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The Kids from "Fame" is the first album released by the cast of the American TV series Fame. It was released in 1982 and featured the hit singles "Hi Fidelity" and "Starmaker". The album was a major global success, most notably in the United Kingdom, where it stayed at the top of the UK Album Chart for 12 weeks. [2]
Fame is an American musical drama television series based on the 1980 film of the same name. It followed the lives of the students and faculty at New York City's High School of Performing Arts . [ 1 ]
However, in June 1982, after the success of the Fame TV series, "Fame" was re-released, topping the Singles Chart for three weeks, spending a total of 16 weeks on the chart and it became the second biggest selling single in the United Kingdom of 1982. After its success, the Fame album was also re-released and also topped the Album Charts. [6]
The Kids from "Fame" was the group name of several cast members from the American TV series Fame who had a number of hit singles and albums at the height of the show's success in the United Kingdom. This success culminated in tours of Britain, where they performed live in concert. [ 1 ]
Fame is an American musical drama television series which premiered on NBC on January 7, 1982. The series is based on the 1980 film of the same name. In 1983, the series entered syndication, for which it remained until its conclusion in 1987. Six seasons and 136 episodes have been aired. The series is available on DVD.
"Starmaker" is a song written by Bruce Roberts and Carole Bayer Sager [1] for Roberts' self-titled album in 1977. It was later popularized in 1982 as the second single by the Kids from "Fame", the recording group of the Fame TV series based on the 1980 film of the same name.
From 2018 to 2020, Gimpel had a series regular role as Trish on the series God Friended Me. Gimpel was a judge on RTÉ One's Fame: The Musical, an Irish TV talent show seeking a boy and a girl to play Nick and Serena respectively in the Irish touring production of Fame. [3] In January 2010, Gimpel released her first CD, Spread your Wings and Fly.
"Fame" is a song written by Michael Gore (music) and Dean Pitchford (lyrics) [1] and released in 1980, that achieved chart success as the theme song to the Fame film and TV series. [1] The song was performed by Irene Cara , who played the role of Coco Hernandez in the original film.