This is the amazing and fascinating story of ray parker jr. Biowiki, net worth, married 2018 parker is famous for composing and performing the theme song to the motion picture ghostbusters, for his solo hits, and performing with his group raydio, and barry white. Ghostbustersghostbusters ii 35th anniversary limited. In autumn of 1984, singer and songwriter huey lewis sued ray parker, jr. In 2014, nickelodeon parodied the song to promote the premiere of the bubble.
Ghostbusters is a 1984 american fantasy comedy film produced and directed by ivan reitman and written by dan aykroyd and harold ramis. The two parties settled out of court and agreed to keep the. Latinautor peermusic, solar music rights management, warner. The films theme song, ghostbusters, written and performed by ray parker, jr. He also performed with his band, raydio, and with barry white. It is estimated that ghostbusters had sold over 35 million in various versions. With melissa mccarthy, kristen wiig, kate mckinnon, leslie jones. Ghostbusters is a 1984 song recorded by ray parker, jr.
Nov 09, 2018 guitaristsongwriterproducer ray parker jr. The ghostbusters music video is one of the funniest and starstudded videos ever made with breakdancing bill murray style. Parker at the montreux jazz festival 2009, montreux, switzerland parker also wrote and produced hits for new edition mr. Chances are, even someone who doesnt immediately recognize the name ray parker jr. Ghostbusters 2014, glow in the dark, vinyl discogs. Sigourney weaver and rick moranis costar as their client dana. Ghostbusters song simple english wikipedia, the free. Ghostbusters 30th anniversary the half price blog half price books. Telephone man, randy hall, cheryl lynn shake it up tonight, deniece williams i found love, as well as diana ross. I love the soundtrack ghostbusters written and performed by ray parker jr. Its also possible that additionally an instrumental version of the music is used here. It was at number two on the uk singles chart on september 16, 1984. The ghostbusters music video is one of the funniest and starstudded videos ever made with breakdancing bill. The song was a huge hit, staying at number one for three weeks on the billboard hot 100 chart and for two weeks on the black.
Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Debuting at number 68 on june 16, 1984, the song reached number one on. When ghostbusters opened on june 8, 1984, there was already a huge buzz about the movie since the song by the same title by ray parker jr. Later, parker played on wonders albums talking book 1972 and innervisions 1973. Ghostbusters original motion picture soundtrack by various artists. If theres something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call. Lewis had been approached to compose the main theme song for the movie, but declined due to his work on the soundtrack for back to the future.
Ghostbusters is a 1984 funk rock song written and recorded by ray parker, jr. They were written by, and star, prolific canadian actor and comedian dan ackroyd and the late american actor and director harold ramis. I distinctly remember the day i saw ghostbusters in the cinema in 1984 in glasgow, and as we were waiting for the film to start the audience all spontaneously erupt into a rendition of the ray parker jr. A lawsuit on the other the hand, thats a different matter. Jul 14, 2016 in 1984, huey lewis famously sued ray parker jr. It also reached number two on the uk singles chart for three weeks in the summer of. Back in june of 2009, a trailer was released for ghostbusters. The freaky legacy of the ghostbusters theme song cuepoint. One of the greatest and cheesiest songs of the 1980s, this track was made exclusively for the 1984 film of the same name. This is perhaps the perfect song for a movie like this. Cover versions of ghostbusters written by ray parker jr.
Sanctum of slime video game trailer, and the full version made its debut on the games official website. Following a ghost invasion of manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts erin gilbert and abby yates, nuclear engineer jillian holtzmann, and subway worker patty tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat. The human element in these films reads rather like a family tree. Ghostbusters 1984 embed for hosted blogs and item tags. Mentioned teasers trailers tvspots below can contain additional music.
Ghostbusters 1984 trailer trailer song music movie title originalus. Ghostbusters is a true classic comedy that stands the test of time. Ray parker jr ghostbusters video 1984 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Besides his success as an artist, parker has created hits for other acts. The soundtrack to ghostbusters was released on lp in 1984 by arista records. It stars bill murray, aykroyd and ramis as peter venkman, ray stantz and egon spengler, eccentric parapsychologists who start a ghostcatching business in new york city. One of parkers biggest hits and bestloved songs, ghostbusters was initially.
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