Description
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. A live album was subsequently released.
Simultaneously, this album was released in July 1982 and quickly topped the UK Album Chart, remaining at the top of the chart for 12 weeks. Soon after, a second song “Starmaker” was released and became an even bigger success in the United Kingdom and Republic or Ireland than its predecessor, peaking at number three and number one on the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart respectively.
The main vocalists of the group were Debbie Allen, Valerie Landsburg, Erica Gimpel, Carlo Imperato, Gene Anthony Ray, Lee Curreri, and Lori Singer.
Video: The Kids From Fame – Starmaker (1982)
Tracklist:
1 Starmaker
Featuring – The Kids From Fame
Vocals [Featuring] – Carlo Imperato, Debbie Allen, Erica Gimpel, Gene Anthony Ray, Lee Curreri, Lori Singer, P.R. Paul, Valerie Landsburg 4:06
2 I Can Do Anything Better Than You Can
Conductor, Arranged By [Orchestra] – Jerry Hey
Vocals [Featuring] – Debbie Allen, Erica Gimpel 3:06
3 I Still Believe In Me
Vocals [Featuring] – Debbie Allen, Erica Gimpel 3:26
4 Life Is A Celebration
Vocals [Featuring] – Carlo Imperato, Erica Gimpel 3:04
5 Step Up To The Mike
Saxophone – Jim Horn
Vocals [Featuring] – Carlo Imperato, Erica Gimpel, Gene Anthony Ray, Valerie Landsburg
Voice [Announcer] – Alan Gordon (2)
Saxophone – Jim Horn 3:34
6 High Fidelity
Vocals [Featuring] – Valerie Landsburg 2:44
7 We Got The Power
Saxophone – Gary Herbig
Vocals [Featuring] – Erica Gimpel, Gene Anthony Ray 3:22
8 It’s Gonna Be A Long Night
Arranged By [Rhythm] – Jai Winding
Vocals [Featuring] – Lori Singer 4:00
9 Desdemona
Vocals [Featuring] – Carlo Imperato, Gene Anthony Ray, Valerie Landsburg 3:35
10 Be My Music
Vocals [Featuring] – Erica Gimpel, Gene Anthony Ray, Lee Curreri, Valerie Landsburg 3:43
Credits:
- Backing Vocals – Carl Graves, Clydene Jackson, Denise Decaro, Gail Heideman, Joseph Williams, Julia Waters, Kathy Burch, Luther Waters, Mark Creamer, Marti McCall, Maxine Waters, Mendy Lee, Nick Uhrig, Oren Waters, Steve Sperry
- Bass – Andy Muson, Dennis Belfield, Nathan East
- Concertmaster – Sid Sharp*
- Drums – David Kemper, Rick Shlosser
- Engineer – Joe Robb, John Arrias, John Mills (2), Mike Lietz*, Stuart Graham, Tony D’Amico
- Executive-Producer – Charles Koppelman, Martin Bandier
- Guitar – Dean Parks, Greg Poree, Michael Landau, Mitch Holder
- Keyboards, Synthesizer – David Garfield, Jai Winding, John Hobbs, Lee Curreri, Michael Boddicker, Robbie Buchanan
- Mastered By – Chris Bellman
- Percussion – Gary Coleman, Steve Forman
- Producer, Arranged By – Barry Fasman
