The Knack were a British R&B-based freakbeat and psychedelic rock band from Ilford, near London in the United Kingdom who were active 1960s. They are not...
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The Knack was an American rock band based in Los Angeles that rose to fame with its first single, "My Sharona", an international number-one hit in 1979...
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Knack (1960s US band), an American garage rock band active in the 1960s The Knack (UK band), a British freakbeat and psychedelic rock band "The Knack"...
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My Sharona (redirect from Let Me Out (the Knack song))
is the debut single by the Knack. The song was written by Berton Averre and Doug Fieger, and it was released in 1979 from their debut album, Get the Knack...
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Texas) The Knack (British band) (Ilford, United Kingdom) The Knack (Los Angeles, California – 1960s ) The Knaves (Chicago, Illinois) The Knickerbockers (Bergenfield...
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Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970 by Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals)...
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Genesis were an English rock band formed at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, in 1967. The band's longest-existing and most commercially successful...
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The Knack was an American garage and psychedelic rock band from Los Angeles, California who were active in the 1960s. They are not to be confused with...
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Cool for Cats (album) (redirect from The Knack (song))
"It's Not Cricket" – 2:35 "It's So Dirty" – 3:11 "The Knack" – 4:34 "Hop, Skip & Jump" – 2:46 "Up the Junction" – 3:12 "Hard to Find" – 3:37 "Slightly...
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the bands' British audience was confined to the more genteel upper classes. British bands such as Badfinger and The Sweet, and US band the Raspberries...
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albums before disbanding. The band included brothers Paul Gurvitz and Adrian Gurvitz. Evolving from the Ilford-based band, The Knack, which included guitarist/vocalist...
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were labeled "The Best New Band in Britain" by Melody Maker in 1992, attracting significant attention from the British music press. The following year...
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Mike Chapman (category Use British English from May 2013)
identified with the "Chinnichap" brand. He later produced breakthrough albums for Blondie and the Knack. Chapman received a Medal of the Order of Australia...
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Northern Irish rock band currently based in Belfast and led by Orláith Forsythe and Mollie McGinn. Formally formed in 2018, the band have written and produced...
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best known for starting the career of Doug Fieger, who would later find success as the frontman and singer of The Knack. The group was formed as their...
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band. Chad Salter joined as a second guitarist and appeared on the band's 1987 debut Pain of Mind and then Steve Von Till replaced him in 1989. The following...
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Pat Torpey (category The David Lee Roth Band members)
with the Knack, Torpey was noticed by Billy Sheehan and Paul Gilbert, who were looking for a drummer for a new band. "I loved playing with the Knack but...
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The Rock Band series of music video games supports downloadable songs for the Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and Wii versions through...
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Arctic Monkeys (redirect from Arctic Monkeys (band))
Brit Awards; winning Best British Group and British Album of the Year three times, becoming the first band to ever "do the double"—that is, win in both...
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Crowded House (redirect from The Mullanes)
number 4 in the UK. "Locked Out" was the album's first US single and received airplay on MTV and VH1. This track and "My Sharona" by The Knack, which were...
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Power pop (category British styles of music)
to the genre's biggest hit, "My Sharona" (the Knack, 1979), record companies generally stopped signing power pop groups, and most of the 1970s bands broke...
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members of the bands Industrials (CBS Int'l), WWIII and Population 5, which included bassist Prescott Niles (The Knack) and drummer Matt Sorum (The Cult, Guns...
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Deathmetal (EP) (category EPs by British artists)
is the debut EP of British indie rock band Panchiko. Considered a pre-eminent example of "lostwave", it was recorded and self-released by the band between...
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Brian May (redirect from Brian May (band))
in 2018, the band received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. May was appointed a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)...
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(1965) The Early Bird (1965) Every Day's a Holiday (1965) Gonks Go Beat (1965) Help! (1965) The Intelligence Men (1965) Joey Boy (1965) The Knack ...and...
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Keith Moon (redirect from The Beachcombers (band))
was an English musician who was the drummer for the rock band the Who. Regarded as one of the greatest drummers in the history of rock music, he was noted...
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influential rock bands of the 1960s. The band emerged during the height of British rhythm and blues and Merseybeat, and were briefly part of the British Invasion...
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opened for The J. Geils Band, The Knack, Thin Lizzy, Bob Marley and the Average White Band. The band toured with After the Fire, and supported The Who on...
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Henry's Dress. The Aislers Set's music is often interpreted as adjacent to C86-style British indie pop but the band's style transcends genres. The founding...
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Richard Lester (category American expatriates in the United Kingdom)
director include The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1959), The Knack ...and How to Get It (1965), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)...
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