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Bon Jovi was and is a local Jersey band through and through, the product of long-term musical interests and experience on the part of its five '80s-heyday members. Bon Jovi and Bryan played in local bands during the '70s, but the band didn’t actually come together until 1983, when the music industry family connections of the former helped him record a demo of what would become the group’s first hit song, “Runaway”. Soon Bon Jovi’s core lineup would unite and sign a major-label record contract.
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Bon Jovi waited more than a dozen years before making a serious run at the country charts. Last year, his band became the first rock group to top Billboard magazine's country singles chart, teaming with Jennifer Nettles of country duo Sugarland for Who Says You Can't Go Home. Emboldened by that surprise success, the group went to Nashville to cut a new album —Lost Highway, out Tuesday — with arrangements that borrow from modern country and guests that include LeAnn Rimes and Big & Rich.
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Bon Jovi's second album "7800° Fahrenheit" had only moderate success. In 1986 the third album "Slippery When Wet" was released. It brought the worldwide breakthrough with international hits including "Livin' On A Prayer", "You Give Love A Bad Name" and "Wanted Dead Or Alive". Significantly involved in this success was Desmond Child, who wrote many of the songs. "Slippery When Wet" has sold over 26'000'000 copies since its release in late 1986. The following Slippery When Wet Tour let become the band even more famous in Europe and North America.
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With the help of their new manager Doc McGhee, the band's debut album, Bon Jovi, was released on January 21, 1984. The album went gold in the U.S. (sales of over 500,000)
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Following the Bounce Tour, which wrapped up in August 2003, Bon Jovi embarked on what would become a unique and ambitious project. Originally intending to produce an album consisting of live acoustic performances of various songs, the band ended up rewriting, re-recording and reinventing 12 of their biggest hits in a new and much different light. This Left Feels Right was released in November 2003, with the title referring to the "left turn" of sorts that the band took in redoing the songs heard on this record.
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