Misplaced Pages

#346653

20-634: Big Trouble may refer to: Music [ edit ] Big Trouble (band) , an American pop group 1985–1988 Big Trouble (Big Trouble album) , 1988 Big Trouble (Hazzard Hotrods album) or the title song, 2000 Big Trouble (Outasight album) or the title song, 2015 Big Trouble , an album by Hollywood Monsters , 2014 Other uses [ edit ] Big Trouble (1986 film) , an American comedy film directed by John Cassavetes Big Trouble (2002 film) , an American comedy film based on Dave Barry's novel (see below) Big Trouble (Lukas book) ,

40-590: A 1997 non-fiction book by J. Anthony Lukas Big Trouble (novel) , a 1999 novel by Dave Barry See also [ edit ] Big Trouble in Little China Big Trouble in Little China (soundtrack) Big Trouble in Little China (video game) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Big Trouble . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

60-412: A hit single in 1965 by American pianist Burt Bacharach , as well as a cover of the 1966 track "Cool Jerk" by The Capitols . On the duet track "What About You and Me", guest vocals were provided by singer, musician and songwriter Eric Martin . On the album, the song "One More Arrow" was later recorded in 1989 by Renaissance vocalist Annie Haslam for her self-titled third solo album. The album

80-545: A spectrum of listeners as possible. The good news is that Big Trouble don't disgrace themselves or their mentors. Lead singer Bobbie Eakes has not let her Miss Georgia 1983 title get in the way of her vocal abilities and keyboardist Rebecca Ryan, bassist Julia Farey and drummer Suzy Zarow show enough chops on tracks like "When the Love Is Good," "Crazy World" and two oldies, "Cool Jerk" and Dionne Warwick 's "Trains and Boats and Planes," to indicate they should survive longer than

100-518: Is part of a music tradition - manufactured all-female groups. This time around, the mastermind is Fred Silverman, one of the most influential men in television in the Seventies and Eighties. After an open audition of some 500 hopefuls, four girls were picked and teamed up with composer-producer Giorgio Moroder. As with such commercial ventures, the accent in their debut set is on catcy, upbeat tunes that have been demographically tested out to appear to as wide

120-451: The Mack & Jamie comedy show; they would often appear as the "house band" on the series Comedy Break , and Eakes would occasionally appear as a performer in the sketches. The band signed to Epic Records in 1987, and recorded their first single - a Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock track titled "All I Need Is You". It was released as a promotional single, and featured in the film Over

140-494: The Top , starring Sylvester Stallone . The song was included on the official soundtrack release, which was released during the same year. The band then recorded their self-titled album Big Trouble which was released in 1987. The album was produced by Grammy and Oscar winner Giorgio Moroder, while various other producers featured on certain tracks alongside him. Moroder co-wrote both album tracks that were released as singles. Today,

160-399: The album Glamour Duets II . Two solo albums followed, the 1998 album Here and Now , as well as the 2005 album Something Beautiful . Bassist Julia Farey would later replace the bassist of another all-female rock band Precious Metal. With that band, she would record their third and final album Precious Metal , released in 1990. In an interview with two members Mara Fox and Leslie Knauer, it

180-473: The album, although on CD and vinyl, has remained out-of-print. Big Trouble had one chart entry in the U.S., the single " Crazy World ", released in 1987. The song, written by Moroder and Whitlock, peaked at No. 71. A music video was filmed for the song. A second single followed in 1988, the Moroder-Whitlock song " When the Love Is Good ", which was also taken from the self-titled album, and featured

200-430: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Big_Trouble&oldid=1036504646 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Big Trouble (band) Like the formation of 60s group The Monkees , Big Trouble

220-499: The non-album b-side "Last Kiss". The song failed to make any impact in the States, although it peaked at No. 83 in the UK. A music video was filmed for the song. The band's final release was the 1988 CD maxi-single " Crazy World ", released in the UK only, which was backed by the two album tracks "Say Yes" and "Trains and Boats and Planes". The release attempted to follow the minor success of

SECTION 10

#1732852170347

240-603: The previous single, where it peaked at No. 96. As a result of the small success, the group dissolved soon after. Following the band's split, Eakes, previously an actress, would win the role of Macy Alexander on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful , which she played from 1989 to 2000. She returned to music in 1994 with a duet album with Jeff Tracta, titled Bold and Beautiful Duets , which went double-platinum in Europe. Another collaboration with Tracta followed in 1998, with

260-450: Was an all female pop group put together by TV executive Fred Silverman . The group consisted of vocalist Bobbie Eakes , bassist Julia Farey, keyboardist Rebecca Ryan and drummer Suzy Zarow. Shortly after their formation, the band signed to Epic Records and recorded an album. The album was released on vinyl and CD in America, the UK and Europe, although it remains out-of-print today. The album

280-428: Was an all-female pop group put together by TV executive Fred Silverman . The group consisted of vocalist Bobbie Eakes , bassist Julia Farey, keyboardist Rebecca Ryan and drummer Suzy Zarow. Eakes was originally Miss Georgia in 1983. After deciding on all band members except the vocalist, Silverman auditioned approximately five hundred vocalists, where Eakes was the one to win the part. The band made their start on

300-420: Was later an inaugural member of another outfit, Rachel Rachel , which became the first all-female group in the history of the contemporary Christian music genre. Rachel Rachel is also defunct. Big Trouble (Big Trouble album) Big Trouble is the debut and only studio album by the female pop group Big Trouble , released by Epic in 1987. Like the formation of 60s group The Monkees , Big Trouble

320-404: Was produced by Grammy and Oscar winner Giorgio Moroder with various other producers on certain tracks. "When the Love Is Good" was produced by Moroder and Brian Reeves, "Say Yes" was produced by Moroder, Terry Wilson and Reeves, "Cool Jerk" and "What About You and Me" was produced by Moroder and Richie Zito . "Dangerous" was produced by Moroder, Ken Rose and Reeves, "Trains and Boats and Planes"

340-401: Was produced by Moroder and Reeves, "I Like It" was produced by Moroder, Whitlock and Wilson, while "Lipstick" was produced by Moroder and Reeves. The majority of the tracks featured co-writing credits between the various producers, with Moroder co-writing the album's two singles along with Whitlock. The album contains a cover of the track "Trains and Boats and Planes", originally released as

360-508: Was recorded at Oasis Recording Studios, North Hollywood, California. It was mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, California. The album's artwork is exactly the same as the band's 1987 debut single "Crazy World", with the only difference being the addition of the "Crazy World" title on the single. In the New Straits Times issue of March 6, 1988, a review of the album was published. The author Saw Tek Meng wrote: "Big Trouble

380-436: Was released to commercial failure, and therefore became the band's only album. The lead single was " Crazy World " which peaked at #71 in America. The second single was " When the Love Is Good " which failed to make any impact, although it did peak at #83 in the UK. As a follow-up to the single, "Crazy World" was released in the UK shortly after, where it peaked at #96. A music video was created for both singles. The album

400-434: Was stated that Farey was found by the band the same way they had started the band, through musicians wanted ads in the local papers. Both the keyboardist Rebecca Ryan and drummer Suzy Zarow disappeared from the public eye after the band's split. Ryan eventually became a solo artist during the 90s and recorded two albums at the turn of the 21st century, mainly focusing on jazz and pop standards. Former guitarist Heli Sterner

#346653