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On April 22, 2013, at 6 am, after the last song played on Magic 100.1, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together By Taylor Swift, WJRZ-FM flipped back to their classic hits format carried from 2000 to 2009 as WJRZ 100.1: Jersey's Greatest Hits. The new station launched with "Here Comes the Sun" by the Beatles followed by "The Boys are Back in ...
New Jersey is the fourth studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on September 19, 1988, by Mercury Records. The album was produced by Bruce Fairbairn and recorded at Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada.
Another highly respected New Jersey folk artist is Meg Baird. John Gorka, a leader of the New Folk movement, was born in Edison. New Jersey folk singer and activist Catherine Moon has released several critically acclaimed independent albums. Atlantic City native and folk singer Jim Albertson sings songs that tell stories of South Jersey. The ...
An updated version of the Shirelles' first song, "I Met Him on a Sunday" entitled "I Met Him on a Sunday '66" The Shirelles on the cover of Cash Box, 15 April 1961 The group that later became the Shirelles was formed in 1957 by four teenage girls from Passaic, New Jersey, [2] under the name the Poquellos [3] (or Pequellos [4]).
The band toured the East Coast during the mid-1980s through the early 1990s, but performed most frequently at rock clubs in the New York and New Jersey area such as Stone Pony, Brighton Bar, The Limelight, Danceteria, CBGB, China Club, Kat Club, Fastlane, Court Tavern, the Melody, the Roxy, and the Green Parrot. [4] [5] [6] [7]
While incarcerated at Trenton State Prison in 1968, founding member Reginald Prophet Haynes began practicing doo-wop singing with other incarcerated people. In 1970, after members of the group were transferred to Rahway State Prison, they first performed as the Escorts at a prison talent show, where they caught the attention of Motown producer George Kerr.
In 2019, Babjak, along with his bandmates in the Smithereens, were inducted into the class of 2018 New Jersey Hall of Fame. [4] He has also been inducted into the White Castle "Cravers Hall of Fame" class of 2002 for his song "White Castle Blues." [5] Babjak was rated #8 in the Asbury Park Press’ list of The 17 Greatest N.J. Guitarists of All ...
The Jersey Syndicate Tour (also known as The Brotherhood on Tour and New Jersey: The Tour) was the fourth concert tour by American band Bon Jovi, that ran from 1988 to 1990. The massive, highly successful world tour was put on in support of the band's fourth studio album New Jersey (1988).