Thank you, it was one of my most favorite arrangements I ever did throughout the entire series. And Dionne and the Air Supply guys certainly sang it incredibly well.
@@jasonburger3533 I actually have this saved to my drive months ago. I just love how they easily pulled such harmony with so much ease. It came out from their mouths as if it was so easy.
@@oldsoul_anth243 Yes, they made it look so easy and natural. Rehearsals, being professionals in the industry, and the musical director of "Solid Gold," Michael Miller, whose RUclips channel we are on, helped bring it all together and helped to showcase the talents of Dionne Warwick and the many other hosts of the television show and the bands and singers who were guests during its 1980-1988 run. Then there is the enduring appeal of The Solid Gold Dancers, 2 men and 6 women in different incarnations, who impressed with their dance skills and appearances. Every episode became an extravaganza of entertainment. That is being preserved and shown on RUclips to the longtime fans and newcomers alike, who are too young to have been around when the show first aired.
Air Supply were always good "Solid Gold" guests and co-hosts. As much as I have seen this 3-person mash-up, I know that it could have been confusing for anyone but true professionals, and there were 3 true professionals singing on stage on this video and a team of professionals, Michael Miller included, who help make this still resonate 37 years later...wow...1986 was that long ago. Beautiful music from a unique era in American music history. The contemporary of the 1980s has become the classic of the current era and still sounds as contempirary as ever. Well, well, well done!!! The best music/variety television series ever. They just do not make them like this anymore. Before streaming...there was "Solid Gold". So many are being sold on "Solid Gold" with the Internet, particularly your RUclips channel, Michael, in addition to the others out there, that have increased the knowledge of "Solid Gold" spinning around the globe and beyond.
It’s always wonderful to hear your thoughts about how the show that was such a big part of my musical past (when I was its musical director and theme composer) is still resonating with people today!
@@bigeyezzzzzzz Yes, it is resonating with people a lot because of the 1980s nostalgia waves that have occurred since at least the 1990s and the Internet has helped either rekindle nostalgia for those who grew up watching the show, as it chronicled a lot of the youth culture of the first 8 years of the 1980s. However, even those who were in older demographics at that time had representation on the show, with older celebrities such as Phyllis Diller, George Burns, Joan Rivers, and Frank Sinatra, having been featured at least once on the series and comedian Steve Allen, the originator of the "Tonight Show" in 1954, having been featured on the very first episode of "Solid Gold" as a series that aired on September 13, 1980. Then there was the tribute episodes to the old movies, 1960s music, the 1970s, and so on that juxtaposed the then-current 1980s culture and gave perspective to the younger audience that there was indeed life and entertainment before their era, in case they did not know that already as students of history. There was that elderly character, the risque old lady Madame, that a lot of young people could identify with in their own families or others as well. "Solid Gold" had it all, even in the same episode. Such as the Countdown '85 closing number, the specialized "We Are The World" with Dionne Warwick and the International Children's Choir and then, in time for the end credits roll, the cameras panning past the studio audience to The Solid Gold Dancers performing their end dance of the episode. Well, what a switch that had been. I want to mention that I was able to locate the sheet music for your "Solid Gold" theme song, that which includes the second verse, the sheet music for the short-lived 1982 "Solid Gold" spin-off, "Madame's Place" which is also one of your compositions, and another of your compositions, the song about overcoming difficult situations or the hope of doing so, "Just A Dream Away", that which won you the 1977 Frank Sinatra award while you were at UCLA. The version I found was the John Denver version that was used at the 1984 Winter Olympics held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. It has his picture and is the second of two songs performed at those Olympics, packaged together in the same sheet music packet and includes a photograph of John Denver. What a shame that he passed on so early on October 14, 1997, off the coast of Monterey, California at a relatively young age of 53. That was already over 25 years ago. Well, "Just A Dream Away" helps to inspire many and keep the legacy of both the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics in a region that became torn apart by the strife of war in the 1990s, to have been rebuilt as new, separate countries as the war ended and rebuilding and reorganization began through to the present. That song also helps to keep the legacy of John Denver alive, and that of the operatic version by Placido Domingo, who, like Dionne Warwick, recorded an emotional, memorable rendition, in the mid-1980s. "Just A Dream Away" still is applicable to every Olympics since and for those trying to overcome or are overcoming obstacles, and for those who need a lift, it does that as well. Thank you for the music and that first-run syndicated song, dance, and variety show, "Solid Gold", that you help keep going through your uploads of clips and interactions in the comments section. The gold is still being polished.
