Hearts on fire de john cafferty biography
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John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band is the name of an American rock band of the s and s, from Narragansett, Rhode Island. Originally known as simply Beaver Brown, the group (consisting of John Cafferty (born ca. ) on vocals, Gary Gramolini on guitar, Patrick Lupo on bass, Kenny Jo Silva on drums, Bobby Cotoia on piano, and Michael "Tunes" Antunes on saxophone) initially established a popular following throughout Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
They achieved their greatest fame when they performed the music of a fictional band in the hit movie Eddie and the Cruisers. The film produced a Top 10 soundtrack album and a #7 hit single ("On the Dark Side").
The group's follow-up album Tough All Over made the top 50, getting some attention for "C.I.T.Y" and the title track. Another song from that album, "Voice of America's Sons", was the featured theme song on the official motion picture soundtrack of the movie Cobra (fil
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The legendary "East Coast Rock'n'Roll" group John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band began their career in and achieved mainstream success in the s with the "Eddie & The Cruisers - Motion Picture Soundtrack". The hit single "On the Dark Side" held the "Number-One" position on the Billboard Rock charts and the MTV video charts for “five” consecutive weeks. The album sold over 3 million copies and was certified triple Platinum by the RIAA.
The title track from the group's follow-up album “Tough All Over” became their second "Number-One" single on the Billboard Rock charts and the song “C-I-T-Y” reached the Billboard Top John Cafferty's solo track "Hearts on Fire" was featured in the Sylvester Stallone film "Rocky IV” and he received his second double Platinum soundtrack award. Over the years John has placed 35 songs in major motion pictures.
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Best known for the music behind the 80s Rock n Roll fable "Eddie and the Cruisers" and the sequel years later, John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band were often stereotyped as the music of the bio. John was a house painter bygd day, and played with his grupp at night, just ansträngande to get something happening. The Rhode Island grupp struck oil when Scotti Brothers/CBS signed them to do a soundtrack for a movie they were still working on. The movie was a kassasuccé, and the album went multi-platinum with 2 singles screaming up the charts.
On the Dark Side & Tender Years were both huge in airplay and some even say the band fryst vatten what made the movie such a hit. Sax player Michael Antunes was actually in the movie as Cruiser's sax-man Wendell Newton.
After seeing the success, Scotti Bros signed the band to the label and had a couple hits of their own. The grupp released hits like Tough All Over, C.I.T.Y. and Small Town Girls. They also recorded two songs for the Rocky IV so