The most streamed song for the band Kiss is I was Made For Loving You.. this 1979 hit started as a challenge between a disco producer & legendary front man Paul Stanley… Paul maintained, that it was much easier to write a “disco hit” than it was to write a rock hit. We go ‘behind the masks’ to reveal how the world’s most famous glam rock band created their biggest international hit…from the Kiss album Dynasty and how it was the original lineups last big hit and how Gene Simmons wasn’t happy about this part next on professor of rock .
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Between 1974 and 1977, the band KISS was one of the biggest box office draws around the world. But after a string of four consecutive Top 25 singles, KISS's commercialism declined, and the band became fractured from egos & rock n’ roll debauchery.
It was 1979, at the height of the Disco Era, when the masked leaders of the rebellious youth of the 70s hit a crossroad.
It seemed that the studded leather costumes, and the painted faces that for years had fascinated millions of soldiers in the KISS army, was becoming a dying ember...
They hired an outside songwriter for the first time, and put 'four on the floor' to start a massive bonfire called “I Was Made for Lovin’ You.” In ’78, KISS drummer Peter Criss released a self-titled solo debut album, produced by Vini Poncia (pawn-see-uh) The album did not sell well- stalling at #43 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart, but Peter enjoyed working with Vini so much, he recommended that KISS hire Vini as the producer for their 1979 album Dynasty.
If you looked at Vini Poncia's history as a producer, the last band you would expect him to work with in the studio would be KISS.
Vini worked with a ton of notable artists, but about the closest he came to heavy rock n’ roll was producing Ringo Starr’s 1973 LP, Ringo, featuring the #1 hit “Photography,” and Ringo’s cover of Johnny Burnette’s rockabilly tune “You’re Sixteen,” that also reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
Vini also produced Ringo’s follow-up LP, Goodnight Vienna, along with co-writing Leo Sayer’s chart topper “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing” in ’76: There was no question that Vini knew how to craft a hit pop song, but working with softer fare, like Melissa Manchester, and a solo record by TV’s Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter, would seem like an image killer for a band like KISS that had legions of loyal followers.
Despite the odd pairing, Vini was named producer for the Dynasty record. The first thing Vini pushed for was for Paul Stanley & Gene Simmons to collect material that could get them back on the radio.
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