Bon Jovi’s ‘I’ll Be There For You’ Topped Billboard’s Hot 100 28 Years Ago
In 1989 Bon Jovi was on top the world. There was one hit in particular that earned them two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100‘s top spot. The classic rock ballad, “I’ll Be There For You,” ruled the charts for a couple of weeks before being taken over by Paula Abdul. I’ll be there for you These five words I swear to you When you breathe I want to be the air for you I’ll be there for you I’d live...
First Concert Reflections: Bon Jovi 1986
As I write this, I am looking at an orange, tattered, thirty-year-old slip of paper: the ticket stub to my first concert. First Concert Reflections: Bon Jovi 1986 The barely legible words on the ticket tell the tale. The date: December 27, 1986. The place: The Centrum in Worcester, MA. The price: $12.50. (No kidding!!) And the act? Bon Jovi! I became a Bon Jovi fan by osmosis. In 1986, I was driven to school by my friend...
‘Tis the Season to Be Jovi: The Bon Jovi Christmas Experience
Thirty years ago, in 1986, Bon Jovi officially made the jump to hyperspace with its album Slippery When Wet. The thing is, though, Slippery When Wet wasn’t Bon Jovi’s first album; it was its third. The band’s self-titled first album was released two years earlier, in January 1984. And even THAT album wasn’t the first professional recording for lead singer Jon Bon Jovi. That distinction belongs to the song “R2D2, We Wish You a Merry...
Everybody Have Fun Tonight: Thirty Songs from the Fall of 1986
Brace yourself: Slippery When Wet is thirty years old. That’s right: the album that shot Bon Jovi into the superstar stratosphere– thanks in part to the number one hits “Livin’ on a Prayer” and “You Give Love a Bad Name”– was released three decades ago, in 1986. Back then, the guy who drove me to high school played his Slippery When Wet tape pretty much on continuous loop every morning....
Jon Bon Jovi Forms A Band — Today In History
Jon Bon Jovi began playing piano and guitar at the age of 13. At 16, Bon Jovi met David Bryan and formed a band called Atlantic City Expressway. Though still in his teens, Bon Jovi played in the band “John Bongiovi and the Wild Ones” playing local clubs throughout New Jersey. In 1980, Bon Jovi formed another band, The Rest, and opened up for popular New Jersey rock acts like Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. Bon...
