Jim peterik biography
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Even if you don’t know the name Jim Peterik, you know his music.
In a career that now spans more than 50 years, Peterik has been responsible for writing some of the biggest hits of the ‘70s and ‘80s.
Jim peterik biography
In addition, he has written with, performed with, and produced an enormous list of musicians that spans many genres.
Jim Peterik was born in Berwyn, Illinois in 1950. Taking to music at an early age, he and his friends formed The Ides of March while still in their teens.
That band scored a number-two smash with “Vehicle” in 1970. Peterik wrote and sung lead on the song, which recalled Blood, Sweat & Tears (another popular band of the era) with its mixture of hard rock and horns. The Ides had a couple of other minor hits before breaking up.
For the remainder of the 1970s, Peterik popped up here and there, working with Chicago-based soul singer Willie Henderson and releasing his debut solo album, Don’t Fight the Feeling, in 1976.
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