Her next release, "Notorious" (which featured The Replacements' Paul Westerberg) was the last with Sony/CBS as Jett switched to Warner Brothers.
In the 19 90s, Jett and Laguna released "Flashback", a compilation of her career so far on their own Blackheart Records. But radio had started looking to grunge by this time, and neither album got the attention they deserved.
#JOAN JETT PAT BENATAR SERIES#
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts became the first rock band to perform a series of shows at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Broadway, breaking the record at the time for the fastest ticket sell-out ever.ġ9 had two more releases, "Notorious" and "Pure & Simple". Follow-up album "The Hit List", an all-cover songs release, spawned only a minor hit with Jett's version of AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds". This return to the spotlight would be short-lived, however. This album brought the band a resurgence in popularity, with top 10 singles "I Hate Myself for Loving You" and "Little Liar". Popular songwriter/producer Desmond Child was brought in, resulting in the release of album "Up Your Alley". Her next release, Up Your Alley, went multi-platinum and was followed by "The Hit List", which was an international hit. This label decided the band had to either take in outside help or they would lose their contract.Īnd so they did. The album only spawned two minor singles which received little airplay. Later that year, Jett released "Good Music", which featured appearances by The Beach Boys, The Sugarhill Gang and singer Darlene Love. They were soon replaced by the powerful rhythm section of Thommy Price and Kasim Sulton. It was about this time that Ryan and Crystal left the Blackhearts.
#JOAN JETT PAT BENATAR MOVIE#
Despite the follow-up albums "Album" and "Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth" being praised by her devout fans, neither got the attention or radio play the first two albums received.Īfter receiving her own MTV New Year's Eve special, Jett beat out a number of contenders to appear in the movie Light of Day with Michael J. She was among the first English-speaking rock acts to appear in Panama and the Dominican Republic.įorced label changes in the 80's led to a decline in popularity. Jett was the second American act of any kind to perform behind the Iron Curtain, the first one being Blood, Sweat & Tears in Romania in 1969.
Joan Jett had come back from nowhere.Ī string of Top 40 hits followed, as well as sellout tours with The Police, Queen, and Aerosmith, among others. The album's impact on the music scene was immediate with the LP reaching the Top Five, while the single "I Love Rock'n'Roll" hit the very top of the Billboard's Charts on Maand stayed #1 for 7 weeks. The album included a version of "Little Drummer Boy" on the pre-Christmas editions. After almost a year of touring, Joan's first album with The Blackhearts, entitled I Love Rock'N'Roll came out in December of 1981. Shortly after that, with Kenny's assistance, Joan formed the backing group "The Blackhearts" with three obscure New York area musicians: Gary Ryan on bass, Eric Ambel (replaced shortly thereafter by Rick Byrd) on guitar and Lee Crystal on drums. Jett soon released her self-titled debut. After The Runaways split in 1979, Jett pursued a solo career to explore the same aggressive punk style and met Kenny Laguna. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts are an American rock band led by artist Joan Jett.
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