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The 1984 John Hughes' teen film Sixteen Candles took its title from The Crests' song, which was re-recorded by The Stray Cats for the Sixteen Candles soundtrack. [citation needed] In June 1987, for a concert in Peekskill, New York, Maestro, Carter, Torres, and Gough (The Original Crests) reunited as "The Crests", which was organized by Carter.
Bekka led the Philadelphia area band, The Daves, which released one album on the Pyramid label in 1988. The Daves were composed of Bekka Eaton: vocals and trombone, Mike Mennies: keyboards and vocals, Jim Ericson: guitar and vocals, Jerry Getz bass and vocals (replaced by Garry Lee in 1988), and Ronny Crawford: drums.
This song has appeared prominently in several 'entertainment' contexts, including at least two major Hollywood [motion picture] productions. It was an example of a typical Doo-wop song in the 1973 movie American Graffiti [4] and it had somewhat of a 'title role' in the 1984 movie Sixteen Candles.
Newborn was born in New York City.He has scored or written songs for films such as Sixteen Candles, [1] Weird Science, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, [2] [3] Uncle Buck, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Mallrats, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective [4] and Into the Night, for which he wrote music for B. B. King.
Speaking at the Miami Film Festival in April 2024, Ringwald weighed in on how a remake of Hughes hits like Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink would have to differ from their ...
Sixteen Candles is a 1984 American coming-of-age teen comedy film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, and Anthony Michael Hall. Written and directed by John Hughes in his directorial debut , it was the first in a string of films Hughes would direct, centering on teenage life.
Paul Shaffer was part of the house band from the beginning but joined as a cast member for just one season. ... Breakfast Club" and "Sixteen Candles," 17-year-old Anthony Michael Hall joined the ...
Molly Ringwald shared a text exchange she had with her mother, who forgot her birthday, which is what happened to Ringwald's character in "Sixteen Candles."