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Joan Jett and the Blackhearts are an American rock band led by Joan Jett.
After The Runaways split in 1979, Jett pursued solo career and met Kenny Laguna and soon released her self-titled debut.
Shortly after that, with Kenny’s assistance, Joan formed The Blackhearts with three obscure New York area musicians: Gary Ryan on bass, Eric Abel (replaced shortly thereafter by Rick Byrd) on guitar and Lee Crystal on drums. 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. The album included a version of “Little Drummer Boy” on the pre-Christmas editions. 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 March 20, 1982 and stayed #1 for 7 weeks. Joan Jett had come back from nowhere.
A string of Top 40 hits followed, as well as sellout tours with The Police, Queen, and Aerosmith, among others. 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. She was among the first English-speaking rock acts to appear in Panama and the Dominican Republic.
Forced label changes in the 80’s led to a decline in popularity. 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.
After The Runaways split in 1979, Jett pursued solo career and met Kenny Laguna and soon released her self-titled debut.
Shortly after that, with Kenny’s assistance, Joan formed The Blackhearts with three obscure New York area musicians: Gary Ryan on bass, Eric Abel (replaced shortly thereafter by Rick Byrd) on guitar and Lee Crystal on drums. 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. The album included a version of “Little Drummer Boy” on the pre-Christmas editions. 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 March 20, 1982 and stayed #1 for 7 weeks. Joan Jett had come back from nowhere.
A string of Top 40 hits followed, as well as sellout tours with The Police, Queen, and Aerosmith, among others. 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. She was among the first English-speaking rock acts to appear in Panama and the Dominican Republic.
Forced label changes in the 80’s led to a decline in popularity. 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.
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i love her
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Ihatepunks wrote:
the best.
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lauramonteiro wrote:
Amazing :]
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Grasy182 wrote:
Crimson and Clover is the best ever!
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AnaCarolinaL wrote:
i love them! Joan Jett is the best.
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jayakiran wrote:
beside her, big boys look like prepubescent teens.
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marcelopes888 wrote:
awesome
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DonnieSTFU wrote:
She's still looking gorgeous.
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Gabiihswan wrote:
amooo joan jett linda .........
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intheskywd68 wrote:
@SomaBaby: I started with "Fit to be Tied." Even though it's a compilation album, it flowed quite well, and I thoroughly enjoyed it :)
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SomaBaby wrote:
What album should I start with?
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Guitar_Grrrl25 wrote:
: D Ive been a huge Joan Jett fan for quite a while now shes definitely my favourite artist :) I love all of her songs and have a feeling the Runaways movie is going to be quite good :)
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fonziivrtx wrote:
YOU ARE MY FETISHH!!!! <3 I LOVE THAT SONG
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davamaba wrote:
i love joan. she is awesome
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turnback wrote:
"Doin' all I can... My temperature is runnin' high! "
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Amelie1st wrote:
Joan Jett rocks!
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barros13 wrote:
Joan é a melhor ; não há ninguém como ela
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Fuckin_world wrote:
I Love Rock 'N Roll!!!!!!!!!!!))))))))))
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CloudsInsanity wrote:
so underrated.[2] Agree! She's amazing! My idol <3
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