‘My Sharona’ singer dies at 57
February 14th, 2010
Doug Fieger, lead singer and songwriter for the L.A.-based new wave pop band the Knack, died Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 57.
Fieger had battled successive sieges with lung and brain cancer for six years, and underwent multiple operations to remove brain tumors.
He is best known for the Knack’s ubiquitous 1979 hit “My Sharona,” a lusty, incessantly riffing rocker inspired by his obsession with 16-year-old musician Sharona Alperin.