Billy Squier

Guitarist Billy Squier saw nearly a decade's worth of failed musical endeavors finally pay off with the release of his second solo album, Don't Say No, in 1981. The album went Top Ten and spawned several radio hits including the Top Twenty pop chart single "The Stroke," making him one of the year's breakthrough acts. Squier consolidated his pop-tinged, melodic hard rock success with that album's follow-up, Emotions In Motion.

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Hard-rock guitarist Billy Squier seemed to be an overnight success story with his 1981 breakthrough album Don't Say No, but he had actually spent nearly a decade struggling as a musician. He had been a member of the Boston-based band Piper during the mid-'70s, who had released a pair of albums on Capitol Records to relatively little interest. When Piper broke up, Squier opted for a solo career, issuing Tale Of The Tape in 1980 with minimal success.

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