Earth, Wind & Fire were kept off of the Number One spot on the Billboard Hot 100 by "My Sharona", by which band?
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After the Love Has Gone "After the Love Has Gone" is a 1979 hit single for Earth, Wind & Fire, written by David Foster, Jay Graydon, and Bill Champlin for the album "I Am". It reached #2 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks, behind The Knack's smash hit "My Sharona".
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My Sharona "My Sharona" is the debut single by the Knack. The song was written by Berton Averre and Doug Fieger, and released in 1979 from their album "Get the Knack". It reached number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart where it remained for 6 weeks, and was number one on "Billboard"' s 1979 Top Pop Singles year-end chart.
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My Life (Phil Ochs song) "My Life" is a 1969 song by Phil Ochs, a U.S. singer-songwriter best known for the protest songs he wrote in the 1960s.
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My Heart Is Broken "My Heart Is Broken" is a song by American rock band Evanescence. It was released on October 31, 2011 as the second single for their eponymous third studio album (2011). The track was written by Amy Lee, Terry Balsamo, Tim McCord, Will Hunt and Zach Williams, while production was handled by Nick Raskulinecz. Musically, "My Heart Is Broken" is an uptempo rock ballad, whose instrumentation consists of piano, guitars and drums. Lee revealed that the song was written after seeing victims of sex trafficking. The recording received favorable reviews from music critics, who praised the combination between Lee's vocals and piano playing, as well as its fellow instrumentation; several of them chose it as a highlight on the album. On music charts, "My Heart Is Broken" reached number 36 on the Austrian Singles Chart, number 92 on the German Singles Chart and number 34 on the US Adult Top 40.
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Ball of Fire (song) "Ball of Fire" is a song recorded by Tommy James and the Shondells for their 1969 greatest hits album, "The Best of Tommy James and The Shondells". The song reached #19 on The Billboard Hot 100 in 1969. The song also reached #8 in Canada.
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The Sharon Academy The Sharon Academy (TSA) refers both to a middle and high school located in Sharon, Vermont, USA.
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Little Wheel Spin and Spin Little Wheel Spin and Spin is the third album by Buffy Sainte-Marie, released in 1966. It was her only album to reach the "Billboard" Top 100. Its most famous song is the epic "My Country 'Tis of Thy People You're Dying", which displayed a native perspective on the colonisation of North America.
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Sharon Brown (singer) Sharon Brown is an American singer-songwriter and musician who was born in Harlem, New York, US. She is the niece of songwriter Phil Medley, who co-wrote the song "Twist and Shout". She is also the daughter of drummer William Brown, who played with musicians such as The Isley Brothers and Cannonball Adderley.
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Light My Fire (Boom Boom Satellites song) "Light My Fire" is a single by Japanese electronica/rock band Boom Boom Satellites. It was released in the UK only on the 'Different Records' label from the UK-only variant of their "Photon" album- "Photon - Commin' 2 a Phase". It was released as a standard 12" vinyl and also as a promotional CD. Both versions contain "Sloughin' Blue" from the band's "Umbra" album as the second track, perhaps indicating the release was intended to promote the band themselves in Europe rather than a particular album.
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Good Trouble Good Trouble is the tenth studio album by REO Speedwagon, released in 1982 as a follow-up to "Hi Infidelity". It was the second-best selling album in the band's history, subsequently tied with "Wheels Are Turnin'", peaking at #7 on the "Billboard" charts. The single "Keep the Fire Burnin'" gave the band a #7 hit on Billboard's Pop Singles Chart and a #2 hit on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, their highest-charting hit on this chart.
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Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply is a studio album by the British rock group Slade, released in America and Canada in April 1984. It is a repackaged version of "The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome" which was released in the UK, Europe and across the rest of the world in December 1983. "Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply" reached No. 33 in the US and No. 26 in Canada, giving the band their long-awaited breakthrough in the US. The album proved to be the most successful North American release of Slade's career. Both "Run Runaway" and "My Oh My" enjoyed Top 40 success as singles there.
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Airplay (band) Airplay was a short-lived American band, formed by David Foster and Jay Graydon. The band released a self-titled album in 1980, containing "Nothin' You Can Do About It" (originally recorded by The Manhattan Transfer) and a cover of the Earth, Wind & Fire hit "After the Love Has Gone", written by Foster and Graydon with Bill Champlin.
