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Voyage Of The Rock Aliens
''Voyage of the Rock Aliens'' is a 1984 film directed by James Fargo and starring Pia Zadora and Craig Sheffer. Plot A guitar-shaped spaceship and Robot 1359 (voiced by Peter Cullen), search the universe for the source of rock and roll music. After discounting the planets Teldar and Malox, they come across Acirema. After listening to a dance/musical performance of “When the Rain Begins to Fall”, featuring Pia Zadora and Jermaine Jackson portraying members of rival gangs who fall in love, ala Romeo and Juliet, 1359 discounts this one too. The last planet left to visit is Earth. 1359 wakes the crew to visit the planet. A rocket telephone booth lands in the town of Speelburgh and ABCD (pronounced "Absid") (Tom Nolan) with his group of aliens exit. The humanoid aliens force robot 1359 to take the form of a fire hydrant. Only the Sheriff ( Ruth Gordon) witnesses their landing, and she becomes obsessed with alien invaders. Dee Dee (Pia Zadora) is a singer in high school who is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Fargo
James Fargo (born August 14, 1938) is an American film director. He directed numerous films from 1976 to 1998. After serving as assistant director to Steven Spielberg on Duel and on many films starring Clint Eastwood, he was then given the chance to direct the third Dirty Harry film, '' The Enforcer'', in 1976. Later he also directed Eastwood in 1978's ''Every Which Way but Loose''. It would be his final film working with Eastwood. Fargo has also directed other films such as '' Caravans'', '' A Game for Vultures'', ''Voyage of the Rock Aliens'', as well as '' Forced Vengeance'' with Chuck Norris. Fargo has also directed television shows, such as ''The A-Team'', '' Hunter'', '' Scarecrow and Mrs. King'' and '' Beverly Hills 90210''.James Fargo Movies & TV ''The New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Nolan (actor)
Maurice Joseph Girouard Jr. (born January 15, 1948) is a Canadian-American music journalist and former film and television actor. He is known for playing Jody O'Connell in the American Western (genre), western television series ''Buckskin (TV series), Buckskin''. Life and career Nolan was born in Montreal, Quebec. He emigrated to the United States with his family, after his mother's health problems. Nolan attended at a stage school, at an early age for which he then used the stage name Butch Bernard. He also attended at the Jen Loven Swim School, in which Nolan earned a trophy. He began his career in 1952, where he played the uncredited role of the "Child at Finale" in the film ''Son of Paleface''. Nolan co-starred and appeared in films, such as ''The Grasshopper (1970 film), The Grasshopper'', ''The Toy Tiger'', ''The Seven Year Itch'', ''Man Afraid'', ''The Young Warriors (film), The Young Warriors'', ''All Mine to Give'', ''The Moonshine War'', ''Kiss Me, Stupid'', and ''Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Sarde
Cliff Sarde is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who w .... Biography Cliff Sarde is a GRAMMY nominated composer, video editor and recording artist who has received an Emmy, Telly, and numerous Addy awards. Partial credits include The Sopranos, MTV, FOX, ABC, NBC, ESPN, The Weather Channel, NHL, MLB, Bravo, Lifetime, Bio, Oxygen, Entertainment Tonight, Budweiser, Microsoft, Honeywell, Blue Cross Blue Shield AZ.,Insight and Best Western International. Former recording artist for Atlantic Records, MCA Records, Canyon Records, Passport Jazz Records. References * http://www.answers.com/topic/cliff-sarde?cat=entertainment External links * http://www.ceproductions.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarde, Cliff American ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainey Haynes
Rainey Haynes (born August 16, 1964 in Memphis, Tennessee) also known simply as Rainey, is an American rock singer and writer. Early life Haynes showed an interest in singing, songwriting, and performing early, and had taught herself to play guitar by age 13. Career At 18, she moved to New Orleans, where she formed a rock band. By her early 20s, she was touring the South with her band; she toured Europe and the Near East to entertain U.S. troops. Returning to the U.S., she continued to travel, performing with her band. In Nashville she recorded an album for MCA Records produced by Ron Chancy, and she was nominated "Most Promising New Artist of the Year" by the Country Music Association. In 1986, she moved to Los Angeles, where she played at Southern California music venues with a new version of her band. It variously included Steve Farris (lead guitarist for Mr. Mister), Bob Birch (long time bass player for Elton John), Rocket Ritchotte (former guitarist for David Lee Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Farnham
John Peter Farnham AO (born 1 July 1949) is a British born Australian singer. Farnham was a teen pop idol from 1967 until 1979, billed then as Johnny Farnham, but has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer.McFarlane (1999). Encyclopedia entry for ; retrieved 24 January 2010. His career has mostly been as a solo artist, although he replaced Glenn Shorrock as lead singer of Little River Band from 1982 to 1985. In September 1986, his solo single " You're the Voice" peaked at No. 1 on the Australian singles charts. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. The associated album, '' Whispering Jack'', held the No. 1 position for a total of 25 weeks and is the second-highest-selling album in Australian history. Both the single and the album had top-ten success internationally, including No. 1 in Sweden. Farnham has become one of his country's best-known and most popular performers, and he is the only Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Spiro
