The great Bobby Sherman had singing gigs before he ever got paid acting gigs, but it wasn't until he got his break on the TV show HERE COME THE BRIDES (1968 - 70) that his recording career took off... Over to Wiki:
In 1969, his first gold single, "Little Woman", became popular, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (#2 in Canada) and spending nine weeks in the top 20, effectively cementing his status as a performer popular with teenage girls. His other hits were "Julie (Do Ya Love Me)" (US #5) (Can #3), "Easy Come, Easy Go" (US #9) (Can #6), "Jennifer" (US #60) (Can #32), "La La La" (US #9) (Can #7), and "The Drum" (US #29) (Can #7) (written by Alan O'Day). Some of these songs were produced by Jackie Mills, a Hollywood record producer, who also produced the Brady Bunch Kids. In Canada "Hey Mister Sun" reached #19, "Cried Like A Baby" reached #10, and "Waiting At The Bus Stop" reached #31. Colin CK MacLeod Collectibles at ckmac.com Kymar's on eBay -----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu]on Behalf Of jbirddouglass Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 08:37 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Billy Bob likes Famous Monsters and Forry The first one who comes to mind, Bruce is Jack Black, of all people. His "band", Tenacious D., is basically a duo consisting of Black and his guitar-playing partner Kyle Gass. Their CDs are well-written, well-played, quite funny, and sold extremely well.. I teach guitar, and my students love learning the tunes, a sure sign a of a winner. Jack was and is very successful musically on his own terms, and I have nothing but respect for the guy. They might be a novelty act, but the music absolutely stands on its own. Then there was David Soul...remember "Starsky and Hutch"?...who had a huge single with "Don't Give Up on Us, Baby", back in the early Seventies, but that was a fluke, like Shelly Fabares ("Johnny Angel") in the Sixties. Steven Segal is a surprisingly good guitarist, but his songs blow, and, besides, he's not a real actor. Oddly enough, Mitch Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix's drummer (probably the best rock drummer ever) was a successful child actor in the UK before he was seduced by all those marvelous noises coming out of the radio and ended up changing careers, thank God. By the way, I was thrilled to find out this morning that "Twilight" Robert Pattinson stated that "Music is my backup plan!" If his CD sucks as bad as that movie, I wouldn't be at all surprised. Screw "Twilight". Watch "Let the Right One In" if you want to see a truly great vampire flick. I'll put my thinking cap on, Bruce. Greg Douglass Bruce Hershenson wrote: > Greg > > You seem the right person to ask. What celebrity who started as an > actor and then switched to music was the very BEST, and had the most > success (if you get what I mean)? > > I am blanking out on this, but I imagine there are quite a few. It > seems there are a ton the other way around (singers who went on to > decent acting careers). Or am I just wrong, and there aren't any? > > Bruce > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 9:37 AM, jbirddouglass <jbirddougl...@cox.net > <mailto:jbirddougl...@cox.net>> wrote: > > I was actually recommended to Billy Bob by a mutual friend for a > slot as guitarist in Billy Bob's band. In retrospect, I'm glad it > didn't happen. (I heard his CD...mmmmm-hmmm....). Not great. I > think it would have been one of those > decent-paying-but-life-sucking gigs. I'm glad the final call never > came through in this case. > Didn't Keanu Reeves have some crappy band as well? Dog Star? And > let's not forget Juliette (Lewis) and the Licks. (Although they at > least had one killer tune, surprisingly enough.) > Greg Douglass > > Dave Rosen wrote: > > Well, it's cool that he was a Famous Monsters fan but, gad, > what a sulky baby! Another movie star playing at being a > working musician (like Russell Crowe, Bruce Willis, etc and of > course, most notoriously, Joaquin Phoenix). > > These guys would NEVER be able to front a band and their bands > would NEVER get this kind of pr if it wasn't for their movie > careers. > > Dave > www.posteropolis.com <http://www.posteropolis.com/> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Halegua Comic Art" > <sa...@comic-art.com <mailto:sa...@comic-art.com>> > To: <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> > Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 5:09 AM > Subject: [MOPO] Billy Bob likes Famous Monsters and Forry > > > http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/09/billy.bob.thornton.interview/ind ex.html > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > www.filmfan.com <http://www.filmfan.com/> > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed > to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > <mailto:lists...@listserv.american.edu> > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this > message is solely responsible for its content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > <http://www.filmfan.com/> > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message > addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > <mailto:lists...@listserv.american.edu> > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this > message is solely responsible for its content. > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > <http://www.filmfan.com/> > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed > to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > <mailto:lists...@listserv.american.edu> > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is > solely responsible for its content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. 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