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Was Prince's 'Little Red Corvette' a '64 Mercury Montclair?
“Little Red Corvette” became Prince’s first song to crack the Top 10 pop chart at No. 6 in 1983. It reached No. 28 hit on the R&B chart. The song uses car metaphors to describe a one-night stand with a woman. Dez Dickerson and Lisa Coleman performed backing vocals.

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Mar 52 min read


The 'Cold War Situation' That Inspired 'I Want to Know What Love Is' by Foreigner'
Guitarist Mick Jones wrote Foreigner’s “I Want to Know What Love Is,” a №1 hit in 1985.
“I always worked late at night, when everybody left and the phone stopped ringing,” Jones recalled in Classic Rock.

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Feb 132 min read

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