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  2. Jim Carroll - Wikipedia

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    James Dennis Carroll (August 1, 1949 – September 11, 2009) was an American author, poet, and punk musician. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work The Basketball Diaries, which inspired a 1995 film of the same title that starred Leonardo DiCaprio as Carroll, and his 1980 song "People Who Died" with the Jim Carroll Band.

  3. The Big Chill (film) - Wikipedia

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    The rest of the film's songs (aside from the Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want"), as well as the "additional classics" from the original soundtrack CD were released in 1984 on a second soundtrack album, titled More Songs from the Big Chill. Both albums were re-mastered in 1998; the track list of the first album mirrored the ...

  4. American Pie (song) - Wikipedia

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    The song debuted in the album American Pie in October 1971 and was released as a single in November. The song's eight-and-a-half-minute length meant that it could not fit entirely on one side of the 45 RPM record, so United Artists had the first 4: 11 taking up the A-side of the record and the final 4: 31 the B-side. Radio stations initially ...

  5. Live to Tell - Wikipedia

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    "Live to Tell" was used in the 1986 film At Close Range, which starred actor Sean Penn (picture), Madonna's husband at the time. In June 1985, Madonna wrapped up the Virgin Tour, her first concert tour. The tour's musical director was producer Patrick Leonard, who'd previously worked on the Jacksons' 1984 Victory Tour. [1]

  6. We Are the World - Wikipedia

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    It was a terrible situation. Lots of people became sick and many more died. Around one million people in all were killed by the famine. In 1984 Michael Jackson, along with a number of other leading musicians, made the song We are the World to raise money for Africa.

  7. List of top 40 songs from films - Wikipedia

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    This is a partial list of songs that originated in movies that charted (Top 40) in either the United States or the United Kingdom, though frequently the version that charted is not the one found in the film. Songs are all sourced from, [1] [2] and,. [3] For information concerning music from James Bond films see

  8. Tell the World We're Not In - Wikipedia

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    The song is about the need to escape from the world and all of its problems. It expresses the need to get away from the shallowness of people. [1] The song was used in the film Goodbye Gemini, which was released in 1970. [2] [3] [4] The film, which was a horror film, starred Martin Potter and Judy Geeson. Michael Redgrave also appeared in the ...

  9. Catholic Boy - Wikipedia

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    The album included arguably the group's most famous song, "People Who Died", which is a catalogue of young people Carroll knew growing up who met tragic ends. The album cover shows Carroll standing with his parents, photographed by Annie Leibovitz , outside their apartment block on the corner of Cumming Street and Seaman Avenue in Manhattan ...