New Jersey remembers Eddie Van Halen
The world lost a music legend with the passing of Eddie Van Halen.
Van Halen (band)
Craig Allen’s Fun Facts: “You Really Got Me” by Van Halen
"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...
Craig Allen’s Fun Facts: “Jump” by Van Halen
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...