#8 - How do you have a hit song? (with Jim Peterik)
HIP To The Scene
English - December 16, 2021 18:24 - 37 minutes - 85.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMusic Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Jim Peterik is our guest today on HIP To The Scene to share his vast knowledge and answer the question: "How do you have a hit song?"
How many of today's hits will people still be singing in ten years? Or dare I say - half a century from now? It takes an extraordinary musician to write songs that remain in the popular imagination for decades. Jim Peterik is one of those rare songwriters, and even if you might not be familiar with the name, you certainly know the tunes. The music he's composed is as alive to audiences as the songs in the current Top 40. Along with his ability to pen a hit, Jim is a talented instrumentalist and a strong, soulful singer. He remains the frontman and the main creative force in The Ides Of March, an ambitious, horn-spiked rock band he co-founded in Chicago in the 1960s. Peterik's unerring ear for catchy pop-rock melody has kept him in the music industry for more than half a century: over the years, he's written for everybody from REO Speedwagon to Sammy Hagar. But he'll always be best known for his work with two of the best-loved mainstream groups of the 1980s: the classic Southern rock band .38 Special, and the inspirational, universally loved Survivor. Peterik had a hand in the composition of nearly all of the hit songs recorded by both groups, including "Wild-Eyed Southern Boys," "The Search Is Over," "I Can't Hold Back," and many other enduring radio favorites. Jim and I have known each other for many years, and I'm thrilled to have him as our guest on HIP To The Scene!
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Hosted by: Andy Gesner
Edited by: Tarana Parekh
Produced by: Molly Hudelson
Assistant producer: Rebecca Karaman
Music by: Kevin Walters