Dreamgirls movie soundtrack deluxe full#

Disco charts and also managed a not-unimpressive No. вЂњMenвЂќ went straight to the top of the U.S. Jabara and Shaffer also contributed The Weather GirlsвЂ™ signature song, вЂњItвЂ™s Raining Men.вЂќ An infectious dance anthem and a tongue-in-cheek paean to getting вЂњsoaking wet,вЂќ it crossed lines of generation, sexuality, and gender. The musical in-jokes continue, too, with the songвЂ™s introduction suggesting Mel Torme and Robert WellsвЂ™ venerable вЂњThe Christmas Song.вЂќ Wheeler and rhythm arranger Ray Chew (today, the musical director of American Idol) pull out all of the stops for the song written by Jabara and Paul Shaffer, as do the Weather Girls with their full-out vocals as they ask to вЂњturn the lights down low and let it snow!вЂќ Santa also makes a special appearance on the track, offering a rather provocative ho ho ho for the love-starved, fun-loving ladies. CвЂќ for a little extra something under the tree this year.

The same goes for the energetic вЂњDear Santa (Bring Me a Man This Christmas),вЂќ in which they ask вЂњMr.

вЂњHungry for LoveвЂќ begins with the Cole Porter inspiration of вЂњI Love Paris,вЂќ but the wittily risquГ© Porter was largely more subtle than composer-lyricist Jabara is here! Wash and Rhodes have good, clean, dirty fun with the bawdy number.

Dreamgirls movie soundtrack deluxe full#

Hit the jump for much more, including order links and the full track listing! DreamgirlsвЂ™ book and lyrics were written by Tom Eyen, who collaborated with Jabara on the notorious 1973 musical Rachael Lily Rosenbloom (And DonвЂ™t You Ever Forget It).Д®qual parts brass and sass, Success rarely takes a breather from the camp-infused fun. Co-written by Jabara and Bob Esty (CherвЂ™s вЂњTake Me HomeвЂќ), вЂњSuccessвЂќ plays like the Hollywood version of a Broadway musical finale in which the girls conquer the worldвЂ¦or at least, the stages of New YorkвЂ™s Radio City Music Hall, Studio 54, and The Palace Theatre! Esty and Jabara even briefly quoted the title song of Henry KriegerвЂ™s Dreamgirls, which was surely no coincidence.

JabaraвЂ™s lavish productions were never known for their subtlety, and so the title song вЂњSuccessвЂќ began with a Twentieth Century Fox-esque brass fanfare, a lionвЂ™s roar, and soaring horns and strings courtesy of Broadway veteran and current Dancing with the Stars musical director Harold Wheeler ( Promises, Promises, Dreamgirls). But they were anointed in the title track of Success as вЂњthe toast of the eighties, The Weather Girls!вЂќ Success вЂ“ featuring, of course, вЂњItвЂ™s Raining MenвЂќ - has just been reissued by the Cherry Pop label in a definitive remastered edition (CRPOP 124), adding eight rare tracks to its original six. Izora Rhodes Armstead and Martha Wash had toured with the one and only вЂњQueen of DiscoвЂќ Sylvester under that moniker between 19, and the name accurately reflected their big voices, outsized personalities and large girth.

The 1983 LP was the brainchild of producer/songwriter Paul Jabara, who modestly noted on the LPвЂ™s back cover, вЂњAfter working with Barbra, Donna and Diana вЂ“ I began to get spoiled вЂ“ I felt I could only work with вЂgiants in the industry!вЂ™ I think I found them!вЂќ And so the вЂњLast DanceвЂќ and вЂњNo More Tears (Enough is Enough)вЂќ auteur turned his attention to Two Tons oвЂ™ Fun. Everything about The Weather GirlsвЂ™ debut album, Success, was big.