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Not since Cheap Trick at their height has a power-pop band enjoyed this kind of widespread mainstream viability while inspiring shrieks of devotion in a pre-teen demographic The Knack once saluted by calling an ...

The latest news in the world of Billboard's definitive sales and airplay charts.

This was during the height of disco, which completely dominated the major labels interest at the time.

Former Christian music singer Katy Perry's bi-curious tune "I Kissed a Girl" began a sixth week at No.

According to the show-business cliche, "Dying is easy, comedy is hard." Comedy may in fact be hard, but Weird Al Yankovic makes it look easy.

WEIRD AL YANKOVIC: His career as a musician-comedian began in 1979 when he recorded his first parody, 'My Bologna,' a spoof of the Knack's hit 'My Sharona.' To date, he has three Grammy Awards and eight Grammy ...

There exists a demographic of people who, before they may have developed a decent enough lexicon of words to carry on a conversation, saw a neurotic, animated Chihuahua named Ren fall into an abyss of psychosis ...

Description: Groovin' Granny is obsessed with singing about gazongas! We see boobs of every shape and size on some surprising people, such as Brad Pitt, Michael Jackson, President Bush, Tom Cruise and the men ...

He's not the twentysomething misfit fanboy sending homemade spoofs to Dr. Demento anymore.

Metro Jam , a free two-day music festival in downtown Manitowoc, turns 30 this year, making it one of the longest-running local music festivals in the state.

MANITOWOC - Joseph Tuzee, 19, said this year's Metro Jam was the best he has seen with better sound that "bangs." 'They've got better equipment, more amps on the stage and the sound just comes out better,' ...

Unless you're Doug Fieger, in which case it's all too true. The Knack's lead singer, who co-wrote the chart-topping hit song "My Sharona" in 1979, continues inspiring others as he battles one brain tumor after ...

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie welcome twins The Assoicated Press reported Friday that Angelina Jolie has given birth to her twins.

In 1979, before I'd discovered the joys of country music, I was into new wave pseudo punk stuff.

“The more people who know about ways they can help the environment the better”

Please wait... Wednesday, May 14,2008 A bright idea By MEGAN SHANNON Suzette Lopez does not have the extra money to spend on cookies or magazines even if the money is going toward a good cause. via East Orlando Sun

Here's on what's on the show tonight: Title Artist Album Original Artist Still Alive missFlag Website Jonathan Coulton Black Hole Sun Soundgarden My Sharona Flash The Knack 35 minutes Sponsor: BlueHost, the ... via Coverville

MANITOWOC - The Knack will headline the 30th annual Metro Jam, co-organizer Tom Chermak said Tuesday. via WisInfo

Posted by Ed Levine , March 31, 2008 at 12:00 PM I walked into Artichoke, the latest pizzeria to be deemed the "new Di Fara" around 12:30 p.m. Saturday. via Slice

There are a lot of creative ways that people have come up with to simultaneously market to young children and separate their parents from money. via KTKZ-AM Sacramento

“For a lot of people, this has replaced their television. This is their entertainment.”

Armed with a microphone, a computer and a pair of dark sunglasses, Thiessen can be found almost every evening crooning in her home to everything from James Taylor classics to My Sharona by The Knack. via Vancouver Sun