For Doug Fieger, the secret of songwriting success was to stay in touch with his inner teenager. That meant raging hormones, unrequited love, and girls, girls, girls. “When The Knack started, I wrote ...

On August 25, 1979, "My Sharona" by The Knack hit the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 just two months after debuting. It stayed in that spot for six weeks, eventually being dethroned on October 6.

Doug Fieger, 57, the leader of the power pop band the Knack who sang on the 1979 hit "My Sharona," died Feb. 14 at his home in Los Angeles. He had cancer. Mr. Fieger, a Detroit area native, formed the ...

She is one of the rare people who is internationally recognized solely by her first name, yet still maintains the anonymity most A-listers would kill for after another day dodging paparazzi. She’s the ...

Doug Fieger, lead singer and songwriter for the L.A.-based new wave pop band the Knack, died Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 57. Fieger had battled successive sieges with lung and brain cancer for six ...

The recently reunited Linkin Park put their stamp on last night’s (September 17) episode of The Tonight Show. Perhaps the most fun moment came at the very start, though. The band’s Mike Shinoda was ...

Doug Fieger has died of cancer at the age of 57. The founder of The Knack, who co-wrote and sung lead vocals on the group's 1979 hit 'My Sharona', died at his Los Angeles home on Sunday. What to Read ...

During a 2014 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Yankovic said he was a DJ in college. He recalled getting numerous requests to play “My Sharona” in the summer of 1979. He had the “stupid” idea to ...