Jon Bon Jovi

..."Not on your life!" However, fans will hear "Runaway," recorded at the Power Plant in 1983; it won Bon Jovi a best-unsigned-band contest sponsored by a New York radio station, which led to a record contract with Mercury. Released in 1984, the...

In this article: Have a Nice Day, Wanted Dead or Alive, Meco, Billboard, It's My Life, Who Says You Can't Go Home, Runaway, Wembley Stadium, and MCI Center

...on The Way International's High Country Caravan. The early 1990's saw Falcon signing a deal with Mercury Records after fan Jon Bon Jovi contacted Falcon about working together. Pretty Blue World, released in 1991, produced Falcon's...

In this article: Billy Falcon, Nashville, Made Man, Power Windows, Cher, Stevie Nicks, Richie Sambora, Sherrie Austin, and Manfred Mann's Earth Band

...around New York. Jon signed to Mercury Records, part of the PolyGram company. Jon Bon Jovi wanted a group name and the A&R staff at PolyGram came up with Bon Jovi. In March 1983 Bon Jovi called David Bryan (then Rashbaum), who in turn called...

In this article: Runaway, Tony Bongiovi, Dave Sabo, She Don't Know Me, Richie Sambora, Roy Bittan, and Tico Torres

...became a hit on the charts. Along the way, Mercury gave Jon a recording contract in 1983, and to promote Runaway, Jon called up Richie Sambora, David Bryan, Tico Torres and Alec John Such and formed a band. John later found a man called...

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...who was also to play ganjo on the song. After Jon Bon Jovi decided that Urban's voice was too similar to his own, he asked a representative of Mercury Records to recommend a female duet partner. The music video for the country version...

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...Records in Europe. It sold several million copies due to a combination of their breakthrough single Nobody's Fool, MTV airplay, and an opening slot on labelmates Bon Jovi's tour, in support of their album Slippery When Wet. The album peaked...

In this article: Night Songs, Nobody's Fool, MTV, Slippery When Wet, Cinderella, Somebody Save Me, Shake Me, Vertigo Records, and Mercury Records

Crush (Bon Jovi album) Crush is Bon Jovi's seventh studio album, released on June 13, 2000 through Island /Mercury . It was their first studio album since These Days '' was released in 1995. The album produced by Luke Ebbin, Jon Bon Jovi and...

In this article: Crush, It's My Life, Bruce Fairbairn, Keep the Faith, Real Life, One Wild Night, Grammy Award, Luke Ebbin, and Richie Sambora

Keep the Faith Keep the Faith is the fifth studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on November 3, 1992 by Mercury Records. Keep The Faith represents "the beginning of a new chapter in the history of Bon Jovi". The album turned...

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Bounce (album) Bounce is the eighth studio album by American hard rock band Bon Jovi, released on October 8, 2002 on Island /Mercury . Produced by Luke Ebbin, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, the album was recorded at Sanctuary II Studio in...

In this article: Bounce, Richie Sambora, Open All Night, Everyday, Bill Belichick, Andreas Carlsson, Ally McBeal, and United States