“Rock And Roll All Nite” by Kiss

Kiss put "Rock and Roll All Nite" out in 1975 as the opening single from their third album, Dressed to Kill, on Casablanca, and Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley wrote it as pure chant: a stomping beat, a title you can holler after one listen, and nothing to slow it down. Simmons sings lead, Stanley and Ace Frehley bash out the guitars, Peter Criss thumps along, and a crowd of backing singers, Lydia Criss among them, turns the chorus into a gang shout. Neil Bogart produced it with the band.

The studio cut stalled at 68 on Billboard. The live version released that October was the one that caught fire, reaching 12 early the next year and starting a run of six Top 20 hits for the band in that decade. It became their signature tune, and it has closed nearly every Kiss show since 1976.

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