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Grease 2 (soundtrack)
''Grease 2: Original Soundtrack Recording'' is the original motion picture soundtrack for the 1982 film ''Grease 2'' starring Maxwell Caulfield and Michelle Pfeiffer. It was originally released by RSO Records in 1982, with Polydor Records re-issuing it in 1996. Like the film, the soundtrack failed to match the commercial success of its predecessor. The album peaked at #71 on the ''Billboard'' album chart. The lead single, "Back to School Again" by the Four Tops, peaked at #71 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the U.S. and at #62 on the UK Singles Chart. Reception ''Billboard'' magazine listed the album among its "Top Album Picks", meaning that the album was predicted to reach the top half of the album chart. Comparing the soundtrack to that of the first film, the ''Billboard'' reviewer wrote, "The soundtrack is a similar mix of peppy party tunes ('Who's That Guy' recalls 'Summer Nights') and pretty ballads ('We'll Be Together' has some of the AC appeal of ' Hopelessly Devoted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grease 2
''Grease 2'' is a 1982 American musical romantic comedy film and the sequel to the 1978 film ''Grease'', adapted from the 1971 musical of the same name by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Originally titled ''More Grease'', the film was produced by Allan Carr and Robert Stigwood, and directed and choreographed by Patricia Birch, who choreographed the original stage production and prior film. The plot returns to Rydell High School two years after the original film's graduation, with a largely new cast, led by Maxwell Caulfield and Michelle Pfeiffer in her first starring role. The film was released in United States theaters on June 11, 1982, and grossed $15 million against a production budget of $11 million, a far cry from its predecessor's $132 million domestic box office. Despite breakout roles for Pfeiffer, Adrian Zmed, and Christopher McDonald, the film received mostly negative reviews from critics. Despite this, ''Grease 2'' maintains a devoted fan base decades after its rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny MacRae
Johnny MacRae (February 15, 1929—July 3, 2013), born Fred A. MacRae, nicknamed "Dog" was an American country music composer credited with 235 songs released by recording artists including Ray Charles, George Jones, and Reba McEntire. His best known songs include "You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody" (George Strait), " Tonight the Heartache's on Me" (Dixie Chicks), "I'd Love to Lay You Down" (Conway Twitty), "I Still Believe in Waltzes" (Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty), "Goodbye Says It All" (Blackhawk), and " Living Proof" (Ricky Van Shelton). MacRae was a native of Independence, Missouri. He began composing at age 30. He served in the U.S. Navy for 15 years and on his free time he wrote songs and fronted a rockabilly band. He moved to Nashville in 1963 and eventually became head of Screen Gems Music Publishing (Nashville office) from 1976 to 1984, then became vice president of Combine Music and later wrote for Chappell Music. In 2003, his song, "I'd Be Better Off (in a Pine Box) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Morrison (songwriter)
Robert Edwin Morrison (born August 6, 1942) is an American country songwriter based in Nashville. More than 350 of his songs have been recorded. His most successful compositions are the Grammy-winning Kenny Rogers song, "You Decorated My Life" and the Grammy-nominated "Lookin' for Love," the theme song for the 1980 John Travolta film, ''Urban Cowboy'', recorded by Johnny Lee. Morrison was ASCAP's "Country Songwriter of the Year" in 1978, 1980, 1981 and 1982 and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2016. He has a college degree in nuclear engineering and was a Hollywood film actor and a recording artist prior to becoming a full-time songwriter. His songs have been recorded by artists in a variety of genres, including Reba McEntire, The Carpenters, Sammy Davis Jr., Dottie West, Barbara Mandrell, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Oak Ridge Boys and Bobby Goldsboro. Morrison was awarded "Songwriter of the Year"(1980) by the Nashville Songwriters Association International ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Gibson (musician)
Michael Gibson (September 29, 1944 – July 15, 2005) was a musician, trombonist and orchestrator, nominated twice for the American Theatre Wing's Tony Award for Best Orchestrations. He won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations for '' My One and Only'' in 1983. Work Gibson began his career as a studio musician in New York City, often working with James Brown. In 1972 he changed direction, to become an orchestrator. Best known for his work on the original motion picture version of '' Grease'' (1978) and the Broadway musicals '' Steel Pier'' (1997) and ''Cabaret'' (revival, 1998), Gibson frequently worked with the famous composer-lyricist partnership of John Kander and Fred Ebb; his long-standing relationship with Kander began with ''Woman of the Year'' (1981). He received four additional Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations nominations: for ''Anything Goes'' (1988), ''Steel Pier'' (1997), ''Cabaret'' (1998), and the 'dexterously orchestrated' '' The Wild ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tab Hunter
Tab Hunter (born Arthur Andrew Kelm; July 11, 1931 – July 8, 2018) was an American actor, singer, film producer, and author. Known for his blond, clean-cut good looks, Hunter starred in more than forty films. He was a Hollywood heartthrob of the 1950s and 1960s appearing on the covers of hundreds of film magazines. Hunter's film credits include ''Battle Cry'' (1955), ''The Girl He Left Behind'' (1956), ''Gunman's Walk'' (1958), and ''Damn Yankees'' (1958). Hunter also had a music career in the late 1950s; in 1957, he released a number one hit single " Young Love". Hunter's 2005 autobiography, ''Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star'', was a ''New York Times'' bestseller. Early life Arthur Andrew Kelm was born in Manhattan, New York City, the son of Gertrude () and Charles Kelm. Kelm's father was Jewish, and his mother was a Catholic German immigrant from Hamburg. He had an older brother, Walter. Kelm's father was reportedly abusive, and within a few years of his b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Frechette
