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San Francisco, United States (early 80's – 1989)

Night Ranger is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California in the early 80’s. A band that epitomized the mega-selling, big hair, soft metal sound, Night Ranger took a break at the end of that decade but reunited in 1996 and they continue to perform in various guises. Night Ranger had a string of best-selling albums with sales of more than 16 million copies fuelled by multiple hit singles—particularly their first hit, “

Sister Christian”.

The band started when Jack Blades (bass/lead vocals), Jeff Watson (guitarist/singer), Brad Gillis (guitarist/singer), and Kelly Keagy(drummer/lead singer) joined forces in San Francisco in the early ‘80s with keyboardist Alan Fitzgerald (Sammy Hagar, Montrose) to launch Night Ranger. The group drew the attention of legendary promoter Bill Graham and was soon appearing in concert with major artists such as the Doobie Brothers, Santana, Rick Springfield, and Judas Priest.

In 1982, Neil Bogart signed the band to Boardwalk Records and the group debuted with the Top 40 album Dawn Patrol, whose single “

Don’t Tell Me You Love Me” also went Top 40.

Later that year, the band found a new home with Camel/MCA. In 1983, Night Ranger released a multi-platinum, Top 20 album, Midnight Madness. This yielded the top #5 single “

Sister Christian”, the Top 40 “

When You Close Your Eyes” and “

(You Can Still) Rock In America,” its raucous crowd pleasing concert closer. The band’s visual appeal also made Night Ranger a staple of the world-changing phenomenon called MTV.

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1	Sister Christian full track	2,310
2	Don't Tell Me You Love Me full track	528
3	When You Close Your Eyes full track	434
4	Goodbye full track	342
5	Sentimental Street full track	295
6	(You Can Still) Rock In America full track	270
7	Sing Me Away full track	220
8	Rumours In The Air full track	157
9	Four In The Morning full track	133
10	This Boy Needs to Rock full track	92
11	Eddie's Comin' Out Tonight full track	56
12	Seven Wishes full track	44
13	Restless Kind full track	42
14	Let Him Run full track	41
15	Touch Of Madness full track	40

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booktic wrote:
5 hours ago

what a song of Night Ranger was in Simpsons cartoon where Homer Bart were singing it?

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Deathriderdoom wrote:
12 hours ago

the best AOR band ever. majestic, skillful rock

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Thradar wrote:
July 2009

Don't Tell Me You Love Me was the first video I saw on MTV the first time I saw the channel back in 1982 at a friends house. Ah, the memories...when MTV didn't suck total ass.

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Raizor wrote:
July 2009

Just saw Night Ranger at a local state fair. They killed the show, it was fantastic!

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furiousn wrote:
July 2009

MLNORONEEEN

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Jetboyjames wrote:
June 2009

Eddies comin out tonight <3

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petergermany wrote:
May 2009

hallo

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coanta wrote:
May 2009

good!

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Yoknapatawpha1 wrote:
April 2009

g45tar!

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zeppy111 wrote:
April 2009

Sentimental street is a banger of a song. Love it!

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scoobypmac wrote:
April 2009

8 finger tapping from Jeff Watson a long time before most guitarists were doing it! Loved the guitar-offs between Brad Gillis and Jeff :) Great AOR songs too.

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justinainsworth wrote:
March 2009

MOTORIN'

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Headbanger62695 wrote:
March 2009

sister christian is awesome! im not a big fan of the band but th song is rly gud

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FeusController wrote:
March 2009

Love their Seven Wishes & Big Life albums

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whyamixxDEAD wrote:
February 2009

sister christian<33

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H4L0 wrote:
February 2009

How to know if you're under the influence of illegal substances: You genuinely enjoy Night Ranger.

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budford1973 wrote:
February 2009

I think it's awesome that Reb Beach from Winger played with them!!!

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ashitawahareru wrote:
February 2009

motoring...i always wondered what they were saying...

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ForkTong wrote:
February 2009

Chris_Simpson: look for the album "Midnight Madness" on iTunes. Should be there.

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glammyboy wrote:
January 2009

YOU CAN STILL ROCK IN ALL THE WORLD

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