LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 2, 2020…GET OUT THE BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR JON BON JOVI. TODAY HE’S 58. YOU CAN SAY ONE THING ABOUT BON JOVI, HE PAID HIS DUES. JON USED TO BE A JANITOR IN THE RECORDING STUDIO HIS UNCLE OWNED. HE ACTED AS A GOPHER, AND USED TO RUN FOR ITEMS FOR THE BANDS THAT RECORDED AT THE STUDIO. HE WOULD ALSO CLEAN UP AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE STUDIO’S FACILITIES AFTER HOURS.
THE GROUP BON JOVI WAS SIGNED BY A POLYGRAM RECORDS EXECUTIVE NAMED DEREK SHULMAN WHO SAID “I SAW THE DRIVE AND AMBITION OF JON BON JOVI, DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE COULD ONLY SING FIVE NOTES AND MOST OF THEM OUT OF TUNE.”
HERE’S SOME COOL TRIVIA FOR YOU CONCERNING JON BON JOVI.
HIS MOTHER WAS A PLAYBOY BUNNY, AND HE’S A BLOOD RELATIVE TO THE LATE GREAT SINGER FRANK SINATRA. SINATRA WAS JON’S GREAT UNLE ON HIS FATHER’S SIDE (ACCORDING TO THE MAY 1988 ISSUE OF SPIN MAGAZINE).
AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, BON JOVI HAS SOLD OVER 100 MILLION ALBUMS.
HERE’S JON FROM 1986 (BIG HAIR WARNING)