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Calling America "Calling America" is a song by the rock music group Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) released as a single from their 1986 (see 1986 in music) album "Balance of Power". The single reached number 28 in the UK and peaked at number 18 on the "Billboard" singles chart, making it their 20th and final Top 40 hit single in the United States.
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Victrola (song) "Victrola" is a single by the band Veruca Salt. It was released in 1995 on Minty Fresh Records. It includes a cover of The Knack's "My Sharona".
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One of These Nights (song) "One of These Nights" is a song written by Don Henley and Glenn Frey and recorded by the American rock band Eagles. The title track from their "One of These Nights" album, the song became their second single to top the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart after "Best of My Love" and also helped propel the album to number one. The single version was shortened from the album version of the song, removing most of the song's intro and most of its fade-out, as well. Henley is lead vocalist on the verses, while Randy Meisner sings high harmony (not lead) on the refrain. The song features a guitar solo by Don Felder that is "composed of blues-based licks and sustained string bends using an unusually meaty distortion tone."
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Earth, Wind &amp; Fire Earth, Wind & Fire (EWF) is an American band that has spanned the musical genres of R&B, soul, funk, jazz, disco, pop, rock, Latin and African. They are one of the most successful bands of all time. "Rolling Stone" "Magazine" described them as "innovative, precise yet sensual, calculated yet galvanizing" and declared that the band "changed the sound of black pop".
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Thinking of You (Earth, Wind &amp; Fire song) "Thinking of You" is a song by R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire which was written by Wayne Vaughn, Wanda Vaughn and Maurice White. It was released in 1988 as a single and included on the band's 1987 album, "Touch the World". "Thinking of You" peaked at number 3 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks and number 1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play singles charts.
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It's Tricky "It's Tricky" is the fourth & final single released from Run–D.M.C.'s third album, "Raising Hell". It was released early in 1987 through Profile Records and was co-produced by Rick Rubin and the group themselves. The song peaked at No. 57 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and No. 21 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. In the UK, the song made #16 on the UK Singles Chart upon its original release and #74 in 1998, while the Jason Nevins remix of their song "It's Like That" spent its fifth week at #1. Two decades after the song's release, The Knack sued Run-D.M.C. on the grounds "It's Tricky" sampled their song "My Sharona" without permission.
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Rick Marotta Richard Thomas "Rick" Marotta (born January 7, 1948) is an American drummer and percussionist. He has appeared on recordings by leading artists such as Aretha Franklin, Carly Simon, Steely Dan, James Taylor, Paul Simon, John Lennon, Hall & Oates, Stevie Nicks, Wynonna, Roy Orbison, Todd Rundgren, Roberta Flack, Peter Frampton, Quincy Jones, Jackson Browne, Al Kooper, Waylon Jennings, Randy Newman, Peter Gabriel, Kenny G, The Jacksons, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Warren Zevon, and Linda Ronstadt.
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Keep the Fire Keep the Fire is a yacht rock album released in 1979 by Kenny Loggins. It was his third solo album after Loggins & Messina disbanded, and is perhaps best known for the hit single "This is It". The song was co-written by Michael McDonald, who also performed on the track. Michael Jackson sings backup vocals on the track "Who's Right, Who's Wrong".
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Dawn Patrol (album) Dawn Patrol is the debut studio album by Night Ranger released in 1982. During the recording of the album, the band was known as just Ranger. The first issues of the album were printed and ready to be shipped when it was discovered that there was a country band from California with the same name. The band decided to name themselves Night Ranger after the song that Blades had written for the album, and Boardwalk proceeded to destroy every copy that had "Ranger" on it. "Don't Tell Me You Love Me", the first single/video, entered heavy rotation on MTV and reached #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart. The second single/video, "Sing Me Away" peaked at #54 on Billboard's Hot 100 and at #39 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart in late spring of 1983.
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Relight My Fire "Relight My Fire" is a popular song which was written and released by Dan Hartman in 1979, when it topped the US dance music charts for six weeks. It was also performed by Costa Anadiotis' band Café Society in 1984 and British boy band Take That (with Lulu in a featured role) in 1993.