Thank you, Jason, I’m glad you were able to find the sheet music to those songs - three of my favorites I ever composed. And, I’m glad my “polishing“ efforts are succeeding at making Solid Gold just a RUclips dream away! 😜
@@bigeyezzzzzzz You are welcome and a clever statement you made as well.😁😁😁 I wonder if I will find the sheet music for your song, "Beyond Today". That was another collaboration between you and Monica Riordan. It was for the Robby Benson movie of the same name. With that in mind, I noticed that the music credits on the sheet music list includes Addax Music Company, Inc. and Bruin Music Company for the "Solid Gold" sheet music and Hook, Line, and Sinker Music Company is mentioned on at least one of the others and I have seen that online as well. I was wondering if you chose the names and how they came to be named what they are named. I think that Bruin Music Company is named after the UCLA Bruins, since you had gone to college there and graduated from there as well. Additionally, I wanted to mention that a large colorful poster-like glossy paper I was able to locate that commemorates when Dionne Warwick returned to "Solid Gold" in 1985 as host. It has a nice photo of her looking like a giant in height and proclaims in all capital letters, DIONNE IS BACK WITH SOLID GOLD. It mentions her four Grammys and the 6th season of "Solid Gold". It states that it was " the #1 weekly first-run syndicated show". The Paramount mountain symbol is on it as well. It appears to have been meant for the stations airing the program.
Thanks for your message, Jason, and just to clear some things up: Addax Music and Bruin Music were Paramount’s publishing companies, and Hook, Line & Singer Music Inc. is mine. Also, my song, Beyond Today, was the winning song of a songwriting contest that Warner Brothers held to promote Robby Benson‘s movie, “Ode to Billie Joe“.
@@bigeyezzzzzzz Yes, I have to agree that these "Solid Gold" videos are so good, that they could be considered "Special Gold." The music and magic are definitely intertwined and with talent to boot.
Thank you for this upload. Did they do more songs on the same episode? This was intensely wonderful! It could have been confusing, but as professionals they did so well.
Thank you, this duet was perhaps the most involved & interwoven one I ever put together for anyone on Solid Gold, so we all definitely had fun in Dionne’s dressing room rehearsing it ahead of time to the backing track before going in front of the cameras! As for other songs on that episode, there of course were, but this is the only part of the show that I still have.
@@bigeyezzzzzzz Thank you for the behind-the-scenes information and the upload. I am an Air Supply guy and a Dionne Warwick fan, as is obvious. So, needless to say, this clip is enjoyable; a real blast from the past. It does not get that much better as far as a mash-up goes.
Yes, this is Michael Miller, the musical director of Solid Gold, and the first song I chose to include in my arrangement of this duet was “Even the Nights Are Better“.
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This mashup was SOLID GOLD! Pun intended. Great artists, great arrangement, great sound! I wish this happened with music today as well.
Thank you, it was one of my most favorite arrangements I ever did throughout the entire series. And Dionne and the Air Supply guys certainly sang it incredibly well.
Both artists' songs are staples here in the Philippines. You can randomly play these songs in public and everyone sings along.
Yes, and here they synergistically combine into a nearly mystical, magical, and divine effect.
@@jasonburger3533 I actually have this saved to my drive months ago. I just love how they easily pulled such harmony with so much ease. It came out from their mouths as if it was so easy.
@@oldsoul_anth243 Yes, they made it look so easy and natural. Rehearsals, being professionals in the industry, and the musical director of "Solid Gold," Michael Miller, whose RUclips channel we are on, helped bring it all together and helped to showcase the talents of Dionne Warwick and the many other hosts of the television show and the bands and singers who were guests during its 1980-1988 run. Then there is the enduring appeal of The Solid Gold Dancers, 2 men and 6 women in different incarnations, who impressed with their dance skills and appearances. Every episode became an extravaganza of entertainment. That is being preserved and shown on RUclips to the longtime fans and newcomers alike, who are too young to have been around when the show first aired.
Wow this so difficult for most singers...I love it!!!
Yes, a trio of pros was on stage and in fine, beautiful form.
Air Supply were always good "Solid Gold" guests and co-hosts. As much as I have seen this 3-person mash-up, I know that it could have been confusing for anyone but true professionals, and there were 3 true professionals singing on stage on this video and a team of professionals, Michael Miller included, who help make this still resonate 37 years later...wow...1986 was that long ago. Beautiful music from a unique era in American music history. The contemporary of the 1980s has become the classic of the current era and still sounds as contempirary as ever.
Well, well, well done!!!
The best music/variety television series ever. They just do not make them like this anymore. Before streaming...there was "Solid Gold". So many are being sold on "Solid Gold" with the Internet, particularly your RUclips channel, Michael, in addition to the others out there, that have increased the knowledge of "Solid Gold" spinning around the globe and beyond.
It’s always wonderful to hear your thoughts about how the show that was such a big part of my musical past (when I was its musical director and theme composer) is still resonating with people today!
@@bigeyezzzzzzz Yes, it is resonating with people a lot because of the 1980s nostalgia waves that have occurred since at least the 1990s and the Internet has helped either rekindle nostalgia for those who grew up watching the show, as it chronicled a lot of the youth culture of the first 8 years of the 1980s. However, even those who were in older demographics at that time had representation on the show, with older celebrities such as Phyllis Diller, George Burns, Joan Rivers, and Frank Sinatra, having been featured at least once on the series and comedian Steve Allen, the originator of the "Tonight Show" in 1954, having been featured on the very first episode of "Solid Gold" as a series that aired on September 13, 1980.
Then there was the tribute episodes to the old movies, 1960s music, the 1970s, and so on that juxtaposed the then-current 1980s culture and gave perspective to the younger audience that there was indeed life and entertainment before their era, in case they did not know that already as students of history.
