“Ooh, my little pretty one, my pretty one… When you gonna give me some time, Sharona? Whenever I hear the song, it takes me back to being six years old and the moment I realized I had to share my mom ...

About this time 40 years ago in June, the first single from the The Knack was released and began its march to the top of the charts, as "My Sharona" became the hit song of the summer and best-seller ...

“It was like getting hit in the head with a baseball bat,” Fieger wrote in the liner notes for the 2002 digital remaster of ...

During a 2010 interview with NPR, Alperin discussed meeting Doug Fieger, the lead singer of The Knack. “I was about 16 or 17 at the time,” Alperin said. “He was nine years older than me. “And within a ...

She is one of the rare people who is internationally recognized solely by her first name, yet still maintains the anonymity most A-listers would kill for after another day dodging paparazzi. She’s the ...

R.E.M.’s “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” has seen a resurgence in popularity during the coronavirus pandemic, and it’s not the only song that’s been getting more plays ...

Even now, approaching the 40th anniversary of the biggest single of 1979, Sharona Alperin can’t escape it. “Oh my God, almost daily, almost anytime someone hears my name,” Ms. Alperin says. “They say ...

(CNN) — With millions of Americans stuck at home to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, people are doing whatever they can to stay sane. For some, that means rewriting the lyrics to their ...

Even “Weird Al” Yankovic won’t joke about the deadly coronavirus. The musical comedian, 60, posted on Twitter that a coronavirus-themed parody of the Knack’s hit 1979 power-pop song “My Sharona” was ...

With millions of Americans stuck at home to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, people are doing whatever they can to stay sane. For some, that means rewriting the lyrics to their favorite ...