*" Heavy Metal ", a 1981 song by Sammy Hagar from Standing Hampton

* 1947 – Sammy Hagar, American singer ( Van Halen )

After that, Miles Joseph and the back up singers were dropped in favor of former Ted Nugent guitarist Dave Amato and keyboardist / songwriter / producer Jesse Harms ( Eddie Money, Sammy Hagar ).

There are also instances in which an existing band added a prominent new member or members, where the resulting group might have been considered a supergroup had it not kept its original band name, such as Van Halen after recruiting Sammy Hagar and Gary Cherone, and the Eagles after hiring Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit, and Styx, hiring Lawrence Gowan, and Ricky Phillips.

As the 1980s progressed, Geffen would go on to have success with such acts as Quarterflash, Oxo, Asia, Wang Chung, Kylie Minogue and Sammy Hagar.

Van Halen's song " Good Enough " from their 1986 album " 5150 " begins with singer Sammy Hagar calling out " Hello Baby!

The multiple exits of lead singers David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar and Gary Cherone were surrounded in controversy and press coverage, including numerous conflicting press statements between the former singers and the band.

Eddie was then introduced by way of a mutual auto mechanic to Sammy Hagar, formerly of 1970s band Montrose, and at that time a solo artist coming off a very successful year.

The Van Halen logo used to signify change when Sammy Hagar joined the band

In the summer of 2002, David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar teamed up in the Song For Song, the Heavyweight Champs of Rock and Roll tour ( also known as the ' Sans-Halen ' or ' Sam & Dave ' Tour ).

Van Halen during their 2004 reunion period, left to right: Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar, Eddie Van Halen

During January 2003, the VHND ( Van Halen News Desk ) website reported that Sammy Hagar was working with the Van Halens.

In late March 2004, Van Halen and Sammy Hagar announced that Hagar would reunite with the band for a new compilation release and a Summer concert tour of the USA.

These songs were newly written by the Van Halen brothers and Sammy Hagar.

When asked if any problems occurred with Sammy Hagar during the 2004 tour Eddie Van Halen answered, " Sammy is Sammy, and for the most part that's just fine ".

* Sammy Hagar – lead vocals, rhythm guitar ( 1985 – 1996, 2003 – 2005 )

He was chosen from over 200 applicants, such as Sammy Hagar and Doug Pinnick.

** " Heavy Metal " by Sammy Hagar

* March 27 – Van Halen opens its 5150 tour, the first with new lead singer Sammy Hagar.

Van Halen released 5150 ( 1986 ), their first album with Sammy Hagar on lead vocals, which was number one in the U. S. for three weeks and sold over six million copies.

In 1995 Van Halen released Balance, a multi-platinum seller that would be the band's last with Sammy Hagar on vocals.

Anthony began periodic appearances with Sammy Hagar during his solo tours.

Cropper also re-recorded "( Sittin ' On ) The Dock of the Bay " ( 1979 ) for Sammy Hagar.

Many original television theme songs of the era also showed a strong disco influence, such as " Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow " ( theme from Baretta, performed by Sammy Davis, Jr. and later a hit single for Rhythm Heritage ), Theme from " S. W. A. T.

On August 15, Thome hit 599th and 600th homerun at Comerica Park to become the eighth player in Major League history to hit 600 homeruns, joining Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr., and Alex Rodriguez.

However, Sammy had become the first Major League batter ever to hit 66 homers in a season.

On June 20, Sammy Sosa hit his 600th career home run against the Chicago Cubs at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

Dropping back into the end zone, quarterback Sammy Baugh threw to an open receiver, but the ball hit the goal post ( which at the time was on the goal line instead of at the back of the end zone ) and bounced back to the ground in the end zone.

McFarlane bought at auction multiple balls from Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa's 1998 race to establish a record for the greatest number of home runs hit in a single season.

Other hit versions of the song were recorded by Sammy Kaye and Dinah Shore.

Sammy Turner released it in 1959 and it hit number 14 on the U. S. R & B chart and number 3 on the Pop chart.

After singing with various dance bands and touring in vaudeville with the likes of Ted Mack, Leon Belasco, and comic bandleader Larry Rich, they first came to national attention with their recordings and radio broadcasts in 1937, most notably via their major Decca record hit, Bei Mir Bist Du Schön ( translation: " To Me, You Are Beautiful "), originally a Yiddish tune, the lyrics of which Sammy Cahn had translated to English and which the girls harmonized to perfection.

Her biggest hit song was Ai no Makeikusa ( Losing the Fight of Love ; Your Hiroshi in the dubbed version ), which is featured in the beginning of the first episode, and as the ending theme for the second episode of the Pretty Sammy OVA.

On September 24, 2010, Rodriguez hit two home runs, surpassing Sammy Sosa's mark of 609 HRs, and became the all-time leader in home runs by a player of Hispanic descent.

Five players — Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, Willie Mays, Alex Rodriguez and Sammy Sosa — are also members of the 500 home run club, and Aaron and Mays are also members of the 3, 000 hit club.

* April 4 – Sammy Sosa hits his 500th career home run off Cincinnati Reds pitcher Scott Sullivan in the seventh inning at Great American Ball Park, becoming only the 18th player in Major League Baseball history to hit 500 or more home runs, as well as the first Hispanic to do so.

*" Daddy ", a hit song in 1941 written by Bobby Troup and recorded by both the Andrews Sisters and Sammy Kaye

Sammy Sosa hit his 62nd home run just days later on September 13.

He had three seasons with at least 100 runs batted in, and four with 30 or more home runs-including the legendary season, when he hit 50 to finish 4th in the major leagues behind Ken Griffey, Jr., Sammy Sosa, and Mark McGwire, who set the home run record that season.

In his final start of the campaign, a 4 – 3 road win over Cincinnati in the second match of a September 28 twi-night doubleheader, he hit his first major-league home run off of Sammy Ellis to lead off the top of the fifth.

Horner's record stood until 1998 when Sammy Sosa hit a grand slam, the 248th home run of his career, to surpass Horner's mark.

" From left to right: bat used by Babe Ruth to hit his 60th home run during the 1927 season, bat used by Roger Maris to hit his 61st home run during the 1961 season, bat used by Mark McGwire to hit his 70th home run during the 1998 season, and the bat used by Sammy Sosa for his 66th home run during the same season.

" The group was featured on Sammy Davis, Jr .' s number-one Billboard Hot 100 hit of 1972, " The Candy Man " ( the Aubrey Woods version was featured in the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory ) and in 1978, the Mike Curb Congregation was featured in the musical The Magic of Lassie, starring James Stewart.

*" Strange Things Happening Every Day " by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, recorded in 1944 with pianist Sammy Price, was a boogie-woogie flavored gospel song that " crossed over " to become a hit on the " race records " chart, the first gospel recording to do so.