A s one of the premier innovators of the “power pop” sound, Dwight Twilley's place in rock history is assured. He fronted the Dwight Twilley Band, a legendary trio from Tulsa , which scored a deal in 1974 with Shelter Records and had a major hit with the very first record they recorded professionally, “I'm On Fire,” in the summer of 1975. The band went on to record a brilliant first album, Sincerely , which was released in 1976. Sincerely has since come to be regarded as one of the best American albums of the Seventies. A second album, Twilley Don't Mind , was recorded with a more basic live feel to it, and released on Arista in the fall of 1977. Disenchanted with their failure to sustain the commercial success they deserved, the group disbanded in 1978.

In 1984, Twilley released the hit album, Jungle , which included the smash single, “Girls” (with a cameo by long-time friend Tom Petty). With a funny, Porky's -inspired video, the song was in heavy rotation on MTV for six months. A second single, “Little Bit Of Love” also hit, and the third single “Why You Wanna Break My Heart” was included in a cover version on the platinum-selling Wayne's World soundtrack several years later.