Mark Spiro (born March 28, 1957) is an American songwriter, record producer and recording artist. Represented on millions of records sold worldwide, Spiro has delivered songs to artists such as Julian Lennon, Cheap Trick, John Waite, Heart, Laura Branigan, Bad English, Lita Ford, and Giant. He has also released solo material sporadically. Career Originally from Seattle, Spiro relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career within the music industry in his early 20s. While in L.A., he met German record producer/label owner Jack White, after which he spent several years in Germany working as a singer, songwriter, and producer ( Laura Branigan, Anne Murray, Engelbert Humperdinck, Pia Zadora, Hazell Dean, David Hasselhoff). Upon Spiro's return to Los Angeles in the mid-1980s, he began building a reputation as a successful songwriter with his first major cut on the '' Top Gun'' soundtrack and has continued to write songs and produce for other artists. Spiro was one of the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinnie Vincent
Vincent John Cusano (born August 6, 1952), better known by his stage name Vinnie Vincent, is an American guitarist. He is a former member of the rock band Kiss from 1982 until mid-1984 during the band's transition out of their 1973–1983 makeup period. Vincent was the last member to wear a unique makeup/costume configuration, as the character of The Ankh Warrior (a design created by Paul Stanley), until he and the band were first shown without the makeup during an interview on MTV in September 1983. He founded his own band, Vinnie Vincent Invasion, which had minor hits. Early life Vincent John Cusano was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of Theresa "Terri" (Ferraro) and Alfonso Cusano, musicians. Both of his parents were of Italian descent. He picked up the guitar at an early age and was inspired by bluegrass and rock and roll. Cusano's first introduction to working with internationally renowned artists was working with Felix Cavaliere (mostly widely known from The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3 Speed (band)
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary U
Gary may refer to: *Gary (given name), a common masculine given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name *Gary, Indiana, the largest city named Gary Places ;Iran * Gary, Iran, Sistan and Baluchestan Province ;United States * Gary (Tampa), Florida *Gary, Maryland *Gary, Minnesota *Gary, South Dakota * Gary, West Virginia * Gary – New Duluth, a neighborhood in Duluth, Minnesota * Gary Air Force Base, San Marcos, Texas * Gary City, Texas Ships * USS ''Gary'' (DE-61), a destroyer escort launched in 1943 * USS ''Gary'' (CL-147), scheduled to be a light cruiser, but canceled prior to construction in 1945 * USS ''Gary'' (FFG-51), a frigate, commissioned in 1984 * USS ''Thomas J. Gary'' (DE-326), a destroyer escort commissioned in 1943 People and fictional characters *Gary (surname), including a list of people with the name *Gary (rapper), South Korean rapper and entertainer *Gary (Argentine singer), Argentine singer of cuarteto songs Other uses *'' G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka (; born March 13, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Since his music career began in 1957, he has sold millions of records worldwide and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard "Howie" Greenfield and Phil Cody. After a short-lived tenure as a founding member of the doo-wop group the Tokens, Sedaka achieved a string of hit singles over the late 1950s and early 1960s, including "Oh! Carol" (1959), " Calendar Girl" (1960), "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" (1961) and " Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (1962). His popularity declined by the mid-1960s, but was revived in the mid-1970s, solidified by the 1975 US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number ones " Laughter in the Rain" and " Bad Blood". Sedaka maintained a successful career as a songwriter, penning hits for other artists including "Stupid Cupid" (Connie Francis), "(Is This the Way to) Amarillo" (Tony Christie) and " Love Will Keep Us Togeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When The Rain Begins To Fall
"When the Rain Begins to Fall" is a 1984 song written and composed by Peggy March, Michael Bradley, and Steve Wittmack, recorded by singers Jermaine Jackson and Pia Zadora, and released as a US single at the beginning of 1985 (In Europe in October, 1984). The song was performed in the movie ''Voyage of the Rock Aliens,'' in which Zadora played a lead role. Before being released in the US, this track went to number one in several European countries. The song failed to capitalize its European success in America, but did better on the US dance charts (at #22). Recorded at Out Of The Blue studio in Van Nuys by Erik Visser. (Originally from Amsterdam) Track listing *12" single #"When the Rain Begins to Fall" (extended version) – 6:07 #"Follow My Heartbeat" by Pia Zadora – 4:22 #"Escape from the Planet of the Ant Men" (by Jermaine Jackson feat. T. Jackson and R. Jackson) – 5:04 *7" single #"When the Rain Begins to Fall" – 4:06 #"Follow My Heartbeat" (by Pia Zadora) – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
