Music Flashback: Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi is a New Jersey based Rock Band first formed in 1983.

The group has released 11 Studio Albums and 1 Live Album during their career.

Bon Jovi is:

Jon Bon Jovi – Vocals, Guitar
Richie Sambora – Guitar, Vocals
David Bryan – Keyboards, Piano
Tico Torres – Drums
Alec John Such – Bass (1983-1994)
Hugh McDonald – Bass (1994-Present)

Hugh McDonald is an “unofficial” member of the band.

To date, the group has charted 17 singles onto the Billboard Top-40 Charts.

Their hits have included:

Runaway
She Don’t Know Me
You Give Love a Bad Name
Livin on a Prayer
Wanted Dead or Alive
Bad Medicine
Never Say Goodbye
Born to be my Baby
I’ll be there for You
Lay Your Hands on Me
Living in Sin
Keep the Faith
Bed of Roses
In these Arms
Always
This Ain’t a Love Song
It’s My Life
Have a Nice Day
Who says you can’t go home?
Make a Memory

The Singles “I’ll be there for You”, “Bad Medicine”, “Livin on a Prayer”, and “You Give Love a Bad Name”, all reached #1 on the Billboard Top-40 Charts.

Four of their albums have reached #1 on the Billboard Album Charts.

Jon Bon Jovi won a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration for “Who Says You Can’t go Home” in 2007. (with Jennifer Nettles)

The group is currently touring in support of their latest album, “The Circle“.

Bon Jovi was inducted into the United Kingdom Music Hall of Fame in 2006.

Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2009.

The group will undoubtedly be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at some point, hopefully in the near future.

If everything works out as planned, I will be taking “The Kid” to see Bon Jovi in concert the next time they come through Dallas. He has never been to a Rock Concert and Bon Jovi is about the only band of “my” generation that he actually likes. See…..that constant blasting of “Livin on a Prayer” in the car when he was a baby DID pay off!