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The song was written by lead singer and rhythm guitarist Ric Ocasek and sung by bassist Benjamin Orr. "Just What I Needed" was released as the band's first single in 1978, reaching number 27 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and charting in several other countries.
Veteran radio and film actor Ben Alexander took over the role of jovial, burly Officer Frank Smith. Alexander was popular and remained a cast member until the show's cancellation in 1959. In 1954, a full-length feature-film adaptation of the series was released, starring Webb, Alexander, and Richard Boone.
This is the second consecutive Ocasek album to derive its title from an indirect poetry reference. In this case, This Side of Paradise shares its title with 1920 debut novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald, which in turn took its title from a line of the Rupert Brooke poem "Tiare Tahiti".
Shake It Up is the fourth studio album by American new wave band the Cars, released on November 6, 1981, by Elektra Records. It was the last Cars record to be produced by Roy Thomas Baker. A much more pop -oriented album than its predecessor, its title-track became the band's first top ten single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Spin magazine included it on their "50 Best Albums of 1981" list. [1]
Singers and musicians who have performed as part of Voices of Classic Rock include: Mike Reno, singer with Loverboy [1] Bobby Kimball, singer with Toto [1] John Cafferty, singer with John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band [1] Joe Lynn Turner, singer with Rainbow and Deep Purple [3] Benjamin Orr, singer and bassist of The Cars [4] Pat Travers, singer and multi-instrumentalist [5] Glenn Hughes ...
" I'm Not the One " is a song by the American rock band the Cars, from their fourth album, Shake It Up. It features Ric Ocasek on lead vocals, Benjamin Orr singing the 'you know why' phrase, and the whole group repeating "going round and round" as backing vocals throughout the song. [1]
Formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1976, the Cars consisted of Ric Ocasek, Benjamin Orr, Elliot Easton, David Robinson, and Greg Hawkes, all of whom had been in and out of multiple bands throughout the 1970s. [3] After becoming a club staple, the band recorded a number of demos in early 1977. Some of these songs later appeared in completed form on The Cars, such as "Just What I Needed" and "My ...
Panorama is the third studio album by American new wave band the Cars, released on August 15, 1980, by Elektra Records. Like its predecessors, it was produced by Roy Thomas Baker and released on Elektra Records.