Hair Band Radio: Hair Band History (January 5th)

January 1990: Whitesnake released power ballad "The Deeper The Love" in North America as the second single from the album "Slip Of The Tongue"... "I finished writing it in Tahiti, very early in the morning with the sun rising over the Pacific." -David Coverdale. Release information source: [US] FMQB radio trade publication ad - January 5, 1990.

January 1990: KISS released power ballad "Forever" as the second single from the album "Hot In The Shade". Co-written by Michael Bolton, it peaked at No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Release information source: [US] R&R radio trade publication ad - January 12, 1990.

January 5, 1987: Great White released "Face The Day" in the UK as a single from their second studio album "Shot In The Dark". Available in the US since August 1986, the LP was issued in the UK the following year. Release date source: Kerrang! - December 25, 1986.

January 1988: Aerosmith released power ballad "Angel" as the second single from the album "Permanent Vacation". It reached No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100, their highest-charting single until "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" a decade later. Release information source: [US] R&R radio trade publication ad - January 15, 1988.