Rainbow, the band formed by legendary Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore had a big hit in 1983 with “Street of Dreams”, from the album “Bent Out of Shape”. In the 1970s, Rainbow’s songs were characterized by medieval imagery (“The Man on the Silver Mountain”) and powered by pint-sized vocalist Ronnie James Dio. Tensions between [...]
Not having much success on the charts up to that point, Journey’s management suggested getting a more rock-oriented vocalist to improve the band’s commercial prospects. Exit Robert Fleishman, enter the smooth tenor of Steve Perry. Keyboardist Gregg Rolie was still sharing vocal duties at this point, but Steve was adding his chops as [...]
BOC continued their rock resurgence that began in 1981 with 1983’s The Revolution By Night. The band tapped future AOR producer extraordinaire Bruce Fairbairn of Loverboy fame. Take Me Away was a big hit for BOC, climbing up to #11 on the Mainstream Rock Chart. Check out the Apple II gaming [...]
70s prog rockers Kansas amped up the guitars in 1983 with the anthemic “Everybody’s My Friend” from their album Drastic Measures. The song was an ode to the perils of fame, which didn’t sit well with singer John Elefante. The album was the Kansas’ least successful up to that point and led to the [...]
