The first ever acapella Number One on the Billboard chart was performed by Bobby McFerrin and featured in which film?
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Simple Pleasures (Bobby McFerrin album) Simple Pleasures is the fourth studio album by American singer and musician Bobby McFerrin. It was his commercial breakthrough album, containing the hit single "Don't Worry, Be Happy," also featured in the film "Cocktail".
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Don't Worry, Be Happy "Don't Worry, Be Happy" is a popular worldwide hit song by musician Bobby McFerrin. Released in September 1988, it became the first "a cappella" song to reach number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, a position it held for two weeks. The song's title is taken from a famous quotation by Meher Baba. The "instruments" in the "a cappella" song are entirely overdubbed voice parts and other sounds made by McFerrin, using no instruments at all; McFerrin also sings with an affected accent. The comedic original music video for the song stars McFerrin, Robin Williams, and Bill Irwin, and is somewhat shorter than the album version.
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Serenade (1956 film) Serenade is a 1956 film directed by Anthony Mann and starring tenor Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine, Sara Montiel (billed as Sarita Montiel), and Vincent Price. Based on the 1937 novel "Serenade" by James M. Cain, the film was a Warner Bros. release, Lanza's fifth film, and his first on-screen appearance in four years.
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Speedway (song) "Speedway" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1968 motion picture "Speedway".
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Pinocchio (soundtrack) Pinocchio is the soundtrack to the 1940 Walt Disney film of the same name, first released on February 9, 1940. The album was described as being "recorded from the original soundtrack of the Walt Disney Production "Pinocchio"". According to Walt Disney Records, "this is the first time the phrase 'original soundtrack' was used to refer to a commercially available movie recording".
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Love Swings Love Swings is an album of standards by American singer Bobby Darin, released in 1961. It remained on the charts for only ten weeks and peaked at number 92.
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Tossin' and Turnin' "Tossin' and Turnin'" is a song written by Ritchie Adams and Malou Rene, and originally recorded by Bobby Lewis. The record reached number one on both the "Billboard" Hot 100 on July 10, 1961 and R&B chart and has since become a standard on oldies compilations. It was named the number-one single on the "Billboard" chart for 1961, after spending seven consecutive weeks at the top. It was featured on the soundtrack for the 1978 film "Animal House".
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Swingin' School "Swingin' School" is a song released in 1960 by Bobby Rydell. The song was from the film "Because They're Young”. "Swingin' School" spent 12 weeks on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 5, while reaching No. 11 in Flemish Belgium, and No. 44 in the United Kingdom. Paired with its flip-side, "Ding-A-Ling", "Swingin' School" reached No. 1 in Australia and No. 2 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.
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In the Rain (song) "In the Rain" is a 1972 soul single by American vocal group The Dramatics. Released from their debut album "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get" it reached number five on the "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart and spent four weeks at number one on the Best Selling Soul Singles chart. It sold over one million copies, and is the group's biggest hit. "Billboard" ranked it as the No. 53 song for 1972.
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Don't Worry, Be Happy (disambiguation) "Don't Worry, Be Happy" is a song by Bobby McFerrin
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You Better Know It "You Better Know It" is a 1959 single by recorded and written by Jackie Wilson who collaborated with Brunswick Records staff songwriter Norm Henry. "You Better Know It" was used in the 1959 film "Go Johnny Go", which starred Jackie Wilson and Alan Freed. Although the single made the Top 40, it was not as successful as Jackie Wilson's previous entries, peaking at number thirty-seven. On the R&B chart, the single became Jackie Wilson's, second number one, where it stayed for one week.
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I'm Dreamin' "I'm Dreamin"' is the title of a number-one R&B single by Christopher Williams. It appeared over the end credits of the film "New Jack City" and is featured on the soundtrack of the film. The hit song spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart becoming Williams' first and only song to do that.
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Stormy Monday Blues "Stormy Monday Blues" is a jazz song first recorded in 1942 by Earl Hines and His Orchestra with Billy Eckstine on vocals. The song was a hit, reaching number one in "Billboard" magazine's "Harlem Hit Parade", making it Hines' only appearance in the charts.
