Greg Kihn
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Greg Kihn (born July 10, 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a U.S. pop musician. He is of Polish descent. He is the front man for the Greg Kihn Band, who are perhaps best known for their hit single Jeopardy. Other popular songs include "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" and "Lucky." "Jeopardy" later served as the basis for a parody ("I Lost on Jeopardy") by Weird Al Yankovic. Beginning in 1976, The Greg Kihn Band put out several albums on the Beserkley Records label. Their most popular album was 1983's "Kihnspiracy", which reached the top 20 of the Billboard Album Chart. Many of the band's albums contained puns on the name "Kihn" within their titles.
Since 2001, the Greg Kihn Band has been one of the opening acts at the annual Kihncert, which is organized by San Jose, California radio station KUFX-FM (promotional name 98.5 K-Fox), where Kihn is the morning DJ. His son Ry Kihn (named for guitarist Ry Cooder) sometimes plays with his dad's band, as well as a band of his own, Big Fun USA.
Kihn has also written four novels, Horrow Show, Shade of Pale, Mojo Hand, and Big Rock Beat, and released a collection of short stories by himself, and other well known rock musicians, named Carved In Rock: Short Stories By Musicians. Contributors include Ray Manzarek of The Doors, Pete Townshend of The Who, Joan Jett, and Ray Davies of The Kinks.
He recently recovered from a surgery performed on his back, and was back to work at KFOX on 08/09/06.
He continues to claim that he has a "new" live album coming out soon through Sony Records. Originally he stated that the "best of kihncert" album would be released in August but as of December 2006 the album has not seen any sort of release.
Kihn loves Corvettes and bought one in early December 2006. It is a popular topic on his morning show.
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[edit] Albums
- Greg Kihn (1976) #?? US
- Greg Kihn Again (1977) #?? US
- Next Of Kihn (1978) #145 US
- With The Naked Eye (1979) #115 US
- Glass House Rock (1980) #167 US
- Rockihnroll (1981) #32 US
- Kihntinued (1982) #32 US
- Kihnspiracy (1983) #15 US
- Kihntagious (1984) #121 US
- Citizen Kihn (1985) #51 US
- Love And Rock And Roll (1986) #?? US
[edit] Singles
- "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" (1981) #15 US
- "Jeopardy" (1983) #2 US, #63 UK
- "Love Never Fails" (1983) #59 US
- "Lucky" (1985) #30 US
- "Love and Rock and Roll" (1986) #92 US
[edit] See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
[edit] External links
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