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"Born to Be Alive" is a song written by French singer Patrick Hernandez. It became a worldwide hit and reached number one on the US Billboard National Disco Action chart in early 1979. The song achieved gold status in the United States, Brazil, Germany and Italy, platinum in Australia and Canada, and silver in the United Kingdom.
After working for about a year, the songs were released on the Aariana sub-label Aquarius Records (in France) in November 1978. The first single that was released was the disco song "Born to Be Alive". [3] Its success was immediate, and in January 1979, Hernandez received his first gold record from Italy. The song spread throughout Europe ...
Born to Be Alive is the first studio album by Patrick Hernandez, released internationally in 1978 and in the US in 1979. It features the eponymous disco hit " Born to Be Alive " as well as a less-successful single, "Disco Queen".
Born to Be Alive may refer to: ... 1978 debut studio album by Patrick Hernandez "Born to Be Alive" (song), 1978 song by French singer Patrick Hernandez
Skatetown, U.S.A. is a 1979 American comedy musical film produced to capitalize on the short-lived fad of roller disco. [2] Directed by William A. Levey, the film features many television stars from the 1960s and 1970s, among them Scott Baio, Flip Wilson, Maureen McCormick, Ron Palillo and Ruth Buzzi.
2 Official Lyrics to "Born to be Alive" (Song) 1 comment. 3 Madonna's part in the song. 1 comment. 4 Assessment comment. 5 External links modified. 1 comment. 6 ...
Barrow was born in Chicago and had a gospel singing background. He was the only child of his civil rights and human activist mother Rev. Willie Barrow, who was known as "The High Priestess of Protest", and served the National Executive Director and chairman of the board of The Rainbow of Rev. Jesse Jackson's Push Organization/Coalition and Clyde Barrow, a welder.
Haley had already had a worldwide hit with "Shake, Rattle and Roll", another rhythm and blues cover in this case from Big Joe Turner, which went on to sell a million copies and was the first rock 'n' roll song to enter the UK Singles Chart in December 1954, becoming a gold record. He retained elements of the original (which was slow blues), but ...