June 17, 2024: 7pm ET: Feature LP: The Knack – Get The Knack (1979)

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Get the Knack is the debut album by American rock band The Knack, released June 11, 1979. At the time, the album was one of the most successful debuts in history, selling over one million copies in less than two months and spending five weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart.

The lead single from the album, “My Sharona”, was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks and number one on Billboard’s Top Pop Singles of 1979 year end chart. The follow-up single, “Good Girls Don’t,” reached number 11 on the Hot 100 and followed “My Sharona” to number one on the Canadian Singles Chart.

“Let Me Out” – 2:20
“Your Number or Your Name” – 2:57
“Oh Tara” – 3:04
“(She’s So) Selfish” – 4:30
“Maybe Tonight” – 4:00
“Good Girls Don’t” – 3:07
“My Sharona” – 4:52
“Heartbeat” – 2:11
“Siamese Twins (The Monkey and Me)” – 3:25
“Lucinda” – 4:00
“That’s What the Little Girls Do” – 2:41
“Frustrated” – 3:51

Doug Fieger – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Berton Averre – lead guitar
Prescott Niles – bass
Bruce Gary – drums

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