Dwight Twilley

Dwight Twilley created an enduring and highly memorable brand of power pop that blended Beatlesque pop and Sun rockabilly "slapback" echo. He teamed with Phil Seymour as the Dwight Twilley Band the mid-'70s to record a catalog of songs and albums that play like a starter pack for budding power pop lovers, including the 1975 Top 20 hit "I'm on Fire" and the Sincerely album from the following year. The Twilley Band broke up too soon, but Twilley himself carried on as solo act, hitting the charts again in 1984 with "Girls" and continuing to release albums until 2014's reliably hooky Always.