DYR Exclusive Interview with Franke Previte

Enjoy this rare interview with Academy Award-winning composer Franke Jon Previte. We sit down with Previte and learn about his career as a musician and his work as a composer on the Dirty Dancing Soundtrack.

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Franke and the Knockouts signed by Millennium Records in 1981 and had three U.S. Top 40 singles and two Top 50 albums. Their biggest single, "Sweetheart", was written by Previte and Knockout guitarist Billy Elworthy and became a Top 10 hit in 1981. Their 2 other Top 40 hits were "You're My Girl" and "Without You (Not Another Lonely Night)". The band switched to Music Corporation of America in 1984, then split up around 1986. Franke Previte co-wrote music for the hit soundtrack to the 1987 movie Dirty Dancing.

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