Franke Previte
Franke Jon Previte (born May 2, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, and Academy Award-winning composer. He was the lead singer of the 1980s AOR rock band Franke and the Knockouts.
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Franke Previte
- Born
- 2 May 1946
- Occupation
- Singer/Songwriter
- Nationality
- United States
- Honours
- Academy Award for Best Original Song
- Languages
- English
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Franke Jon Previte (born May 2, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, and Academy Award-winning composer. He was the lead singer of the 1980s AOR rock band Franke and the Knockouts.
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• Born — 2 May 1946 • Occupation — Singer/Songwriter
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Born and raised in New Brunswick, New Jersey to Franke Previte Sr. (an opera singer), Previte was the singer and songwriter of the New Jersey rock quintet Franke and the Knockouts, best known for their 1981 Top 10 hit "Sweetheart". He had previously performed with the Oxford Watch Band and Bull Angus. Franke and the Knockouts were signed by Millennium Records in 1981 and had three U.S. Top 40 singles, as well as two Top 50 albums. The band switched to MCA Records in 1984, and split up around 1986. Previte co-wrote music for the hit soundtrack for the 1987 movie Dirty Dancing, including "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," and Eric Carmen's hit "Hungry Eyes".
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Franke Previte born at New Brunswick.
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• Academy Award for Best Achievement in Music; Best Song for 1987 for Dirty Dancings "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" with co-composers John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz. That same year Previte also received a Golden Globe and a Grammy nomination. "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" also won the ASCAP song of the year award. In 2014, the song was chosen as one of ASCAP's top 100 songs ever written, landing at number 15. Previte was chosen as one of America's top 25 songwriters to represent the US in a songwriter summit in the USSR, which resulted in a release of an album called Music Speaks Louder Than Words in 1990.
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- 1.Franke Previte turned 70 and is having the ‘Time of his Life’ Read More: Franke Previte turned 70 and is having the 'Time of his Life'
- 2.Stravelli, Gloria. "The right song at the right time in the right movie: Doors of Hollywood swung open for musician after 1987 Academy Award" , Atlanticville, April 11, 2002. Accessed May 12, 2008. "'There was always music at home,' Previte recalled about his boyhood in New Brunswick."
- 3.ASCAP Lists Its Top 100 Songs for Its 100th Birthday. 13 February 2014.
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