Will to Power is an American dance-pop group that originated in South
Florida in the mid-1980s founded by Miami's Producer Bob Rosenberg.
The group recorded a number of hit singles on the Billboard dance and
pop charts in the late 1980s and early 1990s, most notably "Baby, I
Love Your Way/Freebird Medley", a medley of 1970s hits by Peter
Frampton and Lynyrd Skynyrd that reached the top of the Billboard Hot
100 chart in December 1988.The group has also two number one singles
on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play, "Say It's Gonna Rain" and
"Fading Away", and continues to create music into the 21st century-
and are currently performing live (Bob Rosenberg and Elin
Michaels).Bob Rosenberg was born on January 18, 1959, in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. His mother, Gloria Mann, was a pop singer who had two
Top 40 pop hits in the mid-1950s on the Sound Records label, "Earth
Angel (Will You Be Mine)" and "Teen Age Prayer". After attending
school in Florida, Rosenberg became a DJ at various local events, and
by 1985 he was working at a Miami CHR radio station, WHQT (Hot 105).
He remixed and edited songs as a radio-mix DJ for the station, and
these mixes became popular in the Miami area. Rosenberg created a rap
record in 1985 that was titled "Miami Vice", based on the popular TV
show and its theme song, but MCA Records claimed that Rosenberg had
infringed on their copyright. He also remixed and edited the song
"Beat Box" for 2 Live Crew's 1986 debut album, The 2 Live Crew Is What
We Are.During 1986 and 1987, Rosenberg worked with various other
musicians to create original music. He chose the name Will to Power
for the group as an homage to German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's
theory of an individual's fundamental Will to Power.
Florida in the mid-1980s founded by Miami's Producer Bob Rosenberg.
The group recorded a number of hit singles on the Billboard dance and
pop charts in the late 1980s and early 1990s, most notably "Baby, I
Love Your Way/Freebird Medley", a medley of 1970s hits by Peter
Frampton and Lynyrd Skynyrd that reached the top of the Billboard Hot
100 chart in December 1988.The group has also two number one singles
on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play, "Say It's Gonna Rain" and
"Fading Away", and continues to create music into the 21st century-
and are currently performing live (Bob Rosenberg and Elin
Michaels).Bob Rosenberg was born on January 18, 1959, in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. His mother, Gloria Mann, was a pop singer who had two
Top 40 pop hits in the mid-1950s on the Sound Records label, "Earth
Angel (Will You Be Mine)" and "Teen Age Prayer". After attending
school in Florida, Rosenberg became a DJ at various local events, and
by 1985 he was working at a Miami CHR radio station, WHQT (Hot 105).
He remixed and edited songs as a radio-mix DJ for the station, and
these mixes became popular in the Miami area. Rosenberg created a rap
record in 1985 that was titled "Miami Vice", based on the popular TV
show and its theme song, but MCA Records claimed that Rosenberg had
infringed on their copyright. He also remixed and edited the song
"Beat Box" for 2 Live Crew's 1986 debut album, The 2 Live Crew Is What
We Are.During 1986 and 1987, Rosenberg worked with various other
musicians to create original music. He chose the name Will to Power
for the group as an homage to German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's
theory of an individual's fundamental Will to Power.
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