Local Musician John Faye Of The Caulfields Releases Memoir

In this video, I talk with John Faye, a musician raised in Delaware who just wrote a memoir called The Yin and Yang of it all.

John Faye is one of the artists who got a record deal during the Street Beat years. Street Beat was WMMR’s original local music show hosted by me, Cyndy Drue from 1986-1996.  I played John Faye’s music on that show the first year, 1986 when he was in the Beat Clinic. By the last year of the show, 1996, he was touring the world with the Caulfields who were signed to A+M records in 1995.

If you’re not familiar with his music, check out The Caulfields “Devil’s Diary” to recall his big hit. John is also known for a song he wrote with his band Ike called “Into Philadelphia”. That song was played heavily on WMMR and was part of Jaxon’s Local Shot CD in 2011.

Come celebrate the release of John’s memoir at:

Ardmore Rock Hall
23 E Lancaster Ave, Ardmore, Pa
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Doors: 7:00PM Show: 7:30PM
Tickets here

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At last, our hometown heroes, The Hooters, hit it big! The band's major label debut was also their biggest seller, still in the top 10 almost a year after it was released. This week, Nervous Night is #10.

Robert Palmer achieved his biggest success with this, his eighth studio album called Riptide. Much of that success came from the iconic video to this song, "Addicted To Love." Riptide was #9 on April 13, 1986.

The third solo album by Phil Collins cemented him as both a group and solo rock star.  In fact, No Jacket Required has sold more than any album by Genesis, going "diamond" for over 10 million copies sold.  On this week's countdown, the album is #8.

It was a very different sound for Van Halen - the Van Hagar era began with the band's sixth album, 5150. On its way to becoming their first #1 album, it was #7 on April 13, 1986.

Speaking of a band with a different sound, Starship was the latest name change for the legendary Bay Area band, the result of a lawsuit prohibiting any member of the Jefferson Starship or Airplane from using "Jefferson" in their name.  That is, unless the band contained the original members.  The debut album by this version of the group peaked here at #6, but gave the band their first #1 single.

When INXS were finishing their sixth album, their producer Chris Thomas, who'd worked on albums by the Beatles, Sex Pistols and Pretenders, told them there wasn't a hit single on there, and they needed to write and record one in the next few days, when the studio time ended, talk about pressure, but they delivered with their biggest chart hit ever, "What You Need." It's off of the #5 rock album on the countdown, Listen Like Thieves.

What album holds the distinction of being the first one to sell a million copies in the CD format?  It's this one, Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits, the #4 rock album on April 13, 1986, almost a year after it came out.

Right up to the last minute, Ozzy Osbourne's fourth album was going to be called Killer Of Giants.  Just as the record was about to be pressed, he changed it to The Ultimate Sin.  It's the #3 rock album this week on MGK's Thursday Top 10 Countdown.

John Mellencamp has said the album on which he felt he really started to come into his own as a songwriter was this one, his eighth album called Scarecrow.  It peaked here at #2 on April 13, 1986.

At the top of the chart is the eighth studio album by this Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame band, and their first on a new label.  In addition, they took a more mainstream approach to their songs, and it yielded big results, giving them their biggest selling and highest charting album of the Wilson sisters' careers.  #1 on April 13, 1986 was Heart by Heart.