movie soundtrack

The idea of werewolves is a fascinating thought. I don't believe that there are any, as I have not seen or read any scientific proof of their existence. But still, especially with all the movies and romance novels about them, I am fascinated by it.

The first supposed werewolf sighting occured in 1591 in Europe. According to the story, people and dogs chased down a wolf. The villagers started poking the wolf with sticks, just to discover it was a man named Peter Stubbe. While being tortured, Peter Stubbe confessed to 16 murders.

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Country singer Johnny Lee unwittingly set up the biggest hit of his career with one single act of moxie. As a young singer following his discharge from the Navy in the late '60s, Lee convinced Mickey Gilley to allow him to join his band under the pretense that the two had met years before. They hadn't. However, it established Lee with Gilley and made the former a headliner in the latter's successful Houston club.

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Dan Hartman spent much of his musical career as a sideman and producer. During the '70s, he was a member of the bands for both Edgar and Johnny winter, as well as playing on sessions for acts like Ian Hunter, Stevie Wonder, and Todd Rundgren. In 1979, he scored a Top 40 hit with the R&B-tinged "Instant Replay," but he couldn't sustain the momentum and, during the early '80s, focused more on producing.

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Superstar duets resulted in several major hits in the early '80s and notched Top Ten singles for acts like Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, and Willie Nelson. In 1984, the movie soundtrack to "Footloose" featured such a pairing as one of the half dozen hit songs spawned by the success of that movie's inescapable popularity.

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Actress/singer Irene Cara was no stranger to successful movie soundtracks when her single from the movie "Flashdance" was released in 1983. Cara had first come to pop culture prominence singing the Oscar-winning theme to the movie "Fame" three years earlier. Not only did she star in the movie, the song took Cara into the Top Ten on the pop charts.

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