''Dawn Patrol'' is the debut studio album by American hard rock band

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, released on November 1, 1982, by

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's The Boardwalk Entertainment Co.

Background

During the recording of the album, the band was known as just Ranger. The first issues of the album were printed and ready to be shipped when a

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band from

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was found to have the same name. The band decided to name themselves Night Ranger after the song that Blades had written for the album, and Boardwalk proceeded to destroy every copy that had "Ranger" on it.

Release

Don't Tell Me You Love Me "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" is a song by Night Ranger written by Jack Blades from their 1982 album, '' Dawn Patrol''. It was released as a single in December 1982. The song was re-recorded for the music video game ''Rock Band A rock band or ...

", the first single, which had a music video that entered heavy rotation on MTV, reached number 40 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number four on ''Billboard's '' Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The second single, "Sing Me Away", reached number 54 on the Hot 100 and number 39 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in late spring of 1983.

Track listing

Personnel

;Night Ranger *

Jack Blades Jack Martin Blades (born April 24, 1954) is an American rock musician. He has worked in the bands Rubicon, Night Ranger (as bassist and one of the lead vocalists), and Damn Yankees (as one of the founding members). He has also recorded with ...

– bass, lead vocals * Jeff Watson – guitars *

Brad Gillis Bradley Frank Gillis (born 15 June 1957) is a guitarist most famous for playing with the band Night Ranger. He was in the band Rubicon during the 1970s before Night Ranger. Since forming in 1979, Gillis and drummer Kelly Keagy are the only me ...

– guitars *

Alan Fitzgerald Francis Alan Fitzgerald (born July 16, 1949) is an American musician. A multi-instrumentalist, he is best known as the second bassist of Montrose and as keyboardist for Night Ranger. He has also performed with Gamma, and former Montrose bandmat ...

– keyboards *

Kelly Keagy Kelly Dean Keagy (born September 15, 1952) is an American drummer and co-lead vocalist, best known for his work with Night Ranger. Keagy sang lead vocals on several of their hits, such as "Sister Christian", "Sing Me Away", and " Sentimental Str ...

– drums, lead vocals ;Production * Pat Glasser – producer * John Van Nest – engineer * Tucker Williamson – studio assistant *

Brian Gardner Brian Knapp Gardner, also known as Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, is an American mastering engineer. He has worked on a number of recordings since the mid-1960s, including classic rock, funk, disco, alternative rock, R&B, hip hop, pop punk and dance- ...

Background

Release

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

Album

Singles

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