Jersey's Favorite Hits

As we feature Jersey's Best on a "New Jersey Hall Of Fame Weekend," here on New Jersey 101.5... Tons has been written about Bruce...and with that in mind, I thought it would be fun to give you something a little different... Some "Fun Facts" about one of his biggest chart hits: "Glory Days...

Today, I want to to share some "Lost 80's" songs from my music library....forgotten songs by artists that you love here on New Jersey 101.5! Genesis -- "Illegal Alien" (1984) Genesis had its genesis in two rival bands of high school students in England in 1965: "The Gathering Wall" and the "Anon...

Fun Fact #1: David Essex wrote this "rocker" to play at the end of the 1973 movie "That'll Be The Day." Born David Albert Cook, in London in 1947, "Essex" loved playing soccer as a kid...and even dreamed of becoming a pro player. In his teens, he discovered music...

The world of Rock 'N' Roll can be "funny" sometimes. And fickle. Where else could a job done during a low point...become the inspiration for a HUGE comeback? Billy Joel...the guy who sells out Madison Square Garden every month....

It is fascinating to note that while Patti Smith was inducted into the "Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame" in 2007..."Because The Night" is her only chart hit! Patti Smith was born in Chicago...but grew up in New Jersey! And...today's spotlight song has a Jersey Connection too...

As thousands of hearty souls "brave" the frigid waters in Seaside Heights for the "24th Annual Polar Bear Plunge," I thought it would be fun to highlight a few of "Jersey's Favorite Hits"...from across the rock 'n' roll era...with "Summer" in the title!

"Hold The Line" was the first hit for "Toto," a band that formed in Van Nuys, California in 1977. If the song had been written today, in the time of cell phones, it might have had a different title...as you will soon see! David Paich (keyboards) and Jeff Porcaro (drums) had played together as session musicians on numerous albums...

"You Really Got Me" was Van Halen's first HIT single! Forming in Los Angeles in 1974, Van Halen learned a whole bunch of "Kinks" songs as they were starting out...due in part to the fact that David Lee Roth owned the Kinks "Greatest Hits" album...

Deborah Harry...Blondie...was born in Miami. But she GREW UP here in New Jersey! "Call Me" is a song about...prostitution! And, no...its just a coincidence that the "Fun Fact" song "Hot Child In The City" from a few weekends back....

"Sunglasses At Night" is one of those instantly recognizable songs from the 1980's... ...and it is one of "Jersey's Favorite Hits." Of course! At the time that starry-eyed 19-year old Corey Hart was putting the finishing touches on his first album, "Sunglasses" wasn't even a thought...