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
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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
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