THE J. GEILS BAND Paid Their Dues For 14 Years, Landed A #1 Hit, Then Vanished; PROFESSOR OF ROCK Investigates (Video)
October 27, 2022, a year ago
Professor Of Rock has released the video below, along with the following message:
"After more than a decade of paying their dues on the road, nine studio albums of mixed success, and eleven singles that mostly struggled on the Hot 100, The J. Geils Band was way overdue for their big break. As luck would have it, they entered the 80s just as a new sound was storming the airwaves, they finally figured out what listeners were looking for. Led by a semi-risqué #1 hit, 'Centerfold', about the singer finding out his once girlfriend is posing in a magazine, this song punctuated with some of the catchiest pop hooks known to the 80s, enabling this band to finally break through years after battling it out on the charts. They paid their dues for 14 years. They ruled 1982 with 'Centerfold' going to #1 for 6 weeks and the title track, 'Freeze Frame' going to #4, then they pretty much vanished. It was so popular, I sang it in church as a 7-year old kid and got in huge trouble. The story of the song is next on the Professor Of Rock."
