The Cars
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The Cars were an American rock band formed in Boston in 1976. Emerging from the new wave scene in the late 1970s, they consisted of Ric Ocasek (rhythm guitar), Benjamin Orr (bass guitar), Elliot Easton (lead guitar), Greg Hawkes (keyboards), and David Robinson (drums). Ocasek and Orr shared lead vocals, and Ocasek was the band's principal songwriter and leader.
The Cars were at the forefront of the merger of 1970s guitar-oriented rock with the new synthesizer-oriented pop that became popular in the early 1980s. Music critic Robert Palmer, writer for The New York Times and Rolling Stone, described the Cars' musical style: "They have taken some important but disparate contemporary trends—punk minimalism, the labyrinthine synthesizer and guitar textures of art rock, the '50s rockabilly revival and the melodious terseness of power pop—and mixed them into a personal and appealing blend."
The Cars were named Best New Artist in the 1978 Rolling Stone Readers' Poll. The band's debut album, The Cars, sold six million copies and appeared on the Billboard 200 album chart for 139 weeks. The Cars had four Top 10 hits: "Shake It Up" (1981), "You Might Think" (1984), "Drive" (1984), and "Tonight She Comes" (1985). The band won Video of the Year for "You Might Think" at the first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984.
The Cars disbanded in 1988. Orr died in 2000 from pancreatic cancer. In 2007, Easton and Hawkes joined Todd Rundgren and others to form the offshoot band The New Cars. The surviving original members of the Cars reunited in 2010 to record the band's seventh and final album, Move Like This, which was released in May 2011. Following a short tour in support of Move Like This, the band once again went on hiatus. In April 2018, the Cars were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and reunited to perform at the induction ceremony. Ocasek died of cardiovascular disease in 2019.
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- Girls on Film - 2010 Remaster - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Twist in My Sobriety - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Low Rider - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- The Living Daylights - Single Version - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Love Changes (Everything) - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Self Control - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- The Actor - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- We Built This City - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Right Back Where We Started From - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Dreams - 2018 Remaster - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Drive - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- I Swear - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Jealous Guy - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Kokomo - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- I’m Every Woman - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- If You Leave Me Now - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- It's My Life - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- You Might Need Somebody - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Cold as Ice - 2006 Remaster - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- If You Don't Know Me by Now - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Gimme Gimme Gimme (feat. Patti Austin) - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- I Love You Always Forever - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- What Have I Done to Deserve This? (feat. Dusty Springfield) - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Private Dancer - Single Edit - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Move On Up - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- True - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- We Are Family - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- The Boy Is Mine - Radio Edit - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Have You Never Been Mellow - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Drift Away - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- I Wanna Sex You Up - Single Version - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Jane - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Each Time You Break My Heart - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- You’re So Vain - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Killing Me Softly with His Song - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Psycho Killer - 2005 Remaster - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Owner of a Lonely Heart - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Baby, I Love Your Way - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- I Can Hear Your Heartbeat - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Brass in Pocket - 2006 Remaster - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Rock Your Baby - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Never Ever - Radio Edit - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Living Next Door to Alice - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Simply Irresistible - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Ironic - 2015 Remaster - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Feel like Makin’ Love - 2015 Remaster - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Never Ending Story - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Sleeping Satellite - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Easy - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
- Disco Inferno - Single Edit - Hits of the 70s,80s,90s - The Cars
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