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Soundtrack Saturday Special Edition! Best Original Song 1983

Soundtrack Saturday Special Edition! Best Original Song 1983

Kelly Stitzel February 9, 2013 0

In this week's special Best Original Song edition of Soundtrack Saturday, Kelly revisits the nominees from the 55th Academy Awards

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The Matt ‘N’ Jeff Radio Hour, Episode 9: Jim Peterik

The Matt ‘N’ Jeff Radio Hour, Episode 9: Jim Peterik

Jeff Giles and Matt Wardlaw January 3, 2013 2

When you get an offer to speak with a guy like Jim Peterik, it’s an opportunity that you really sink your teeth into. As Jeff points out during our conversation, Peterik, whether he realized

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The Popdose Interview: Jimi Jamison of Survivor

The Popdose Interview: Jimi Jamison of Survivor

Matt Wardlaw December 18, 2012 3

In more than four decades in the music business, Jimi Jamison has worn quite a few different hats. While perhaps best known for his work with Chicago-based AOR rockers Survivor, his trademark vocals also

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Death by Power Ballad: Survivor, “Ever Since the World Began”

Death by Power Ballad: Survivor, “Ever Since the World Began”

Rob Smith September 19, 2011 3

Survivor's "Ever Since the World Began": The Ultimate Wedding Anthem? Rob Smith discusses in "Death by Power Ballad."

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CHART ATTACK!: 8/28/82

Jason Hare August 28, 2009 50

Survivor sends a thank-you note to Queen, Air Supply goes to Brooklyn, David Foster takes over Chicago and CSN inexplicably has a Top 10 hit -- it's all part of Jason Hare's latest edition

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Death by Power Ballad: Jim Peterik, “Above the Storm”

Rob Smith August 17, 2009 5

This is the final entry in our DbPB salute to Jim Peterik, and it is, I admit, an odd choice for a conclusion. “Above the Storm” is not Peterik’s best ballad; truth be told,

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Death by Power Ballad: Survivor, “You Know Who You Are”

Rob Smith July 20, 2009 0

If a new Survivor track is attached to a greatest hits compilation in the '90s, will anyone hear it? Read this week's Death by Power Ballad and find out

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Death by Power Ballad: Sunstorm, “Strength Over Time”

Rob Smith July 6, 2009 11

Our DbPB salute to Jim Peterik continues this week with “Strength Over Time,” by Sunstorm, a collective that’s not quite a band, and yet not quite not a band. Some explanation, of course, is

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Death by Power Ballad: Jimi Jamison, “As Is”

Rob Smith June 22, 2009 7

The next few DbPB installments will feature the work of a man who, to these ears, has contributed as much as if not more than any other artist to the power ballad arts and

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