Historical Figure
Jon Bon Jovi
b. 1962
American rock band
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Biography
Bon Jovi is an American rock band formed in Sayreville, New Jersey in 1983. The band consists of singer Jon Bon Jovi, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, guitarists John Shanks and Phil X, percussionist Everett Bradley, and bassist Hugh McDonald. Original bassist Alec John Such left the band in 1994, and longtime guitarist and co-songwriter Richie Sambora left in 2013.
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The story of Jon Bon Jovi, told in moments.
Born John Francis Bongiovi Jr. in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. He grew up in Sayreville, started playing in bands as a teenager, and worked sweeping floors at his cousin Tony Bongiovi's recording studio, the Power Station.
Released Bon Jovi's self-titled debut album. The single "Runaway" cracked the Billboard Top 40. The band had formed the year before in Sayreville with David Bryan, Tico Torres, Alec John Such, and Richie Sambora.
Slippery When Wet sold 28 million copies worldwide. "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' on a Prayer" both hit No. 1. The band went from Jersey bar circuit to arena headliners in less than three years.
"Who Says You Can't Go Home" became the first single by a rock band to hit No. 1 on the country charts. It won a Grammy. The band has sold over 130 million records and performed more than 3,000 concerts in 50 countries.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The band had been together for 35 years. They'd played in front of a combined audience of 34 million people.
In Their Own Words (20)
Hey, man, I'm alive, I'm takin' each day and night at a time. Yeah, I'm down, but I know I'll get by. Hey, hey, hey, hey, man, gotta live my life like I ain't got nothing but this roll of the dice. I'm feelin' like a Monday but someday I'll be Saturday night.
"Someday I'll Be Saturday Night", 1994
You see I've always been a fighter, but without you - I'd give up.
"Always", 1994
I'll be there till the stars don't shine Till the heavens burst and the words don't rhyme I know when I die you'll be on my mind
"Always", 1994
My foster Daddy went and took my innocence away The street life ain't much better, but at least I'm getting paid.
"Someday I'll Be Saturday Night", 1994
When he holds you close When he pulls you near When he says the words You've been needing to hear I'll wish I was him, that his words were mine
"Always", 1994
Artifacts (15)
Les oeuvres d'Ovide (IA lesoeuvresdovide08ovid)
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) MB (BRL) Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner
Catalogue d'une belle collection de tableaux (IA cataloguedunebel00joul)
Joullain, F. C., fils, 1734?-1790 Bourlat de Montredon, M Prault, Laurent François, 1712-1780, printer
Symbola et emblemata (IA symbolaetemblema00lafe)
La Feuille, Daniel de. Devises et emblèmes anciennes et modernes Mulder, Joseph, b. 1659 or 60 Wetstein, Henricus
Memoirs of Karoline Bauer; from the German (IA memoirsofkarolin02baue)
Bauer, Karoline, 1807-1877
Zinnebeelden (IA zinnebeelden00veen)
Veen, Otto van, 1556-1629 Horace Janssen, Anthony, 1626?-1699
Selected drawings from old masters in the University Galleries and the library at Christ Church (IA gri 33125015065416)
Colvin, Sidney, 1845-1927
I have buried my angel and with him my happiness.
he had left them, much as those of his grandfather Prince Albert were left after his death in 1861. Alexandra said, "I have buried my angel and with him my happiness." Surviving letters between...
I feel as if I had been turned into stone, unable to cry, unable to grasp the me...
ied. In his last hours, she personally administered oxygen from a gas cylinder to help him breathe. She told Frederick Ponsonby, "I feel as if I had been turned into stone, unable to cry, unable to...
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