Jersey's Favorite Hits

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It's the summer of 1978, and "Hot Child In The City" is blasting out of Jersey radios! In 2017... ...Gilder's song is one of "Jersey's Favorite Hits!" Nick Gilder was born in London in 1951. His family moved to Canada when he was 10, and Gilder was raised in Vancouver...

David Bowie. Glenn Frey. Prince. Now, George Michael. 2016 has been rough on Jersey's Favorite Artists... Giorgios Kyriacos Panayiotou -- June 25, 1963-December 25, 2016 You know the Wham!/George Michael story...and love the HITS...

Ah..."The Wall"...from Pink Floyd. I have the album on original 1980 vinyl...on 1990's CD...and the MOVIE on 1980's-era video disc! That's multi-media coverage! "Another Brick In The Wall" is another one of "Jersey's Favorite Hits...

Its Rock 'N' Roll with a biblical message...and its not from the "Jesus Christ Superstar" soundtrack. Styx formed in the Chicago suburbs in 1972. Well...kind of. It had a history before that. In the mid 1960's, twin brothers Chuck Panozzo (bass guitar) and John Panozzo (drums) got together with their neighbor, Dennis DeYoung (vocals and keyboards)...

Eddie Money was born in Brooklyn...and after a brief career as a New York City cop, Eddie turned to his true love: Rock 'N' Roll! I have previously written about Eddie Money...click here to read his story, and enjoy the videos of his hits...

Not only is it one of "Jersey's Favorite Hits"... "Jump" is Van Halen's first #1 hit...and their only #1 hit in the David Lee Roth years! How's that for the start of a "Fun Facts" excursion? "Jump" spent 21 weeks on the "Hot 100" charts...

The band "Kansas" formed in Topeka, Kansas in 1975...and our "Fun Facts" song saved the band from pop music obscurity! Steve Walsh handled lead vocals and guitar, with Kerry Livgren on guitar and keyboards, Phil Ehart on drums, Robby Steinhardt on violin, Rich Williams on guitar, and Dave Hope on bass...

You KNOW the Billy Joel story...William Martin Joel, "The Piano Man" from Hicksville, Long Island makes good! He sells millions of albums, and singles, in a career that reaches back to "Piano Man" in 1974! He's setting live concert records, selling out Madison Square Garden, monthly...

The band Boston formed...where else, but in...Boston. The band was/is spearheaded by guitarist and keyboard player Tom Scholz. Brad Delp handled lead vocals. Originally a quintet, the group also included Barry Goudreau on guitar, Fran Sheehan on bass, and Sib Hashian on drums...