There was that elderly character, the risque old lady Madame, that a lot of young people could identify with in their own families or others as well.
"Solid Gold" had it all, even in the same episode. Such as the Countdown '85 closing number, the specialized "We Are The World" with Dionne Warwick and the International Children's Choir and then, in time for the end credits roll, the cameras panning past the studio audience to The Solid Gold Dancers performing their end dance of the episode. Well, what a switch that had been.
I want to mention that I was able to locate the sheet music for your "Solid Gold" theme song, that which includes the second verse, the sheet music for the short-lived 1982 "Solid Gold" spin-off, "Madame's Place" which is also one of your compositions, and another of your compositions, the song about overcoming difficult situations or the hope of doing so, "Just A Dream Away", that which won you the 1977 Frank Sinatra award while you were at UCLA. The version I found was the John Denver version that was used at the 1984 Winter Olympics held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. It has his picture and is the second of two songs performed at those Olympics, packaged together in the same sheet music packet and includes a photograph of John Denver. What a shame that he passed on so early on October 14, 1997, off the coast of Monterey, California at a relatively young age of 53. That was already over 25 years ago.
Well, "Just A Dream Away" helps to inspire many and keep the legacy of both the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics in a region that became torn apart by the strife of war in the 1990s, to have been rebuilt as new, separate countries as the war ended and rebuilding and reorganization began through to the present. That song also helps to keep the legacy of John Denver alive, and that of the operatic version by Placido Domingo, who, like Dionne Warwick, recorded an emotional, memorable rendition, in the mid-1980s.
"Just A Dream Away" still is applicable to every Olympics since and for those trying to overcome or are overcoming obstacles, and for those who need a lift, it does that as well. Thank you for the music and that first-run syndicated song, dance, and variety show, "Solid Gold", that you help keep going through your uploads of clips and interactions in the comments section. The gold is still being polished.
Thank you, Jason, I’m glad you were able to find the sheet music to those songs - three of my favorites I ever composed. And, I’m glad my “polishing“ efforts are succeeding at making Solid Gold just a RUclips dream away! 😜
@@bigeyezzzzzzz You are welcome and a clever statement you made as well.😁😁😁 I wonder if I will find the sheet music for your song, "Beyond Today". That was another collaboration between you and Monica Riordan. It was for the Robby Benson movie of the same name. With that in mind, I noticed that the music credits on the sheet music list includes Addax Music Company, Inc. and Bruin Music Company for the "Solid Gold" sheet music and Hook, Line, and Sinker Music Company is mentioned on at least one of the others and I have seen that online as well. I was wondering if you chose the names and how they came to be named what they are named. I think that Bruin Music Company is named after the UCLA Bruins, since you had gone to college there and graduated from there as well.
Additionally, I wanted to mention that a large colorful poster-like glossy paper I was able to locate that commemorates when Dionne Warwick returned to "Solid Gold" in 1985 as host. It has a nice photo of her looking like a giant in height and proclaims in all capital letters, DIONNE IS BACK WITH SOLID GOLD. It mentions her four Grammys and the 6th season of "Solid Gold". It states that it was " the #1 weekly first-run syndicated show". The Paramount mountain symbol is on it as well. It appears to have been meant for the stations airing the program.
Thanks for your message, Jason, and just to clear some things up: Addax Music and Bruin Music were Paramount’s publishing companies, and Hook, Line & Singer Music Inc. is mine. Also, my song, Beyond Today, was the winning song of a songwriting contest that Warner Brothers held to promote Robby Benson‘s movie, “Ode to Billie Joe“.
Thank you million times to upload all these solid gold dionne warwick songs… best ever
You are very welcome!
@@bigeyezzzzzzz Yes, I have to agree that these "Solid Gold" videos are so good, that they could be considered "Special Gold." The music and magic are definitely intertwined and with talent to boot.
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Thank you for this upload. Did they do more songs on the same episode? This was intensely wonderful! It could have been confusing, but as professionals they did so well.
Thank you, this duet was perhaps the most involved & interwoven one I ever put together for anyone on Solid Gold, so we all definitely had fun in Dionne’s dressing room rehearsing it ahead of time to the backing track before going in front of the cameras! As for other songs on that episode, there of course were, but this is the only part of the show that I still have.
Generally the co-host does a current song as a solo but I can't say what for this Sept 1985 episode.
@@bigeyezzzzzzz Thank you for the behind-the-scenes information and the upload. I am an Air Supply guy and a Dionne Warwick fan, as is obvious. So, needless to say, this clip is enjoyable; a real blast from the past. It does not get that much better as far as a mash-up goes.
This was a real mash-up before they used that term. It came off real well. Air Supply + Dionne Warwick=fantabulous.
@@tvfan23 That was mash-up before they were called that. Air Supply + Dionne Warwick = fantabulous.
Anybody knows the title of the firt song played?
Yes, this is Michael Miller, the musical director of Solid Gold, and the first song I chose to include in my arrangement of this duet was “Even the Nights Are Better“.
Oh my god, Dionne was having cold here..