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Paul Elliott

“We had a request from the studio guys: ‘Is it okay if this local church choir comes in to record for a day?’ And thank God we let them in!”: How Def Leppard created a rock anthem - with a little bit of divine intervention

Def Leppard in 1983.

Def Leppard got lucky - not once, but twice - during the making of one of their greatest hits.

The song is Rock Of Ages, from the band’s multi-million selling 1983 album Pyromania.

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