Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
"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 ]
The song even dented the British Pop charts, rising to number 52. The video for "The Stroke" — as most of the music videos from both Don't Say No and its follow-up, Emotions In Motion — is a straight-ahead performance piece, featuring Squier on an arena stage.
"Slowly" is a 1954 song by Webb Pierce, written by Pierce and Nashville songwriter Tommy Hill (brother of singer Goldie Hill). Background.
Billy Amick's walk-up song is “The Stroke” by Billy Squier, which has turned into a fan-involved moment at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Billy Amick's walk-up song is “The Stroke” by Billy ...
Forrest "Bud" Isaacs (1928–2016) [1] was an American steel guitarist who made country music history in 1954 as the first person to play pedal steel guitar on a hit record. He is known for his playing his innovative technique on Webb Pierce's 1954 recording of a song called "Slowly" which became a major hit for Pierce and was one of the most-played country songs of 1954.
The AOL.com video experience serves up the best video content from AOL and around the web, curating informative and entertaining snackable videos.
After Get Behind Me Satan, [7] Icky Thump marks a return to the punk, garage rock and blues influences for which the band is known. [8] Additionally, the album introduces Scottish folk music , avant-garde , trumpet , and bagpipes into the formula, whilst simultaneously reintroducing older characteristics such as the first studio recording of ...
"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 ...