Berton Averre - Guitarist And Co-Founder Of The Knack: "My Sharona", #1 Song Of 1979. Went On To A Second Career In Musical Theater

<p><strong>Berton Averre was the guitarist, songwriter and co-founder of The Knack, a mainstay of New Wave, which had the #1 song in 1979 with “My Sharona”. It stayed at the top of the charts for 6 weeks and sold 10 million copies. He later went on to a second career in musical theater.</strong></p><p><strong>My featured song is “Annie And Leni” from the album Bobby M and the Paisley Parade. Spotify </strong><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6Z0yYey64bERpEXQT0rlcc?si=QfDR-i0YSqqHZxFRYqjqcg&nd=1"><strong>link</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p><strong>—--------------------------------------</strong></p><p><strong>The Follow Your Dream Podcast:</strong><br /><strong>Top 1% of all podcasts with Listeners in 200 countries!</strong></p><p><strong>For more information and other episodes of the podcast click</strong><a href="https://www.followyourdreampodcast.com/"><strong> here</strong></a><strong>. </strong></p><p><strong>To subscribe to the podcast click</strong><a href="https://www.followyourdreampodcast.com/subscribe"><strong> here</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p><strong>To subscribe to our weekly Follow Your Dream Podcast email click</strong><a href="https://mailchi.mp/followyourdreampodcast"><strong> here</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p><strong>To Rate and Review the podcast click</strong><a href="https://www.ratethispodcast.com/followyourdream"><strong> here</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p><strong>“Dream With Robert”. Click</strong><a href="https://www.dreamwithrobert.com/"><strong> here</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p><strong>—----------------------------------------</strong></p><p><strong>Berton and I discuss the following:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Punk music and the Sex Pistols</strong></li><li><strong>Getting Sharona on the radio</strong></li><li><strong>Top 40 playlists</strong></li><li><strong>Packaging tours</strong></li><li><strong>The Knack’s first album</strong></li><li><strong>“My Sharona”</strong></li><li><strong>His response to Dear Mr. Pop Star</strong></li><li><stron