Posted on 03/22/2017 9:58:14 AM PDT by simpson96
Lame video, great song.
Thankfully, you can't see ringtones.
I loved that song......
Jus sum jagoff from da Burgh n’at.
Live in 2010: he was 67. :) It kicks in around 4:00 minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0DoIawk2-U
Donnie Iris (born Dominic Ierace on February 28, 1943) is an American rock musician known for his work with the Jaggerz and Wild Cherry during the 1970s, and for his solo career beginning in the 1980s with his band, the Cruisers. He wrote the # 2 Billboard hit, “The Rapper”, with the Jaggerz in 1970 and was a member of Wild Cherry after the group had a #1 hit with “Play That Funky Music.” He also achieved fame as a solo artist in the early 1980s with the # 29 hit “Ah! Leah!” and the # 37 hit “Love Is Like a Rock.”
In addition to performing on the first three Jaggerz albums and the fourth and final Wild Cherry album, Iris with his solo band has released eleven studio albums, one EP, two live albums, and two compilation albums. He continues to release new material and tours throughout the greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Youngstown and Cleveland, Ohio areas.
Wikipedia
Song is said to hold the record for most overdubs ( 80 ) in a song.
Another Iris hit, “My Girl”
From John Eddie’s “Downtown” parody:
Go see the Penguins, the Buccos or
the Donnie Iris show—dahntahn
Thanks, I had forgotten this one. Now I can add it to Spotify 80’s playlist.
Thank you. I remember seeing a link years ago saying it was Joanna Lumley, but I don’t think it is her. I had not heard that it was Bebe Buell, but I agree it doesn’t look like her either.
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