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BLP sources|date=May 2010Infobox musical artist| name = Greg Kihn| image = Greg Kihn.jpg| caption = Greg Kihn, 2008| background = solo_singer| Born = birth date and age|1949|7|10 Baltimore, Maryland , United States|U.S. | label = Beserkley Records , CleanCuts Records | instrument = Vocals , guitar | occupation = Musician , radio personality , novelist | genre = Rock music|Rock | associated_acts = The Greg Kihn Band | years_active = 1976–present| website = http://www.gregkihn.com/ gregkihn.com Greg Kihn (born July 10, 1949) is an American rock musician , radio personality and novelist .
Career
Music
Kihn is the front man for The Greg Kihn Band , which released several singles and albums that made the charts in the early 1980s. Their best-known songs are the #15 hit " The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) " (1981) and 1983's #2 hit " Jeopardy (song)|Jeopardy ." The latter was spoofed by "Weird Al" Yankovic as " I Lost on Jeopardy " on Yankovic's album Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D , and Kihn made a cameo appearance in the music video for that song.
As of early June 2011, Kihn was the morning Disc jockey|DJ at San Jose, California classic rock radio station KFOX (FM)|KUFX-FM , whose promotional name was 98.5 KFOX. As part of Dial Global Radio Networks, he syndicated a show on many Classic Rock radio stations nationwide. Kihn did the late night show for many years on classic rock radio station WKGO (FM) in Cumberland, Maryland.
Since 2001, The Greg Kihn Band has been one of the opening acts at the annual Kihncert, which is organized by KFOX.
Greg's son Ry Kihn (named for guitarist Ry Cooder ) sometimes plays with his father's band, as well as a band of his own, Big Fun USA. He also has a daughter, who once sang Christmas carols on his radio show.
Kihn was inducted into the San Jose Rock Hall of Fame in 2007.
Kihn has also written four novels. His first was Horror Show , in 1996. His second, Shade of Pale followed in 1997. Mojo Hand , and Big Rock Beat were sequels to Horror Show . Kihn also released a collection of short stories by himself and other well known rock musicians, named Carved in Rock: Short Stories by Musicians . Contributors include Pete Townshend , Graham Parker , Joan Jett , and Ray Davies .
Horror Show was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award. http://www.gregkihn.biz/horror-show-novel-by-greg-kihn-.html Greg Kihn Horror Show Novel
Bibliography
Horror Show Tom Doherty Assoc Llc ISBN 0-8125-5108-7
Shade of Pale Tor Books ISBN 0-8125-5109-5
Big Rock Beat Forge Books ISBN 0-312-86756-5
Mojo Hand Forge Books ISBN 0-312-87246-1
See also
List of number-one dance hits (United States)
List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.gregkihn.com/ Greg Kihn's website
http://www.kfox.com/pages/earlyshow.html Greg Kihn's page on the KFOX website
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4673|pure_url=yes Greg Kihn's biography on AllMusic.com
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