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The band's second album, Candy-O, was released in June 1979 and eclipsed the success of The Cars, peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 album chart, 15 spots higher than the debut album. Featuring a cover created by the famed Playboy artist Alberto Vargas , the album featured the band's first top-20 single " Let's Go ".
Ocasek was the oldest member of the band. After splitting writing duty with Orr in the 1970s, Ocasek became the principal songwriter of the band, and wrote nearly all of the Cars' material, sharing credit on only a few songs with bandmate Greg Hawkes as co-writer. In 2010, Ocasek reunited with the surviving original members of the Cars to ...
He also played in a band called Richard and the Rabbits, which included future Cars bandmates Ric Ocasek and Benjamin Orr. [3] He was the last member to join the Cars. [4] Hawkes was also in the New Cars with original Cars member Elliot Easton, along with vocalist/guitarist Todd Rundgren, bassist Kasim Sulton, and drummer Prairie Prince.
Benjamin Orr (born Benjamin Orzechowski, September 8, 1947 – October 3, 2000) was an American musician.He was best known as the bassist, co-lead vocalist, and co-founder of the band the Cars.
A devastating plane crash has claimed the lives of three members of the popular gospel group The Nelons. On Friday, Jason Clark and his wife, Kelly Nelon Clark, were traveling to their annual ...
It was inducted into the Gospel Music Association’s Hall of Fame in 2016, and nominated for a best Southern Gospel album Grammy for the record Let The Redeemed Say So in 1990.
The Cars were an American rock band who recorded 89 songs during their career, of which included 86 originals and 3 covers.Emerging from the new wave scene in the late 1970s, the group consisted of singer, rhythm guitarist, and songwriter Ric Ocasek, bassist and singer Benjamin Orr, lead guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes, and drummer David Robinson.
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