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Boogie Wonderland
Today, a songwriter sees a movie and turns the plot into a top ten hit! Excepth everyone was having so much fun dancing to the song, they didn't even know what it was about! The story and the hit record from 1979 is next on Mark and Kristin's Behind the Song!Click Here
Stevie Nicks
Edge of Seventeen
You know, for her first solo album, "Bella Donna" Stevie Nicks wrote a song that was inspired by the death of two people: her uncle and John Lennon. It was her favorite track fromt hat LP, and it's coming up next in Mark and Kristin's Behind the Song!Click Here
Counting Crows
Big Yellow Taxi
Today, we have a hit inspired by the view from a hotel balcony in Hawaii. When you look straight ahead, it's paradise. But when you look down, well... We'll explain on Mark & Kristin's Behind The Song! Click Here
Tina Turner
I Don't Wanna Fight
This time, a pop singer tries her hand at songwriting and the result is a top ten hit, for another artisti. That song is next on today's Koast 103's Behind The Song!Click Here
Tony Orlando & Dawn
Knock Three Times
Imagine a song that needs a singer. A singer who doesn't want to sing. A group that doesn't want to be a group. Doesn't sound like a recipe for success but when it all comes together, it turns into pure gold. The story behind the group and one of their biggest hits is next, on Mark & Kristin's Behind The Song! Click Here
Jackson and Garret
I Just Can't Stop Loving You
Today we have an unknown singer showing up to the studio for some session work but ends up singing a duet with the biggest star in the world. It's a song that went all the way to #1 on Mark and Kristin's Behind The Song!Click Here
Alanis Morrissette
Thank You
Today, a singer/songwriter drops out of the fast lane and heads to India for spiritual enlightenment. The trip inspires a song that gives her the biggest hit of her career. It's next on Mark and Kristin's Behind The Song!Click Here
Billy Joel
Only The Good Die Young
This catholic boy turned mega music star has, over the decades, turn out a number of highly successful songs. Yet this one single in his early years caused the Catholic church to ban this single, which in turn made it a hit and is on today's Mark & Kristin's Behind The Song!
Michael McDonald
I Keep Forgettin
Today a man once hailed as the savior of a longtime Rock 'N Roll band leaves critics wondering why he bothers staying with the group when he could do much better on his own but when he finally did leave, it wasn't because of what you'd think we'll tell you why he left, coming up, in Mark and Kristin's Behind The Song!Click Here
TLC
Waterfalls
Today we have a songwriter who kept his day job at a Marriott hotel restaurant while his song climbed to number 1 on the billboard chart! The story and the song coming up in Mark & Kristin's Behind The Song! Click Here