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"The Stroke" is a song written and recorded by American rock artist Billy Squier. It was released in 1981 as the debut single from his 3× platinum album Don't Say No.. This was Squier's first single to chart (although "In the Dark" charted first at Album Rock), peaking at No. 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the Cash Box Top 100. [3]
Don't Say No is the second studio album by Billy Squier, released on April 13, 1981. It stands as Squier's biggest career album, including the hits "Lonely Is the Night", "In the Dark", "My Kinda Lover" and "The Stroke". The album hit the Top Five on the Billboard album chart and remained on the chart for over two years (111 weeks). [2]
For this album, Squier reworked his hit song "The Stroke" into an old-fashioned blues number, "Stroke Me Blues". The year 2001 marked the 20th anniversary of Don't Say No. In the same year, Squier embarked on a concert tour that was his first large one since the 1991 tour for Creatures of Habit.
Billy Amick's walk-up song is “The Stroke” by Billy Squier, which has turned into a fan-involved moment at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. ... Amick got the response he dreamed of with “The Stroke ...
Billy Squier discography; Studio albums: 9: Live albums: 2: ... "The Stroke" 17 3 5 7 Don't Say No "In the Dark" 35 7 — 22 "Lonely Is the Night" — 28 — —
"Berzerk" is a song by American rapper Eminem. The song, released on August 27, 2013, is the first single from Eminem's eighth studio album The Marshall Mathers LP 2.The song was produced by Rick Rubin and samples Billy Squier's "The Stroke", as well as the Beastie Boys' "Fight for Your Right", taken from their 1986 debut album Licensed to Ill, which Rubin had also produced, and Naughty by ...
Emotions in Motion is also Billy's second best selling album, after the previous year's triple platinum Don't Say No. The cover art was created for Squier by Andy Warhol . It was also the first of three consecutive albums from Squier to feature a guest appearance from one or more members of Queen – lead singer Freddie Mercury and drummer ...
John Sykes, a veteran hard-rock guitarist who was a member of Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy and the Tygers of Pan Tang, has died, according to a post on his official Facebook page. He had battled cancer ...