Rockin’ Thursday XX

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts are an American rock band led by artist Joan Jett. After The Runaways split in 1979, Jett pursued a solo career to explore the same aggressive punk style and met Kenny Laguna. Jett soon released her self-titled debut. Shortly after that, with Kenny’s assistance, Joan formed the backing group “The Blackhearts” with three obscure New York area musicians: Gary Ryan on bass, Eric Ambel (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 1981.1 

The song “I Love Rock ‘n Roll” was released in January 1982 and reached the No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard the same year. I hope you enjoy the video and have a great Rockin’ Thursday!

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – I Love Rock ‘n Roll
  1. https://thevogue.com/artists/joan-jett-and-the-blackhearts/#bio ↩︎

38 thoughts on “Rockin’ Thursday XX”

          1. Music has always been a passion, so that stuff tends to stick with me lol

            Fingers are improving. Swelling is down in spots, but they do still ache some, as I thought they might. Thank you for asking!

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  9. Oh my goodness…the memories…my punk hair and those old cars in the video. I remember, I remember. Hard to not head bang a little at my desk here, Edward. Thanks for the energy boost! 😎

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