Franke and the Knockouts

Franke & the Knockouts were successful in the early eighties American soft rock band. The band was founded in 1980 by Franke Previte ( singer and songwriter ) and Billy Elworthy (guitar) in New Brunswick, New Jersey. For the first cast also included Blake Levinsohn (keyboards), Leigh Foxx (bass) and Claude LeHenaff (drums).

The debut album " Franke & the Knockouts ", which appeared at Millennium Records in 1981, was with the included on U.S. Top 10 hit "Sweetheart" at the same time the most successful album of the band. There then followed by various personnel reshuffles nor the other two albums " Below the Belt " (1982) and was published by MCA "Making the Point" (1984 ), on which the then impersonated Tico Torres Bon Jovi played the drums.

After the dissolution of the band in 1986, Franke Previte made ​​including a name when he in 1987 for the soundtrack to the movie " Dirty Dancing" the world's most successful song " ( I've Had ) The Time of My Life" and mitkomponierte for an Oscar and received a Golden Globe. The song " Hungry Eyes", originally a demo song the band was about the film version of Eric Carmen also a big hit.

Discography

Albums

• " Franke & the Knockouts " 1981
• " Below the Belt " 1982
• "Making the Point " 1984

Singles

• "Sweet Heart" 1981 ( U.S. # 10)
• " You're My Girl" 1981 ( U.S. # 27)
• "Without You ( Not Another Lonely Night ) " 1982 ( U.S. # 24)