On This Day In Music: The Knack Take My Sherona To The Top
. Finally, Averre presented the riff to Doug Fieger, The Knack's other guitarist, as well as the band's singer and principal songwriter. Fieger liked it, but his search for lyrical inspiration initially eluded him. When inspiration did finally hit� it did so like a thunderbolt. Sharona Alperin was a 17-year-old high school bombshell when the 25-year-old Fieger was introduced to her by his then-girlfriend. Fieger went back to the apartment he and his girlfriend shared and wrote "My Sharona," in part, to woo Alperin. Fieger told Sound on Sound, "At the same time The Knack started, I met a little girl named Sharona, whom I fell in love with. When I would think about Sharona, Berton's riff came to mind. So, Berton and I got together and worked out a structure and a melody and the words." Alperin was indeed wooed by Fieger's musical charms, accompanying the band to the studio for the recording. The two would go on to date for four years and were even engaged to be married before eventually breaking up. But the real-life Sharona's inspiration was enough to push the tune into commercial heaven (her smokin' photo on the single cover didn't hurt sales either!). The song hit #1 in the U.S. on this date in 1979 and stayed there for five weeks. In 2008, when Billboard released its 100 All-Time Top Songs, "My Sharona" came in at #75. More here.. Gibson.com is an official news provider for antiMusic.com.
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