Tonight’s mystery artists have hit in the US but were so huge in Japan the media in that country dubbed them the American Beatles.  Think you know who they might be?

I found this in AXS about the huge success of Cheap Trick in Japan before they ever hit it big in the US. According to the site,

“Three years before the song “I want you to want me” hit it big in the States Cheap Trick already had 3 gold records in Japan. The group’s fame was so big that when they went there they were meet by mobs of fans that lead to the media over there dubbing them the “American Beatles."

And here is the song that gave them gold.

 

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