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Dirty Dancing was released on August 21, 1987. It is an American romantic drama dance film written by Eleanor Bergstein, directed by Emile Ardolino and starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in the lead roles, and featuring Cynthia Rhodes and Jerry Orbach. According to Huffpost, Swayze and Grey hated each other (link below).
The film used moves exactly like those I used in the "Love Act" I performed when I was dancing at the Hungy i in '77 - '78 (link below). I've wondered if perhaps someone saw my act and used the moves ten years later for this film.
The film used moves exactly like those I used in the "Love Act" I performed when I was dancing at the Hungy i in '77 - '78 (link below). I've wondered if perhaps someone saw my act and used the moves ten years later for this film.
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It was a fun film and the cast was young, beautiful and exciting but the music used in the soundtrack was the standout for me; in particular the old songs from the 50's & 60's.
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It has some of my very favorites songs from the 50's: Love Is Strange performed by Mickey & Sylvia, that wonderful doo-wop song written by Fred Parris, In the Still of the Night dreamily sung by The Five Satins. Oh, how I loved this song! (links below)
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The 60's were represented by the sensual Stay by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, Be My Baby by The Ronettes and Hey! Baby sung by Bruce Channel (links below).
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My favorite modern song for the film is Hungry Eyes (link below), which was written in 1984 by John DeNicola and Franke Previte, whose father was an opera singer. It was performed by Eric Carmen. What a great dance song. It peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #3 on the Cash Box Top 100 in 1988.
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The album became a huge commercial success. It went on to sell 32 million copies worldwide and is one of the best-selling albums of all time.
In the United States the album spent 18 weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 album sales charts and went multi-platinum.
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Originally a low-budget film by a new studio, Vestron Pictures, Dirty Dancing
became a box office hit. As of 2009, it has earned over $214 million
worldwide. It was the first film to sell more than a million copies on
home video, and the Dirty Dancing soundtrack created by Jimmy Ienner generated two multi-platinum albums and multiple singles, including (I've Had) The Time of My Life, which won both the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Song, and a Grammy Award for best duet.
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Side 1:
1 – Bill Medley And Jennifer Warnes - (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life, Arranged By Gene Page, Arranged By [Additional Arrangements By John D'Andrea, Arranged By [Additional Arrangements] – Michael Lloyd, Engineer – Carmine Rubino, Engineer [1st Assistant] – Dan Nebenzal, Engineer [2nd Assistant] Jeff DeMorris, Producer – Michael Lloyd, Remix – Carmine Rubino, Dan Nebenzal, Jimmy Ienner, Michael Lloyd, written by Donald Markowitz, Franke Previte, John DeNicola - 4:47
2 – The Ronettes - Be My Baby, Producer – Phil Spector, written by E. Greenwich*, J. Barry*, P. Spector* - 2:37
3 – Patrick Swayze - She's Like The Wind, Engineer – Carmine Rubino, Engineer [Assisted By] – Dan Nebenzal, Featuring – Wendy Fraser, Orchestrated By [Additional Orchestrations By] John D'Andrea, Producer – Michael Lloyd, written by Patrick Swayze, Stacey Widelitz - 3:51
4 – Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes, Engineer – Jim DeMain, Engineer [Remix Engineer] George Sipl, Jim DeMain, Producer – Eric Carmen, written by Franke Previte, John DeNicola - 4:06
5 – Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs* - Stay, written by M. Williams* - 1:34
6 – Merry Clayton - Yes, Arranged By Gene Page, Engineer – Carmine Rubino, Engineer [Assistant] Jimmy Hoysan*, Producer – Michael Lloyd, written by Neal Cavanaugh, Terry Fryer, Tom Graf - 3:15
Side 2:
7 – The Blow Monkeys - You Don't Own Me, Engineer – Ben Kape, Producer – Peter Wilson, written by D. White*, J. Madara* - 3:00
8 – Bruce Channel- Hey Baby, written by B. Channel*, M. Cobb* - 2:21
9 – Zappacosta Overload, Engineer – Jeff McCulloch, Engineer [Assist.] – Andy Koyama, Walter Soeczak*, Producer – Alfie Zappacosta*, written by Marko Luciani*, Alfie Zappacosta* - 3:39
10 – Mickey And Sylvia* - Love Is Strange, written by E. Smith*, M. Baker*, S. Robinson* - 2:52
11 – Tom Johnston - Where Are You Tonight?, Engineer – Gene Foster, Music Consultant – Inside Track, Inc.Producer – Leon Medica*, written by Mark Scola - 3:59
12 – The Five Satins - In The Still Of The Night, written by F. Parris*
- 3:03
Companies, etc.
Manufactured By – BMG Music
Distributed By – BMG Music
Mastered At – Fullersound
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Vestron Music Inc.
Credits:
A&R [A & R Direction] – Bob Feiden
Art Direction [Soundtrack Art Direction] – Pam Rodi
Design [Mechanical Design] – The Hub Graphics Corp.
Executive-Producer [Soundtrack] – Jimmy Ienner
Mastered By – Mike Fuller
Other [Theatrical Campaign] – Sharon Streger / Seiniger Advertising
Photography By – Adger Cowans*
Notes:
Mastered at Fullersound in Miami, Florida.
Booklet comes with lyrics and information on where each track was recorded.
Packaging: Jewel Case
Total Playing Time: 39 mins, 32 secs
Made in U.S.A.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode (Text): 7863-56408-2
Barcode (Scanned): 078635640823
Matrix / Runout: W.O. # 8058-11 64082R
ASIN (com): B007SAT2SG
ASIN (com): B000002W9Q
Viewfinder links:
Golden Globe Award
Leatherneck, Pillow, a Hungry i
Jerry Orbach
Net links:
Lion's Gate ~ Dirty Dancing
The Guardian ~ Why Dirty Dancing would never be made today
NY Times ~ Dirty Dancing: Where Kellerman’s Came to Life
Huffpost ~ 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Dirty Dancing
YouTube links:
Dirty Dancing ~ "Dirty Dancing" Clip
Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes
The Ronettes - Be My Baby
Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs - Stay
Bruce Channel - Hey Baby
Mickey And Sylvia - Love Is Strange
The Five Satins - In The Still Of The Night
Patrick Swayze Talks About Working With Jennifer Grey
Jennifer Grey Reveals Dirty Dancing Secrets
Rogerebert ~ review
Styrous® ~ Tuesday, August 21, 2018
