Rachel Sweet

Rachel Sweet ( born July 28, 1962 in Akron, Ohio ) is an American singer, actress, author and television producer.

• 2.1 Singles
• 2.2 albums

Biography

The child star

Even with three years Rachel Sweet began her Sangeskarriere - and won at competitions in Akron and surrounding areas. In New York she was five years old child model and was hired for commercials and jingles, and later she sang the opening act for Mickey Rooney. Already at the age of twelve she entered in Las Vegas - with orchestra, as the opening act for Bill Cosby. She took part in an audition for the lead role in the movie " The Exorcist " part, but asked - without their parents' knowledge - that's why not to be taken into account; they did not want to appear in a film "with this indecent language." Around this time, she recorded her first single. With 14 followed in Nashville, the second, the country single "We Live in Two Different Worlds ", which briefly entered the Top 100 of the U.S. country charts, after all. The following year, she met music producer Liam Sternberg.

The " Stiff " time

Sternberg had put together for the young, up and coming London independent label Stiff Records LP with a New Wave music from Akron, "The Akron Compilation". Two of the title after he had produced with Rachel Sweet. The Stiff - responsible liked the sound of Rachel's pieces, and she received a contract.

Fool Around

Sternberg, who was now her manager, took Rachel 1978, their first album, " Fool Around". The sound was a mix of country, folk and rock ' n ' roll, but was sold as a "Wave" - like everything that appeared in the early days at Stiff. But probably also caused that some musician Ian Dury's Blockheads played along. For some of the songs got Stiff plus Brinsley Schwarz and Andrew Bodnar of The Rumour into the studio, as well as for the single " BABY", a cover of the 1960s hit by Carla Thomas. The now 16 -year-old went with the "Be Stiff " promotional tour, which was also Lene Lovich, Wreckless Eric, Mickey Jupp and Jona Lewie took part. Rachel's band on this tour were The Records. Success of the tour: Rachel was known, the LP was praised, and the single was even bought - eight weeks in the UK charts with a quotation highest ranked 35th Some excitement in the Puritan Great Britain there was to the alleged Lolita image, with the Stiff, the 16-year old allegedly sold.

Protect the Innocent

With their second album, "Protect the Innocent " Stiff Rachel wanted to continue to press in the New Wave corner. Songs by The Damned, Graham Parker, The Velvet Underground, Moon Martin ( and new producers, Martin Rushent and Alan Winstanley ) should ensure; the musicians in the studio were a Scottish pub band from Aberdeen called Bus Company. "They now looked like Ronnie Spector and sang occasionally like Bruce Springsteen ," writes Bert Muirhead. Although the LP Stiff tried with a tour of Rachel (this time with the band Fingerprintz in the back ) to push, it did not work so well with the commercial success. In Germany, three appearances did not help in the music store. End of 1980, Rachel Sweet went back into the home.

Back In the U.S.A.

In the United States it was at least by the time at Stiff now so well known that in 1981 got a contract with CBS Records. She took on the LP " And Then He Kissed Me", on which also a cover of Robert Knight / The Love Affair classic " Everlasting Love" was. The duet with Rex Smith climbed on both sides of the Atlantic in the Top 40 on the pop charts. In 1982, she gave birth to another album out, " Blame It on Love", which she also produced himself. After she retired temporarily from the music business back - at just 20 years had passed their first career. They first went back to college and then completed a degree at New York's Columbia University.

The second career

Rachel Sweet later relocated to the acting, the writing of screenplays and the production of films and television programs. She stepped in sitcoms like on " Night Court ", " Seinfeld" or the "Silver Girls" and had on a comedy channel in 1989/90 their own show, " The Sweet Life". Occasionally they sang again - as the title track of the films " Hairspray " and " Cry Baby". In 1990, she even took a whole LP on - her name was but it embezzle: she lent her voice for the soundtrack to an animated series of Barbie.

In 1993, she worked as a writer on the series "The Nanny" with; Since 1995, she wrote screenplays including for the TV series " George Lopez ", and since 1997 she has worked as a producer of television films and series. Also since 1997, she is married to Tom Palmer; they have two children.

Discography

Singles

Albums

Links / sources

• Rachel Sweet at the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Rachel Sweet at Unionsquaremusic.co.uk
• U.S. fan site
• U.S. fan site

• American musician
• Singer
• Actor
• Born in 1962
• Woman