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Look at the quality of this! Just uploaded to YouTube:
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I actually think this one is a little bit better quality. This show was loaded with talent from Hollywood.
Karen appears at 42:45
I actually think this one is a little bit better quality. This show was loaded with talent from Hollywood.
Karen appears at 42:45
I always like that clip of Karen. She's having fun!
Look at the quality of this! Just uploaded to YouTube:
Here's one. Did Olivia ever appear on an A&M release with another artist? Put on your thinking caps!
Imagine a "Carpenters" special in 1980 with Elton John, Andy Gibb, Cliff Richard and Tina Turner as guests. That would of been an entirely different animal. Of course I'm not knocking Music, Music, Music..........
I think Music Music Music was a great idea and would have worked much better without guests like John Davidson. He was too safe of a performer and quite frankly a bore. Ella was fantastic but of all the music performers why on earth John Davidson?
In the USA, at the time these specials were made, Olivia's career was "totally hot" , and her popularity was on the rise. The Carpenters popularity was sadly going in the opposite direction, as evidenced by declining record sales and radio play. It may have come down to the available budget that each had to work with. If ABC expected that Olivia's specials would draw more viewers (and generate larger ad revenue as a result) than the Carpenters specials, they may have given her more money, allowing her to hire better guest stars.The same could be said of all their TV specials. Victor Borge, Suzanne Somers, Jimmy and Kristy McNichol, Georgia Engel, Peter Pit? What on earth were people like Jerry Weintraub thinking when they booked these Z-listers? The Carpenters were a world class act in the same league as Olivia. So why weren’t they given artists for their shows from their own peer group like Tina Turner, Elton John and ABBA?
In the USA, at the time these specials were made, Olivia's career was "totally hot" , and her popularity was on the rise. The Carpenters popularity was sadly going in the opposite direction, as evidenced by declining record sales and radio play. It may have come down to the available budget that each had to work with. If ABC expected that Olivia's specials would draw more viewers (and generate larger ad revenue as a result) than the Carpenters specials, they may have given her more money, allowing her to hire better guest stars.
Does anyone know who managed ONJ's career at this time? He / she deserves a lot of credit for pulling together all those "A-Listers" for the Hollywood Nights special.
That would be Lee Kramer, her then manager/boyfriend, who steered Olivia through her transition from country ballads to actress and mainstream pop artist, including the period covering Grease and Xanadu. Their partnership ended in 1981 and a guy called Roger Davies, who had been working with her as part of Lee Kramer’s team, took over as her manager. Davies also went on to manage Tina Turner as a result of meeting her on the set of Hollywood Nights. Interestingly, he was also instrumental in putting songwriter Steve Kipner together with Olivia, resulting in her 1981 smash hit single Physical.
The same could be said of all their TV specials. Victor Borge, Suzanne Somers, Jimmy and Kristy McNichol, Georgia Engel, Peter Pit? What on earth were people like Jerry Weintraub thinking when they booked these Z-listers? The Carpenters were a world class act in the same league as Olivia. So why weren’t they given artists for their shows from their own peer group like Tina Turner, Elton John and ABBA?
Exactly...And let's not forget Gene Kelly