The Jets - Make It — Real

In the early 1980s, facing financial struggle, they pivoted to a Top 40 bar band called . Their manager, Don Powell, suggested the name The Jets (inspired by the Elton John song "Bennie and the Jets"), and by 1985, they were signed to MCA Records. Making It Real: The Peak

The story of is a true "grass-skirt-to-riches" saga, following a Tongan-American family from humble roots to the peak of 1980s pop stardom and through a subsequent, painful internal fracture. From Tonga to the Charts The Jets - Make it real

The Jets became a global sensation with a wholesome, high-energy image. Between 1985 and 1990, they secured on the Billboard Hot 100, including "Crush on You," "You Got It All," and the ballad "Make It Real" . Cover of The Jets' "Make It Real" - Facebook In the early 1980s, facing financial struggle, they

The group was formed in , by the children of Maikeli and Vaké Wolfgramm, who had emigrated from Tonga. Before they were pop stars, the family performed as a Polynesian dance revue called the Polynesian Pearls , traveling across the U.S. and Canada. From Tonga to the Charts The Jets became