This song actually hit #70 on the Hot 100 in 1983, but surprisingly did not hit on the Mainstream Rock chart, where many a horrible “rock” song did hit. This video is so bad and so cheesy it HAS to be seen. Is that lead singer a dude?
Heart began as one of the few female-fronted hard rocking bands of the 1970s, and they had a lot of success on FM radio with such singles as “Barracuda”, “Magic Man”, and “Crazy on You”. Lead singer Ann Wilson’s powerful wail was similar to that of Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, her idol. [...]
Dutch rockers Golden Earring were first seen on the American charts in 1974, with the classic song Radar Love (later covered by White Lion). In 1983, they released their album Cut, and scored a major hit with “Twilight Zone” — Mainstream Rock #1 and Pop Singles #10. It’s an entertaining video for [...]
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 [...]
