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unusual facts about The Knack



Ann Jellicoe

But it was the Royal Court's production of Jellicoe’s The Knack in 1962 that won her the most notoriety.

Baby Talks Dirty

"Baby Talks Dirty" is a 1980 Top 40 single written by Doug Fieger and Berton Averre from The Knack's second album, ...But the Little Girls Understand.

Billboard Top Hits: 1979

The track lineup includes six songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including the No. 1 song of 1979, "My Sharona" by The Knack.

Born to Laugh at Tornadoes

This album boasted an impressive array of guest vocalists, ranging from hard rocker Mitch Ryder (on "Bow Wow Wow Wow"), heavy metal shock rocker Ozzy Osbourne ("Shake Your Head"), pop band The Knack's lead vocalist Doug Fieger (on "Betrayal" and "Smile"), Marshall Crenshaw ("The Party Broke Up"), and torch song vocalist/songwriter Mel Tormé (lead vocal on the closing song "Zaz Turned Blue").

Can't Put a Price on Love

"Can't Put a Price on Love" is a 1980 song written by Doug Fieger and originally released by American pop group The Knack on their second album, ...But the Little Girls Understand.

Freak City Soundtrack

It was the last studio album the band would record before frontman Jim Ellison committed suicide in 1996, and was produced by Mike Chapman, who also produced breakthrough albums for Blondie and The Knack.

Peregrine Financial Group

On July 27 attorneys for the 1970s rock band The Knack sent a cease and desist letter to Wasendorf and his already shut Italian restaurant MyVerona in Cedar Falls, Iowa, demanding he stop using a recording of the band's smash hit "My Sharona" in the restaurant's advertising.


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David Strettle

Strettle is an aficionado of Football Manager, and sees himself as having the knack for "picking up players on the cheap and turning them into the new Rooney or Henry".

Doug Fieger

Before forming The Knack, Fieger played bass and sang lead in the group Sky, which was founded by producer Jimmy Miller (Rolling Stones, Traffic, Blind Faith), famous also for being the "Mr. Jimmy" in the Stones "You Can't Always Get What You Want", while Fieger was still in high school.

Forever Everlasting

Songs on the album include "The Rhythm" (featuring Ice-T), "Never Missin' a Beat", and "I Got The Knack" with DJ Lethal, whom he'd later join to form House of Pain.

The Blind Beggar of Alexandria

The Blind Beggar of Alexandria was hardly the first disguise play to appear on the Elizabethan stage; the anonymous The Knack to Know an Honest Man (1594), another Admiral's play, is one prior instance, and others can be noted.

The Knack ...and How to Get It

The Knack …and How to Get It is a 1965 British comedy film directed by Richard Lester based on the play by Ann Jellicoe.