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Originally Posted by AmeliaG
It has been a lot of years since I did this type of music journalism, but, if memory serves, to record his first demo for their eventual hit Runaway, Jon Bon Jovi traded like janitorial work for studio time and I don't think Sambora contributed to that track or was in the picture at all then. As I recall, guitar was provided by someone who went on to form Skid Row or Cinderella.
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Yes he did but Richie's work was important to the band becoming what it became.
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Since 1983, Bon Jovi have sold more than 120 milion albums worldwide, performed more than 3000 concerts in 50 countries before more than 36 million fans. Sambora has co-written five Number One hit singles, more than twenty Top Ten singles and nearly forty Top 40 songs, including the rock classics ?Wanted Dead or Alive,? ?Livin? On A Prayer,? ?It?s My Life? and ?You Give Love A Bad Name.? In 2006, the band?s song ?Who Says You Can?t Go Home? (co-written by Sambora and Bon Jovi) won The 2006 People?s Choice Award for ?Best Rock Song.? The country duet version of the song featuring Jennifer Nettles reigned as #1 on the Billboard Hot Country charts for two weeks (marking the first time a rock band has ever graced the top of the Country charts) and garnered CMT, CMA, ACM and Grammy nominations. The song took home a Best Collaborative Video from CMT and Bon Jovi earned their first ever Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration With Vocals.