2. Dio’s “Rainbow In The Dark”
[youtube width=”500″ height=”344″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQzNBTukO0w[/youtube]
While “Holy Diver” may have introduced Ronnie James Dio as a solo artist (after years of fronting big names bands), the second single “Rainbow In The Dark” broke him out even further. Supposedly, Dio was initially displeased with how “poppy” the song came out, tempted to destroy the original recording. He was thankful, though, that his band talked him out of it since it’s become one of his signature songs (thanks in part to bassist Jimmy Bain’s instantly recognizable keyboard riff).
