TOP TEN: The Best Songs Of Foreigner RETRO

This band was formed in 1976 when English musician Mick Jones was stranded in New York City after his band 'Leslie West Band' collapsed. His manager suggested that he rehearsed a band of his own in a small space Prager had near his office. Jones recruited keyboarder Al Greenwood and later fellow Brits Ian McDonald (ex King Crimson) and drummer Dennis Elliott. He then found singer Lou Gramm as the missing piece of the puzzle whose band had just broke up and bassist Ed Gagliardi from New York completed the first line up. After they first agreed on the name 'Trigger' they changed it to 'Foreigner' because there already was a band with the 'Trigger'-name. Foreigner was chosen because no matter where they were, some members were always foreigner as 3 were from England and 3 from the USA. In 1977 they released their debut album under the same name. It peaked at #5 in the US album charts and has been certified five times platinum. Two singles of the album ('Feels Like The