00:00New York Groove climbs the charts after Ace Frehley's death at 74 fans are sending.
00:05Ace Frehley's 1978 solo hit back up the charts after news of his death.
00:10Fans are honoring Ace Frehley just how he would have wanted them to, by cranking up New York Groove.
00:15By Friday morning, just days after the Kiss legend's death at 74 on October 16th,
00:21the 1978 solo hit had re-entered iTunes' Top 20, according to Quirb's aggregated Apple Music data.
00:28New York Groove reached no.
00:30Eighteen on the US iTunes chart, the climb marks a clear spike in downloads as fans revisit
00:35Frehley's biggest anthem and celebrate his influence on classic rock.
00:39The tune was written by Russ Ballard and first recorded by the British glam band.
00:45Hello before Frehley made it his own on his 1978 self-titled album.
00:49That record was one of four solo projects released simultaneously by the members of Kiss that year.
00:54A bold experiment that proved just how massive the group's fame had become.
00:59Of all four albums, Frehley's was the surprise breakout, thanks largely to his swaggering version of New York Groove.
01:07The single hit No.
01:08Thirteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and helped the album go platinum.
01:13It became synonymous with Frehley's stage persona and perfectly captured the energy of a musician returning home to his city.
01:19The song quickly became one of Kiss' most recognizable spin-off hits.
01:24For decades, New York Groove remained a centerpiece of Frehley's live performances.
01:29It appeared in several film soundtracks and TV series and continued to anchor his solo sets long after his time with Kiss.
01:37News broke on Thursday, October 16th, that the legendary guitarist was in the hospital and on life support.
01:43And just hours later, his family confirmed he had died.
01:47Since his death, tributes have poured in from across the rock world, including a joint statement from his Kiss bandmates, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley.
01:56While official streaming data has not yet been released, the songs return to the iTunes Top 20 shows how quickly listeners are rediscovering his work.
02:05Posthumous boosts in catalog sales are common when a beloved artist dies, but this one feels especially fitting.
02:11Nearly 50 years later, fans are proving that Ace Frehley's groove never really left New York at all.
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