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Eagles – Tequila Sunrise
About The Song Prior to Desperados, Don Henley and Glenn Frey had chosen not to write songs collaboratively, preferring to write in solitude…
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Heart – Crazy On You
About The Song Heart lead singer Ann Wilson wrote the “Crazy On You” lyric about finding solace from the stressful…
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Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer
About The Song “Livin’ on a Prayer” is a song by the American rock band Bon Jovi, and is the…
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Janis Joplin – Piece Of My Heart
About The Song “Piece of My Heart” is a romantic soul song written by Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns, originally…
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Skid Row – I Remember You
About The Song This yearning song is about a guy who can’t let go of the memory of the girl…
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Foreigner – I Want To Know What Love Is
About The Song “I Want to Know What Love Is” is one of the most famous power ballad of the…
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Heart – All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You
About The Song “All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You” is a song by American rock band Heart.…
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Steve Miller Band – The Joker
About The Song “The Joker” is a song by American rock band Steve Miller Band from their eighth studio album,…
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Steppenwolf – The Pusher
About The Song “The Pusher” is a rock song written by Hoyt Axton, made popular by the 1969 movie Easy…
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America – A Horse With No Name
About The Song Dewey Bunnell was just a 19-year-old British kid when he wrote America’s signature single, “A Horse with…
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Patti Smith – Because the Night
About The Song “Because the Night” is a rock song written by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith that appears on…
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The Lemon Pipers – Green Tambourine
About The Song The Lemon Pipers performing “Green Tambourine”, released originally in 1967. It reached #1 in the US Billboard…
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Ram Jam – Black Betty
About The Song This is a traditional song that folk singer Leadbelly popularized before his death in 1949. He recorded…
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Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll
About The Song “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” is a rock song written by Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker and…
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Tommy James and the Shondells – Crimson & Clover
About The Song The first hit by Tommy James & The Shondells was “Hanky Panky,” written in 15 minutes by…
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Three Dog Night – Mama Told Me Not To Come
About The Song “Mama Told Me Not to Come”, also written as “Mama Told Me (Not to Come)”, is a…
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Three Dog Night – Joy to the World
About The Song Hoyt Axton wrote this for an animated TV special called The Happy Song that never materialized. Axton,…
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Bob Seger – Old Time Rock & Roll
About The Song This is one of the few songs Seger recorded that he didn’t write. It was written by…
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Bob Seger – Turn The Page
About The Song “Turn the Page” is a song originally recorded by Bob Seger in 1971 and released on his Back in ’72 album…
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Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild
About The Song With the line “heavy metal thunder,” this became the first popular song to use the phrase “heavy…
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