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Dave Bickler's career began in 1968 as one of two lead singers and a musician in the early 1970s American rock group Jamestown Massacre. The group's single "Summer Sun" was a Billboard Hot 100 and Easy Listening chart entry in the summer of 1972.
Survivor was an American rock band formed in Chicago in 1978 by Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan. The band achieved commercial success in the 1980s. with five top ten singles in the United States. The band is best known for their 1982 hit "Eye of the Tiger", the theme song for the film Rocky III which spent six weeks at number one in the US. [1]
James Michael Peterik (/ ˈ p iː t ə r ɪ k / PEE-tə-rik; [1] born November 11, 1950) [2] is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the founder of the rock band Survivor, as vocalist and guitarist in The Ides of March, and as co-writer of the anthem "Eye of the Tiger", the theme from the 1982 film Rocky III.
The music world and fans are mourning the death of Jimi Jamison. The lead singer of the 1980s rock band Survivor passed away on August 31st of a heart attack at his home in Memphis, Tennessee.
The lead singer of the 1980s rock band Survivor passed away on August 31st of a heart attack at his home in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 63 years old. Jamison joined Survivor in.
Jimmy Wayne Jamison (August 23, 1951 – September 1, 2014) [1] was an American singer. Best known as Jimi Jamison, he earned recognition as the frontman for the rock bands Target, Cobra, and Survivor from 1984 to 1989, performing the songs "Burning Heart" from the film Rocky IV, "The Moment of Truth" from The Karate Kid, along with other top-20 Survivor hits "I Can't Hold Back", "High On You ...
Survivor recorded a demo at the Chicago Recording Company on February 1, 1982. [5] [6] Sullivan was so destitute that he used a guitar with a broken headstock he glued back together. [4] The band attempted to capture a drum sound similar to that of the Led Zeppelin drummer, John Bonham. [5] Stallone loved the demo and insisted on using it in ...
"I Can't Hold Back" is a 1984 song recorded by the rock band Survivor. It was the first hit single from album Vital Signs (their first album with vocalist Jimi Jamison). The song reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #14 on the Cash Box Top 100. It also returned the band to #1 for three weeks on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart. [2]