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A memorial will be held today at the House of Blues for Doug Fieger, the lead singer for pop band The Knack, and co-writer of the 1979 hit song “My Sharona.” Fieger died on February 14.
The Knack played its initial gig at the Whisky A Go-Go on June 1, 1978 and were discovered playing area nightclubs, including The Troubadour. They were signed by Capitol Records in early 1979.
“My Sharona” spent six consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in 1979 and was the biggest hit of the year. Fifteen years later the track gained new interest after it was heard in the film Reality Bites. It was also featured regularly in a Saturday Night Live skit parodying Janet Reno. The follow-up hit to “My Sharona” was “Good Girls Don’t” which stopped one notch short of the Top 10 – peaking at #11, while Get The Knack spent five straight weeks at #1 and eventually sold 3 million copies in the United States – 6 million globally.
Douglas Lars “Doug” Fieger, born August 20, 1952, was the younger brother of famous Detroit attorney Geoffrey Fieger who confirmed his death on Valentine’s Day to The Detroit News. Geoffrey and Doug Fieger were born and raised in the 9 Mile/Coolidge area of Oak Park, Michigan, a northern suburb of Detroit, and attended Oak Park High School.
Fieger provided lead vocals on two tracks on Was (Not Was)’ 1983 album Born to Laugh at Tornadoes. Shortly before his death, he provided lead vocals for the track “Dirty Girl,” from Bruce Kulick’s 2010 album BK3.
Additional Coverage:
- Doug Fieger dies at 57; leader of the L.A. band the Knack sang ‘My Sharona’ – Los Angeles Times
- The Woman behind ‘My Sharona’ – NPR
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Doug Fieger dies at 57; leader of the L.A. band the Knack sang ‘My Sharona’
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