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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1943
hard rockpop rockpower poprock
Discography
- Bring on the Eighties1979
- Agnes1980
- Ah! Leah!1980
- Back on the Streets1980
- You're Only Dreaming1980
- King Cool1981
- Live1981
- Love Is Like a Rock1981
- Sweet Merilee1981
- The Rapper1981
Member of
- Donnie Iris and the Cruiserssince 1979
- The Jaggerz
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 61,241
- Total plays
- 395,361
Tags
rock80spower popclassic rocknew wave
Donnie Iris is an American rock musician best known for his 80s hits "Ah, Leah!" and "Love is Like a Rock", both inspired by contemporary new wave and power pop music. Born Dominic Ierace in middle class Pennsylvania, he got his first real start as a member of the pop group The Jaggerz (the one-hit-wonder responsible for 1970's #2 hit "The Rapper"). After the Jaggerz broke up, Iris toured with funk rock group Wild Cherry, whose 1976 smash "Play That Funky Music" had made them a hot property into
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Donnie
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Castle
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- MCA Records
- Official website
- www.donnieiris.com
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- date of birth
- 1943-02-28
- start of work period
- 1961-00-00
- social media followers
- 2418
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