As an interesting aside, LOVERBOY's drummer Matt Frenette featured in the 1980 promotional video for the BRYAN ADAMS single 'Remember', although he did not perform on the original recording. Once assembled the band put in an inaugural show opening for KISS at the Vancouver Coliseum. Bassist Scott Smith was pulled in from work with LISA DALBELLO. During late 1979 Reno auditioned as a potential drummer but it was as a vocalist that he secured his position. Paul Dean, upon his dismissal from STREETHEART in 1978, initially tried to form an act with Lou Blair but this union faltered. Their pedigree resulted in an instant deal from CBS Records. Keyboard player Doug Johnson was previously with ALL THE RAGE IN PARIS. Immediately prior to the formation of LOVERBOY Frenette had been involved in the embryonic HEADPINS. In earlier years Dean had also gone through the ranks of BRUTUS. Dean had also sessioned on IAN LLOYD's 1980 album '3WC'. Guitarist Paul Dean and drummer Matt Frenette are both ex-STREETHEART. Mike Reno (real name Rynowski) also had a short stint in HAMMERSMITH but was better known for his tenure in MOXY. Vancouver's slick Pop Rockers LOVERBOY became one of the most successful Canadian acts in America with a string of multi platinum records and sell out arena tours. Having most of the songs on other albums, I didn't pick up a copy of The Hit List until well into the late Nineties, when my interest in K-Tel compilations was sparked by a discovering a cache of them for a buck a piece at my favorite media recycling place.Matt Frenette - Paul Dean - Scott Smith - Mike Reno - Doug Johnson As one of K-Tel's periodic double-album reviews, most of the songs on The Hit List had been featured on earlier K-Tel releases from 19. According to the copyright filing date, The Hit List was released on October 14, 1982, along with Blast Off!, The Beat and Love Is. which I expect K-Tel commercial fan and prolific commenter Jermaine Mack to point out. It seems like just a few years prior all of these songs would have been heard on just one station but things had done changed by this time. For me it was all rock most of the time, with occasional listens to the soul station and of course the weekly catch-up of Casey's American Top 40 on a third station. It says right on the cover that these are 22 of 1982's Best Hits. I'm guessing the majority of these songs were Top 40 hits though I wasn't listening to that radio format any longer by 1982. T he Hit List is a great compilation to listen to.
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