Into the Groovy #64 - "Ah! Leah!"
@teamfreak16 (43419)
Denver, Colorado
May 30, 2016 6:13pm CST
This Memorial Day edition of Into the Groovy (#64) takes us to Pennsylvania, birthplace of Donnie Iris.
You might remember a song called "The Rapper" by a band called The Jaggerz. That was Donnie Iris. He also did a stint in Wild Cherry (after "Play that Funky Music.")
In 1980 Iris released his solo debut, Back on the Streets. That album spawned "Ah! Leah!," a hard rocker that hit #29 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #6 in Canada.
And what's more Groovy than a geeky-looking fellow rocking out? He's pretty Groovy indeed.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
31 May 16
This is a new one to me. Never heard of The Jaggerz or Donnie iris. It was a hit I don't know.
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
31 May 16
I've liked it ever since I saw him lip-synch it on Solid Gold.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
31 May 16
@teamfreak16 You admit to watching Solid Gold lol!
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
31 May 16
@JohnRoberts - Yes. I think Dionne Warwick was the host at that time. I swear there was nothing else on!
@FourWalls (62505)
• United States
31 May 16
Love it. LOVE it. LOVE IT!!!! 
It played on my iPod on the way to the country music conference one day last week, so I had to flush my ears out with Hank Williams. His other hit, "Love Is Like a Rock," is great, too, but "Ah Leah" is one of the great underrated and overlooked songs of the 80s.
It played on my iPod on the way to the country music conference one day last week, so I had to flush my ears out with Hank Williams. His other hit, "Love Is Like a Rock," is great, too, but "Ah Leah" is one of the great underrated and overlooked songs of the 80s.1 person likes this
@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
31 May 16
I agree. I don't know anyone who remembered this. Sad.
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