How Boston’s Leaked Demo of “Amanda” Became a Surprise #1 Hit After an 8-Year Hiatus

Today’s band Boston REVITALIZED Rock in the Disco era when some thought Rock was dead and buried. Their first two albums lit up the charts and knocked disco down. But then it took 8 years for their 3rd album to come out because of a lawsuit with their label. Boston beat the big bad label in the lawsuits, but as we all know 8 years in the music industry is a lifetime. And by the time they put out their record, the musical landscape had completely changed. And to make matters worse, someone leaked a rough demo of their new song Amanda to radio months before it was supposed to come out. But then Boston did the unthinkable. Their leaked single Amanda went straight to number one as did their album. And they ruled the mid-80s just like they did the 70s. It is a great story filled with a few surprises next on Processor of Rock. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive Producer Brandon Fugal Honorary Producers Norman Buchwald, Cliff Konstans, Steve DocPinko Cloutier, Jenny Blaxell, Jason Elliott ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out my Hand Picked Selection Below Professor's Store Van Halen OU812 Vinyl Album https://amzn.to/3tLsII2 The 80s Collection https://amzn.to/3mAekOq 100 Best Selling Albums https://amzn.to/3h3qZX9 Ultimate History of 80s Teen Movie https://amzn.to/3ifjdKQ 80s to 90s VHS Video Cover Art https://amzn.to/2QXzmIX Totally Awesome 80s A Lexicon https://amzn.to/3h4ilrk Best In Ear Headphones (I Use These Every Day) https://amzn.to/2ZcTlIl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check Out The Professor of Rock Merch Store -http://bit.ly/ProfessorMerch ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check Out Patron Benefits http://bit.ly/ProfessorofRockVIPFan Help out the Channel by purchasing your albums through our links! As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you, thank you for your support. Click here for Premium Content: https://bit.ly/SignUpForPremiumContent https://bit.ly/Facebook_Professor_of_... https://bit.ly/Instagram_Professor_of... #classicrock #80smusic #vinylstory #boston It’s coming up NEXT on Professor of Rock!!” Hey music junkies, Professor of Rock, always here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest songs of all time. If you have ever bought a new album, locked yourself in your room and listened to side A to Side B on repeat for hours this is your channel.., Make sure to subscribe below right now. The stories from the legend of rock and roll. We also have a patreon where you’ll find an additional catalog of exclusive content and you can even become an honorary producer on our videos to help us curate this music history. and don’t forget to check out our merch below! Since 1955, songs with a one word title- featuring the first name of a female, has, unofficially, hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100... 15 times. To clarify, I am not talking about songs that have more than a single first name- such as “Judy In Disguise” by John Fred & His Playboy Band, or Michael Jackson’s monster hit “Billie Jean.” Just the singular given name of a female. It happened for the first time in 1957, when it happened three times, beginning with Pat Boone’s double-A side single “Love Letters in the Sand” and “Bernardine.” Followed by “Tammy” performed by actor Debbie Reynolds. Later in ‘57, 15 year old Paul Anka scored a chart topper with “Diana.” The last time a single word title with a female first name climbed all the way to #1, was in 1986, and, once again, it happened three times that year. The first in ’86 was “Sara” by Starship. The name “Venus” returned to #1 for the 3rd time, when Banarama recreated Shocking Blue’s original 1970 smash: The third time that a song with a female first name went to #1 in ’86 on the Billboard Hot 100 was also the LAST TIME it happened. That distinction goes to Amanda, the comeback power ballad from the band, Boston. Amanda was written and produced, entirely, by Tom Scholz, the gangly, 6 foot 6 rock n’ roll savant that formed Boston, and the mastermind behind the band’s self-titled LP that became one of the biggest selling albums of all-time. Scholz began developing “Amanda” in 1980, while battling a very contentious lawsuit with Epic Records, the label that signed Boston. The war with Epic was just one of the obstacles that prevented Boston from releasing its third LP. There was also a wicked flood, that damaged the studio, and a massive power outage. Another impediment was Sholz notoriously, obsessive perfection. Tom’s painstaking precision not only frustrated the record label, but also exhausted his bandmates, who were forced to work on solo...