Introduction

On August 25, 1979, my Sirona seized the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100. It stayed there for a full six weeks, becoming the biggest hit of the year. The song was written by singer guitarist Doug Feiger, who died in 2010,. My name is Burton Aver. I was the lead guitarist and co-writer in a group, The Neck. We would just go to someone's house and rock out the cars, the pretenders, plondie.