Fame Looks at Music '83


Fame Looks at Music '83 was a special concert episode for the third season of the hit TV series Fame. The concert took place on December 27, 1983, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California before a live capacity audience. The broadcast was aired on January 28, 1984. This special features the cast of Fame, billed as "The Kids from Fame," along with the season three regular dancers. The concert is the second of the season, their first concert in the U.S., and their third overall. The concert featured performances of popular music by the cast taking a look back at popular music in the year 1983. Guest starring was Irene Cara, who sang "Fame" — the song an Academy Award winner — originally for the film of the same title in which she also starred as the original Coco.

Set list

  1. "1999" – Performed by the Band
  2. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" – Performed by Debbie Allen
  3. "Electric Avenue" – Performed by Gene Anthony Ray
  4. "Gloria" – Performed by Valerie Landsburg
  5. "Little Red Corvette" – Performed by Cynthia Gibb and Carlo Imperato
  6. "Puttin' on the Ritz" – Performed by Billy Hufsey
  7. "All Night Long (All Night)" – Performed by the Band
  8. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" – Performed by Valerie Landsburg
  9. "Love Is a Battlefield" – Performed by Valerie Landsburg
  10. "Tell Her About It" – Performed by Carlo Imperato
  11. "Why Me?" – Performed by Irene Cara
  12. "Maniac" – Performed by Billy Hufsey
  13. "Take Me to Heart" – Performed by Cynthia Gibb
  14. "Heart Attack" – Performed by Cynthia Gibb
  15. *Tribute to Michael Jackson :
  16. "Beat It" – Performed by Debbie Allen
  17. "Baby Be Mine" – Performed by Debbie Allen
  18. "Billie Jean" – Performed by Debbie Allen
  19. *---End---
  20. "Cold Blooded" – Performed by Gene Anthony Ray
  21. "We've Got Tonight" – Performed by Cynthia Gibb and Billy Hufsey
  22. "You Are" – Performed by Debbie Allen and Gene Anthony Ray
  23. "Never Gonna Let You Go" – Performed by Carlo Imperato, Valerie Landsburg and Cast
  24. "Flashdance... What a Feeling" – Performed by Irene Cara
  25. "Up Where We Belong" – Performed by the Band
  26. "Far from Over" – Performed by the Band
  27. "Fame" – Performed by Irene Cara and Cast

Credits

  • Producer: Ken Ehrlich
  • Directed by: Walter C. Miller
  • Written by: Ken Ehrlich
  • Concert Staged and Choreographed by: Debbie Allen
  • Associate Producer: Greg Sills
  • Music Arranged, Conducted, and Produced by: Gary Scott
  • Art Director: Ira Diamond
  • Costumes Designed by: Warden Neil
  • Lighting Designed by: Bob Dickinson
  • Producer's Coordinator: Frank Fischer
  • Set Dressing by: Leonard Mazzola
  • Music Production Assistant: Lori Leiberman
  • Assistant Choreographer: Otis Sallid
  • Fame Dancers: Derrick Brice, Michael DeLorenzo, Darryl DeWald, Cameron English, Leanne Gerrish, Kimberlee Layton, Joni Palmer, Marguerite Pomerhn, Eartha D. Robinson, Serge Rodnunsky, Allysia Sneed, Bronwyn Thomas, Darryl Tribble, Rocker Verastique, and Margaret Williams.
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  • The Waters: Julia, Luther, Maxine, and Oren.
  • Production Associate: Terry McCoy
  • Production Assistant: Tracy Long
  • Production Associate: Debbie Milder
  • Stage Managers: John Marsh, Vince Roxon, and Richard Schor
  • Technical Director: Gene Crowe
  • Audio: Don Worsham
  • Video: Keith Winikoff
  • Camera: Sam Dowlen, Tom Heren, Dean Hall, Dave Livisohn, Bill Philhin, and Hector Ramirez.
  • Make Up: Jack Wilson
  • Wardrobe Assistant: Phyllis Corcoran-Woods
  • Post Production Supervisor: Frank Merwald
  • ???: Morpheus
  • Creative Consultant: David DeSilva
  • Video Tape Facilities: Greene Crowe
  • Executive in Charge of Production: Ted Zachar