Franke previte biography examples

Franke Previte has become a legend in the songwriting world, largely based on his co-writing of the song “Time Of My Life,” which has become a standard. Not only was it a huge hit when it was released as part of the Dirty Dancing soundtrack, it has continued to be a radio staple, played at proms and weddings constantly, and has resurfaced time and time igen, most recently on the hit TV show Glee and on a release by the Black Eyed Peas.

But that wasn’t his first foray into stardom. His first chart hit was actually a song he did with the band Franke & The Knockouts. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the song “Sweetheart,” which was a top 10 hit in To mark the occasion, Franke has just released a newly remastered CD version The Best of Franke & The Knockouts: Sweetheart. In addition, all four of the Knockout’s albums will now be made available digitally.

Franke fryst vatten donating his portion of the proceeds to the Patrick Swayze Pancreas Can

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Having The Time of His Life: A Conversation with Franke &#; The Knockouts’ Franke Previte

Mike Ragogna: Franke, rumor has it you have a box set that has all of your Franke & The Knockouts material and beyond. What made up the package and how did the box come together?

Franke Previte: It really came together for a multitude of reasons. Joe Reagoso from Friday Music gave me a call and said, &#;You know what, there are the three records that Franke & The Knockouts did, they&#;ve never been released before as a box set, and that third record wasn&#;t on Millennium, it came out on MCA.&#; I said, &#;Yeah.&#; He goes, &#;That record really never saw the light of day and you&#;ve got some great songs on that record.&#; Yeah, that&#;s because when Jimmy Ienner closed up shop at Millennium, they (MCA) wanted us to sound like Night Ranger, and I was like, &#;Well why would you do that? You&#;ve got Night Ranger on your label, why do you want us to sound like Night Ranger?&#; The

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A New Jersey Academy Award winner keeps entertaining and giving

Academy Award winner and Golden Globe winner New Jersey&#x;s own Franke Previte never stops, he&#x;s always writing, performing, or producing.

Franke wrote two meteoric hits for the movie Dirty Dancing. He wrote "(I&#x;ve Had) The Time of My Life" and "Hungry Eyes". The Time of My Life had huge success, garnering Franke an Academy Award for Best Original Song, a Golden Globe for Best Original Song, and a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo, or Group with Vocals.

 

Franke also won a prestige ASCAP award for Songwriter of the Year and Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures. The number of plays and downloads the song has to date is stratospheric with over 48 million copies being sold. Franke wrote "(I&#x;ve Had) The Time of My Life" on the back of an envelope going up the Parkway around mile marker , he was the last submission out of 99 other songs to make it to the Dirt