Styx's 'Lady': How a DJ Turned a Jukebox Discovery into a #1 Power Ballad

Up next legendary rock singer Dennis DeYoung formerly of the band STYX tells the story of 70s classic Lady, the first quote-unquote power ballad The song was the breakout single for this future stadium band and it’s all because of a trusty DJ. The song had failed and stiffed on the charts because it’s tempo started slow and then revved up and so it really didn’t fit any format. But then a Chicago DJ heard it randomly on a jukebox in a pizza place and started playing it religiously and LADY caught fire and became the most requested song on this huge station it took a little while but within a year the song hit the top 10 and birthed an oft-copied style in rock the power ballad. The story is coming up on Professor of Rock

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