“In the ’80s, everybody came out with a power ballad – and we had a great one. It was never a No.1 record, but it’s a song that defines that whole era”: How an incredibly unlucky band finally got a break with a soft rock classic

Night Ranger in 1984.

One of the big hit songs of 1984 was Sister Christian by San Francisco rock band Night Ranger.

But that success came after a run of bad luck that would have finished off a lesser band.