and he wanted a single that would break the trio in Middle America. Rubin had grown up worshiping Aerosmith, so he decided Run-DMC should cover “Walk This Way.” Rubin’s next brilliant move ...

“‘Backstroke lover always hidin’ ’neath the covers ... to executing the “Walk This Way” remix, over a decade removed from its initial release, Run-DMC could finally appreciate ...

This is the oral history of Run-DMC’s cover of “Walk This Way ... Raising Hell comes out in May, and “Walk This Way” is released as a single in July. The next step is getting it ...

“No, that’s Aerosmith’s song, ‘Walk This Way,’” Rubin said ... That summer, the culturally ascendant Run-D.M.C. – Joseph "Run" Simmons, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels and Jason "Jam Master ...

From humble beginnings in Hollis, Queens, to the world stage of Live Aid, it has been more than 40 years since Run-DMC first ... first single, “It’s Like That” to “Walk This Way” to ...

Credit: Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage/Getty Images It was the first hip-hop single to reach ... the creation of Run-DMC and Aerosmith’s 1986 hit Walk This Way was no easy task. Rubin says it was ...

It was the first hip-hop single to reach the top five on the US chart ... But as producer Rick Rubin says in an interview with Rick Beato, the creation of Run-DMC and Aerosmith’s 1986 hit Walk This ...

Although Run-DMC helped make it super famous, Walk This Way did exist before the trio ever got their hands on it in the 80s. It was released as a single from Aerosmith's third studio album ...

I don’t feel slighted in any way in this industry.” Run DMC on the cover of SPIN’s May 1988 ... We could have got Best Rock Collaboration [for “Walk This Way” with Aerosmith].

It was the first hip-hop single to reach the top five ... the creation of Run-DMC and Aerosmith’s 1986 hit Walk This Way was no easy task. Rubin says it was his idea for the hip-hop trio to ...