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Rain or Shine (film) Rain or Shine is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Frank Capra and starring Joe Cook and Louise Fazenda. The film was adapted from a hit Broadway musical of the same name and was originally planned as a full-scale musical. Due to the public backlash against musical films (beginning in the latter part of the summer of 1930), all musical numbers were discarded before release. This move proved to be prudent as the film was a box office success, continuing the streak of hits Capra directed for the young Columbia Pictures studio.
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Acapella (Karmin song) "Acapella" is a song by American music duo Karmin. It was released on July 9, 2013 by Epic Records as the lead single from their debut studio album, "Pulses" (2014). The single was written by group members Amy Heidemann and Nick Noonan, as well as Sam Hollander and Boys Like Girls frontman, Martin Johnson, who produced the single.
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In the Mood "In the Mood" is a popular big band-era #1 hit recorded by American bandleader Glenn Miller. It topped the charts for 13 straight weeks in 1940 in the U.S. and one year later was featured in the movie "Sun Valley Serenade". The first recording of "In the Mood" was released by Edgar Hayes and his Orchestra in 1938.
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Agúzate Agúzate is an album released in 1970 by the salsa music duet Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz. The album was critically and commercially successful, having two huge radio hits: the title track and "Amparo Arrebato", a song about the Colombian dancer of the same name. Other tracks received significant radio airplay ("Vive Feliz", "Guaguancó Raro", "Traigo de Todo", "A Mi Manera") even in a time when radio broadcasting available for salsa music was very limited.
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We May Never Love Like This Again "We May Never Love Like This Again" is a song written by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn for the 1974 film, "The Towering Inferno". It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1974, and was performed by Maureen McGovern both for the film score and, briefly, in the film itself with McGovern portraying a singer. McGovern had performed a cover version of Kasha and Hirschhorn's song "The Morning After", which also won the Academy Award for Best Original Song two years earlier.
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Darlin' Be Home Soon "Darlin' Be Home Soon" (or "Darling Be Home Soon") is a song written by John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful for the soundtrack of the 1966 Francis Ford Coppola film "You're a Big Boy Now". It has been described as "...one of the most heartfelt songs about being away from a loved one, written from the point of view of a musician on the road writing a letter." It appeared on The Lovin' Spoonful's 1967 soundtrack album "You're a Big Boy Now" and was released as a single, reaching #15 on the US pop charts. In the same year, a version by Bobby Darin reached #93 on the US charts, saxophonist Bud Shank put the track on his album "A Spoonful of Jazz", and Billie Davis put it on the B-side of a single in the UK.
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It's All Over Now "It's All Over Now" is a song written by Bobby Womack and Shirley Womack. It was first released by The Valentinos featuring Bobby Womack. The Valentinos version entered the "Billboard" Hot 100 on June 27, 1964, where it stayed on the chart for two weeks, peaking at number 94. The Rolling Stones had their first number-one hit with this song in July 1964.
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Welcome Home, Bobby Welcome Home, Bobby is a made-for-TV movie that aired on the U.S. television network CBS in early 1986, and was one of the first TV movies in the U.S. to portray openly gay teenagers. The plot centered around a troubled high school student (Timothy Williams) from an old-fashioned Italian family, who, even though he has a girlfriend (Nan Woods) at school, falls in love with an older man in his mid-thirties, and then finds himself the object of ridicule, both at school and at home with his father, played by Tony Lo Bianco. The movie also starred Adam Baldwin, John Karlen and Moira Harris.
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På Österåker På Österåker ("At Österåker") is a live album by country singer Johnny Cash released on Columbia Records in 1973, making it his 43rd overall release. The album features Cash's concert at the Österåker Prison in Sweden held on October 3, 1972. Its counterparts in concept are the more notable "At Folsom Prison" (1968), "At San Quentin" (1969), and "A Concert Behind Prison Walls" (1976). Unlike aforementioned, "På Österåker" does not contain any of Cash's most well-known songs; it does, however, include a version of Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee". "Orleans Parish Prison" was released as a single, faring rather poorly on the charts. Cash had previously recorded "I Saw a Man" for his 1959 album, "Hymns by Johnny Cash".