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That jangly, arpegiated guitar intro, those four familiar chords in the versus, that phone number ... it's instantly recognizeable as one of the best pop/rock singles of the 1980s - Tommy Tutone's "867-5309/Jenny." Led by vocalist/guitarist Tommy Heath and lead guitarist/vocalist Jim Keller, Tommy Tutone started out as a twangy bar band in San ...

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Archive for November 7th, 2009 INDIAN ROAD EVENTS INDIAN ROAD EVENTS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8th 12 - 2PM, Will Teez Bike Club The Inwood Cycling Club meets every Sunday outside of the Indian Road Cafe.

Where: The Wellmont Theatre, 5 Seymour St., Montclair. 973-783-9500 or wellmonttheatre.com. How much: $55 to $95. It was 44 years ago today that The Who dropped their second single, the Pete Townshend-penned "My Generation," a mod call to arms that contributed to the blossoming popularity of the Shepherd's Bush foursome, shaggy-haired riff-rock ...

Tabernacle It's extremely fitting that paramour means "for love" in French, because after seeing Paramore in concert, it's undeniable that the band loves what they do.

Parody singer Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic stopped by the studio to talk about his new two-disc compilation album The Essential Weird Al Yankovic .

IN 1976, AN accordion-playing teenager and self-proclaimed geek from Lynwood, Calif., sent in a tape of home-recorded parody songs to Dr.

Weird Al Yankovic, the accordion-playing satirist who has made mockery of everything from the American diet to gangsta rap - as if he needs any introduction - turns 50 today.

Queen for a Day does a very casually dressed sound check before their set Friday at the Pub.

Forming in Los Angeles in the late '70s, the Knack were neither punk nor rock, but pure simple pop, standing out among the musical dross that littered the Sunset Strip.

We are women, hear us roar. We can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, and inspire many a chart-topping song! The real-life Lucy from the Beatles ' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" has died at the age of 46.

It's been 30 years since rock group The Knack immortalized 17-year-old Sharona Alperin by recording "My Sharona," a song that topped Billboard's Top 100 singles.

The subject of the song "My Sharona" has a knack for real estate. Sharona Alperin was 17 when her name became immortalized with the release of "My Sharona" by The Knack.

A This month's collection of cocktail recipes consists of a trio of new concoctions that won recent bartending competitions.

Sloan Fine Art East Village / Lower East Side 128 Rivington Street, 212-477-1140 September 12 - October 10, 2009 Opening: Wednesday, September 16, 6 - 8 PM Web Site Sloan Fine Art is pleased to present LP, new paintings by Eric White.

That's right, we went there. Longtime Massachussetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy, better known as Teddy, passed away late Tuesday night at age 77.

Not that we want you to get a song stuck in your head, but how about noting that on this day in 1979 "My Sharona" by The Knack topped the charts and stayed there for 6 weeks.

Battle of the Bands 07.22.09: Jet vs Kasabian Posted by Adam Battagello on 07.22.2009 In the first week of the newly revised format we take a look at two modern bands looking to make it big in the business of rock, Jet and Kasabian.

NILE Rodgers is the man behind the birth of disco, having formed Chic in 1976 with bassist Bernard Edwards, and echoes of Le Freak, Everybody Dance and Good Times have reverberated through the charts ever since.

How to choose the top 20 songs of my generation? So many metrics - top sellers, most recorded, Rolling Stone's Top 500 Songs of All Time.