AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Winger

Artist:Winger

Song:Seventeen

Album:The Very Best of Winger

The hair metal band Winger had success in the late 80s mostly as an album and touring band. Singles like Seventeen charted but they never had a top ten hit. And their first two albums were certified Platinum. I think MTV playing their videos helped a lot. They faded in the early 90s due to changing musical tastes. But Winger is still around. The lead singer, songwriter and bassist of Winger is Kip Winger. He was born June 21, 1961 in Denver. He had a band with his brothers as a teen and first used the Winger name in 1980. He moved to New York to play sessions with producer Beau Hill. At the time Hill was producing Alice Cooper and Winger recorded and toured with Cooper for a couple of years. He left in 1987 to start his own band with guitarist Reb Beach, keyboardist Paul Taylor and drummer Rod Morganstein formerly of The Dixie Dregs. They were going to call themselves Sahara but Cooper suggested the name Winger. They signed with Atlantic Records and the 1988 album Winger was certified Platinum. The single Seventeen reached #26 on the Billboard Hot 100. It's like I said. MTV playing their videos helped them a lot. Beau Hill produced Winger's first two albums. Winger wrote most of the songs with Beach though he wrote Seventeen with Hill. By the time Winger recorded their 1993 album Pull, musical tastes had changed and hair metal wasn't popular anymore. The album didn't sell and Atlantic dropped them. This budget comp covers Winger's Atlantic recordings. After Winger split up, Kip Winger moved to New Mexico and released a few solo albums. The others got into session work and Beach later became a member of Whitesnake. Winger reformed in 2001 and continue to tour. They have recorded several albums for the Italian label Frontiers. They released their latest album in May. Here's the video for Seventeen by Winger.