -5
REO Speedwagon's Keep on Loving You was a number one hit in March '81, succeeding I Love A Rainy Night by Eddie Rabbitt. Eddie Rabbitt wrote "Kentucky Rain", recorded by Elvis Presley |
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Post by djdave on Aug 4, 2005 21:25:50 GMT -5
Elvis loved his peanut butter sandwiches with banana.
Another act who liked bananas (apparently) was Bananarama.
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Post by Dawn on Aug 5, 2005 7:24:37 GMT -5
One of Bananarama's biggest hits was Venus, originally done by The Shocking Blue.
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Post by H2IZCOOL on Aug 5, 2005 7:41:47 GMT -5
One of Bananarama's biggest hits was Venus, originally done by The Shocking Blue. The Shocking Blue borrowed their guitar riff on Venus from Pinball Wizard by The Who. |
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Post by djdave on Aug 7, 2005 10:00:28 GMT -5
Can't pass this one up:
The Who recorded "My generation", and Generation X with Billy Idol recorded "Your generation".
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Post by Dawn on Aug 8, 2005 19:59:08 GMT -5
Billy covered Mony Mony, originally a hit for Tommy James and the Shondells.
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Post by djdave on Aug 8, 2005 23:09:39 GMT -5
And right before Mony Mony, another Tommy James/Shondells remake sat atop the Billboard chart in November 1987: "I think we're alone now" by Tiffany.
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Post by Dawn on Aug 10, 2005 7:12:58 GMT -5
Another of Tiffany's hits was a cover/adaptation of I Saw Her Standing There by The Beatles.
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Post by H2IZCOOL on Aug 10, 2005 8:41:57 GMT -5
One of the Beatles protege groups (when Apple Records was launched) were The Iveys.
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Post by djdave on Aug 11, 2005 21:12:40 GMT -5
The Iveys (later Badfinger) weren't the only popular act to chart under a different name on their first hit. Another example was in 1956, with a chart single called "You're the apple of my eye" by the Four Lovers. They had all their subsequent chart hits starting in 1962 with "Sherry" as the Four Seasons.
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Post by H2IZCOOL on Aug 12, 2005 7:31:35 GMT -5
The Iveys (later Badfinger) weren't the only popular act to chart under a different name on their first hit. Another example was in 1956, with a chart single called "You're the apple of my eye" by the Four Lovers. They had all their subsequent chart hits starting in 1962 with "Sherry" as the Four Seasons. I have Apple of My Eye on a Four Seasons Compilation and have heard other Four Lovers songs They defintely lacked the polish that the Four Seasons would come to have. As Dave said, The Four Seasons first chart hit was Sherry. But a group called The Sherrys had a hit of their own, called Pop Pop Pop-Eye. |
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Post by djdave on Aug 13, 2005 0:12:11 GMT -5
The Sherrys got in the Popeye dance craze of the fall '62 as did Chubby Checker with "Popeye the Hitchhiker".
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Post by Dawn on Aug 14, 2005 9:55:16 GMT -5
Chubby did a version of Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On, a big hit for Jerry Lee Lewis.
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