Peter Frechette ( ; born October 3, 1956) is an American actor. He is a stage actor with two Tony Award nominations for ''Eastern Standard'' and ''Our Country's Good'', and frequently stars in the plays of Richard Greenberg. He is well known on TV for playing hacker George on the NBC series '' Profiler'' and Peter Montefiore on ''Thirtysomething''. In film, he is known for playing T-Bird Louis DiMucci in the musical ''Grease 2''. Early life Raised in Coventry, Rhode Island, Frechette is the youngest of five children. His father was an efficiency expert and his mother a nurse. Frechette earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater from the University of Rhode Island. Theater Frechette first appeared on the professional stage at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of the Rhode Island Summer Ensemble, starring with Chel Chenier in the comedy ''Pontifications on Puberty and Pigtails'' in 1979. He received high praise in 1981 for his work in two different productions of Harry Ruby's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Hegel
Robert Eric Hegel (born on August 5, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter best known for writing the Air Supply top twenty hit " Just as I Am" (with guitarist Dick Wagner) and the top ten disco hit "Sinner Man" for Sarah Dash (of Labelle). Early life Born in Dayton, Ohio, Hegel attended Centerville High School and was in the garage band The Chandells that changed its name to Bittervetch with the release of the 7" single "Bigger Fool", in 1966. Hegel enrolled at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music and continued to write and perform in various clubs around campus. Music career In 1973, RCA signed Hegel to a recording contract and released the singles "New York City Girl" and "Hello Jekyll, Goodbye Mister Hyde". Hegel signed a publishing deal with Don Kirshner and Hegel, along with his lyricist Amanda George, wrote songs for various television projects such as NBC's '' The Kids from C.A.P.E.R.'', the CBS sitcom ''A Year at the Top'' (co-produced with N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorna Luft
Lorna Luft (born November 21, 1952) is an American actress, author, and singer. She is the daughter of Judy Garland and Sidney Luft and the half-sister of Liza Minnelli. Early life Luft was born on November 21, 1952, at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California to Judy Garland and Garland's third husband, Sidney Luft. She attended University High School in Los Angeles during her senior year and was a member of the school choir. She studied theatre at HB Studio in New York City. Career Stage and television Luft made her show business debut at age 11, singing "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" on the 1963 Christmas episode of Garland's CBS television series ''The Judy Garland Show''. Siblings Liza Minnelli and Joey Luft also appeared. Garland sang the song "Lorna" to Luft on episode 20 of ''The Judy Garland Show'' in 1964: an original number composed by Mort Lindsey and Johnny Mercer especially for Luft at Garland's request. The song was later featured on the 2006 G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maureen Teefy
Maureen Jane Teefy is an American actress. She is best known for her appearances in the films '' Fame'' (1980), ''Grease 2'' (1982), '' Supergirl'' (1984), and '' Startime'' (1992). Her last film appearances to date were in 1997 film ''Men Seeking Women,'' then 20 years later in 2017's ''Hollywood Girl: The Peg Entwistle Story.'' Life and career Teefy was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, one of eight sisters in a large Irish Catholic family. Her first film role was a small part as a U.S.O. singer in the 1979 Steven Spielberg comedy ''1941'' and in the same year she appeared in two minor productions, ''Fyre'' and ''Scavenger Hunt''. She was one of the principal performers in the 1980 Alan Parker musical drama '' Fame'', portraying Doris, a naive young acting student. In 1981, she starred in the ''CBS Afternoon Playhouse'' episode "Portrait of a Teenage Shoplifter". Other films featuring Teefy include ''Grease 2'' (1982) as Sharon Cooper, ''Supergirl'' (1984) as Lucy Lane, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Musker
Frank John Musker (born 1951) is a British songwriter and composer. Most prolific in the 1980s and 1990s, he worked with artists such as Sheena Easton, the Babys, Robert Miles, Jennifer Rush, Bucks Fizz, Air Supply, Lucio Battisti, Zucchero, Lisa Stansfield and Brian May (for the Queen song "Too Much Love Will Kill You"). His collaboration with May was awarded Best Song Musically and Lyrically at the 1997 Ivor Novello Awards. One of Musker's earlier successes was the 1977 North American hit "Heaven on the 7th Floor", written with co-writer Dominic Bugatti. It became a hit for Paul Nicholas and The Mighty Pope. Musker and Bugatti then collaborated with John Waite, frontman for the Babys at the time, to compose "Back on My Feet Again", which would become the Babys' last top 40 hit, peaking at No. 33 in 1980. Two years later, Musker and Bugatti recorded their duo album on Atlantic Records, entitled ''The Dukes''. The album was produced by Arif Mardin and recorded and mixed by Gary Sk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Linde
Dennis Linde (pronounced LIN-dy, March 18, 1943December 22, 2006) was an American music songwriter based in Nashville who has had over 250 of his songs recorded. He is best known for writing the 1972 Elvis Presley hit, "Burning Love". Rarely working with co-writers, he wrote both words and music for most of his songs. In 1994, Linde won BMI's "Top Writer Award" and received four awards as BMI's most-performed titles for that year. His wife and daughter collected the awards because Linde shunned awards shows and avoided publicity. He earned 14 BMI "Million-Air" songs (a song played on the air one million times). In 2001, he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Linde died of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2006 at the age of 63. Linde wrote the top-5 U.S. country hits "Long Long Texas Road" (Roy Drusky, 1970), " The Love She Found in Me" ( Gary Morris, 1983), "Walkin' a Broken Heart" (Don Williams, 1985), " Then It's L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
