One of the greatest rock songwriters of all time, Bob Seger ever only scored one #1 hit, when "Shakedown" climbed up the charts.
The song and the music video that went with it, promoted Eddie Murphy's Beverly Hills Cop II. The song was originally to be a sequel song for Glenn Frey, who recorded "The Heat is On" for the first Beverly Hills Cop movie, but Frey didn't like the lyrics, so the song was then offered to Seger who scored his only #1 with the hit. Being that Axel Foley is a Detroit cop, the filmmakers wanted a Detroit singer on the song, and both Frey and Seger are famously from the Motor City. When Seger agreed to do the song, he got a call from Frey who said "At least we kept the money in Michigan!" In celebration of the release of Netflix's Beverly Hills Cop 4, Bob Seger re-released the video for "Shakedown," who ironically got a #1 for a song that wasn't his.
Seger gave Glen Frey his start in music, when he used him as a bassist and singer on the single "Ramblin Gamblin Man". He, would later offer Frey a spot in the Silver Bullet Band, but Frey had to decline as his parents thought he was too young to go off and tour with the band. Frey would eventually graduate from school, and move to L.A. where he would later become a founding member of the Eagles.
Detroit really is "Rock City"!