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"Don't Let it End" is the third track on the 1983 album Kilroy Was Here, by Styx. Styx ( pronounced: /stɪks/ is an American Rock band. Their hit songs have included " Come Sail Away " " Babe " " Kilroy Was Here is a Rock opera / Concept album by the rock band Styx. Major releases Michael Jackson's Thriller, the highest-selling album of all time as well as the best-selling album of 1983 and 1984 was released A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music A&M Records is an American Record label owned by Universal Music Group which operates through the Interscope-Geffen-A&M division A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Dennis DeYoung (born February 18, 1947) is an American singer Songwriter, Musician and producer best known for being a founding In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Styx ( pronounced: /stɪks/ is an American Rock band. Their hit songs have included " Come Sail Away " " Babe " " Styx ( pronounced: /stɪks/ is an American Rock band. Their hit songs have included " Come Sail Away " " Babe " " " Mr Roboto " is a song written by Dennis DeYoung and performed by the band Styx on their 1983 Concept album Kilroy Was Here " High Time " is the third and final single from the 1983 album Kilroy Was Here, by Styx. Kilroy Was Here is a Rock opera / Concept album by the rock band Styx. Styx ( pronounced: /stɪks/ is an American Rock band. Their hit songs have included " Come Sail Away " " Babe " "

The song was written and sung by Dennis DeYoung. Dennis DeYoung (born February 18, 1947) is an American singer Songwriter, Musician and producer best known for being a founding The track is a mid-tempo ballad about one who breaks up with a lover and pleads to get the person back. The track reached #6 on the Billboard singles charts in the summer of 1983.

According to Dennis DeYoung in a 2005 interview with classicrockrevisited. com, the track was originally slated as the first single from Kilroy Was Here until the staff at A&M suggested "Mr. Roboto". " Mr Roboto " is a song written by Dennis DeYoung and performed by the band Styx on their 1983 Concept album Kilroy Was Here

Video

The video of the track was directed by Brian Gibson. Brian Gibson may refer to Brian Gibson (director, English movie director Brian Gibson (musician Brian Gibson (Australian It starts out with Dennis portraying Kilroy looking at a picture of a girlfriend he lost (the picture is of Dennis' wife in real life Suzanne) and then gets up to go in another room which changes into the prison that his character of Kilroy was in. Then Dennis changes into the Kilroy as prisoner character and joins the members of Styx who play prisoners in the video performing the track and then the end shows Dennis as he appeared at the intro.

The reprise of the track was more to do with not letting rock and roll die and had a teaser of the riff to Mr Roboto before ending like a 50s rocker with Tommy Shaw singing the first section and DeYoung the finale. Tommy Roland Shaw (born September 11, 1953) is an American Guitarist, best known for his work with the rock band Styx

Personnel

Dennis DeYoung - piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, lead vocals
Chuck Panozzo - Alembic bass guitar
John Panozzo - drums
Tommy Shaw - electric guitar, guitar solo, additional synthesizers, backing vocals
James "J.Y." Young - electric rhythm guitar

Dennis DeYoung (born February 18, 1947) is an American singer Songwriter, Musician and producer best known for being a founding The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers A Rhodes piano is an electromechanical Musical instrument, a brand of Electric piano. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. Chuck Panozzo (born Charles Salvatore Panozzo, on September 20, 1948, in Chicago) is a bass player An alembic (from Arabic Al-inbiq الأنبيق is an alchemical Still consisting of two Retorts connected by a tube The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the John Anthony Panozzo ( September 20 1948 – July 16 1996) was the drummer for the American rock band Styx. A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells Tommy Roland Shaw (born September 11, 1953) is an American Guitarist, best known for his work with the rock band Styx An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder Guitar solos are a melodic passage section or entire piece of music written for an Electric guitar or an Acoustic guitar. James "JY" Young (born 14 November 1949, on the South Side of Chicago Illinois) is a Guitarist, singer and songwriter and

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