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1505:Carry On Wayward Son
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1179:Billy Greer
1020:. pp.
992:January 11,
981:Melodic.net
952:January 13,
855:Glen Wexler
822:Neil Kernon
776:programming
646:J. Elefante
524:Rumble Fish
498:bands like
314:Melodic.net
157:Neil Kernon
1648:Categories
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895:References
848:, New York
846:Masterdisk
816:Production
809:David Pack
793:Phil Ehart
696:"Get Rich"
166:chronology
101:arena rock
69:Early 1983
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1202:Zak Rizvi
1112:Billboard
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1083:Billboard
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874:position
835:engineers
833:Le Mobile
787:Dave Hope
752:Personnel
671:Writer(s)
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529:Billboard
488:Dave Hope
461:Foreigner
412:Christian
97:Hard rock
82:Le Mobile
61:July 1983
1632:Category
1586:The Wall
1445:Carry On
1297:Monolith
942:AllMusic
826:engineer
783:– guitar
658:Side two
571:Side one
457:Loverboy
278:AllMusic
148:Producer
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66:Recorded
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1608:Members
1547:Hold On
1490:Singles
795:– drums
741:Livgren
727:Livgren
509:" and "
507:Beat It
213:Singles
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190:(1983)
181:(1982)
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399:Kansas
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