The kids from fame

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The Kids from Fame, 1983

The Kids from Fame was a 1982 in New York resulting Disco tape from singers and dancers of the NBC television series Fame - The path to glory . The songs performed by various performers in the series were recorded with the support of studio musicians . By 1983 five studio albums and one live album had been released .

Career

After Fame , a film about a New York performing arts school , was successfully shown in cinemas in 1980 , the US television company NBC secured the rights to the story and produced a TV series from it, which was particularly popular in Great Britain and Germany was successfully broadcast. The record industry quickly became aware of the singing actors and by 1983 a total of five studio albums were created under the band name "The Kids from Fame". The debut album of the same name rose to number 1 in the UK charts in 1982 , the follow-up The Kids from Fame Again reached number 2 at the end of the year. With Hi Fidelity and Starmaker , two releases of the first long player made it into the UK top 10. In 1983 the album Live! in the top 10 of the UK charts. Subsequently, the success waned and the 1983 albums Songs and Sing for You had to be content with lower charts, Rock 'n Roll World missed a chart listing. Although the series ran until 1987, there were no other recordings .

Members

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US
1982 The kids from fame UK1 (46 weeks)
UK 		US146 (8 weeks)
US
First published: July 1982
The Kids from Fame Again UK2 (21 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: October 1982
1983 Songs UK14 (16 weeks)
UK 		US181 (4 weeks)
US
First published: May 1983
Live! UK8 (28 weeks)
UK 		US98 (11 weeks)
US
Live album
First published: February 1983
Sing for you UK28 (7 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: August 1983

More albums

  • 1983: Rock 'n Roll World
  • 2004: Ultimate Fame (compilation)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US
1982 Hi Fidelity
The Kids from Fame 		UK5 (10 weeks)
UK 		-
First release: August 1982
feat. Valerie Landsberg
Author: Enid Levine
Starmaker
The Kids from Fame 		UK3 (10 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: September 1982
Authors: Carole Bayer Sager , Bruce Roberts
Original: Bruce Roberts, 1977
Mannequin
The Kids from Fame Again 		UK50 (6 weeks)
UK 		-
First release: November 1982
feat. Gene Anthony Ray
Author and Original: Henry Gaffney, 1978
1983 Friday Night (Live Version)
Live! 		UK13 (14 weeks)
UK 		-
First release: March 1983
feat. Carlo Imperato and The Waters
Author and Original: Billy Falcon, 1977
Body Language
Songs 		UK76 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
First release: June 1983
feat. Debbie Allen
Authors: Steve Sperry, Barry Fasman

More singles

  • 1982: Be Your Own Hero
  • 1983: We Got the Power
  • 1983: Fame
  • 1983: Rock 'n Roll World
  • 1983: Songs

literature

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  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: UK US
  2. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .

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