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Some Girls - Jesse Borrego & Billy Hufsey

"Some Girls" written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, comes from the season 4 episode "Who Am I Really" where it was performed by Jesse Borrego and Billy Hufsey.

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My Least Favourite Season 4 Episodes

My Top Least Favourite Season 4 episodes are (in reverse order)

4) "Take My Wife Please" 
Guest star syndrome raises its head. I didn't mind Trevor Kane in "The Return of Dr Scorpio" where he was interacting with the cast but now he has an ex-wife involved and I don’t think the story works. 

3) "Who Am I Really?" 
I love Nicole but her adoption comes out of nowhere. Very little else is happening in this episode and it feels empty compared to many of the others. 

2)"Reflections" 
Holly's anorexia comes out of nowhere. I would have appreciated the storyline more had it been built over a number of episodes.

1)  "School Is Out"
 A cheap clips show as the new characters end their first year. Cleo who hasn't really been developed is leaving. This could have been so much more enjoyable had it been Leroy and Doris remembering clips from all 4 seasons.

Hey Mickey - Kids From Fame

"Hey Mickey" is written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn with new lyrics by Debbie Allen. It comes from the season 4 episode "The Ol' Ball Game".

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Fame live in Denver

Jesse Borrego, Gene Anthony Ray, Valerie Landsburg and Carlo Imperato perform "Fame" at a concert appearance in Denver 1985.

Jesse Borrego "Shake" Live in Denver

Jesse Borrego performs "Shake" live at a Fame appearance in Denver in 1985.

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One Touch - Billy Hufsey & Daphne Ashbrook

"One Touch" is taken from the Season 4 episode "Czech Mate". Written by Leslei Smith and Dean McTaggart it is performed by Billy Hufsey and guest star Daphne Ashbrook.

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Coco Makes An Entrance Instrumental

An instrumental version of Donna Summer's "She Works Hard For The Money" was featured in the opening of the season 4 episode "Coco Returns" as Coco makes her entrance into Miss Grant's dance class.

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My Top 5 Favourite Season 4 Episodes

My top 5 favourite season 4 episodes (in reverse order): 

5) "Indian Summer" 
 A feel good episode, involving everyone and a fun story for Danny and Doris. 

4) "Coco Returns" 
 It's fantastic to see Erica back and pit Coco against Nicole. It's only a shame Coco didn't stay longer. 

 3) "Tomorrow's Children" 
 Great issue led, emotional episode, featuring the full cast. 

 2) "Nothing Personal" 
 All the Kids are involved in a fun plot which is a strong episode for Chris,  Lydia, Sherwood and Cleo. 

1) "Blizzard" 
 Great ensemble episode with some great songs.

On The Wings Of A Nightingale - Everly Brothers

"On The Wings Of A Nightingale" comes from the season 4 episode "Dreams". Written by Paul McCartney it is performed by the Everly Brothers from their 1984 album EB84.

Laisson Bon Temps Rouler - Nia Peeples & Jesse Borrego

"Laisson Bon Temps Rouler" (Let's Let The Good Times Roll) comes from the season 4 episode "Dreams". Written by Sue Sheridan and Laura Creamer it is performed by Nia Peeples and Jesse Borrego.

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Doris Schwartz Time and Again Season 4 Episode 6

My fan fiction story "Doris Schwartz Time and Again" continues with episode Six titled "Love Someone Tonight" which comes from the Season 4  Song "If The Lady Wants To Play".

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Gareth Dimelow - My First TV Crush - Carlo Imperato

Gareth Dimelow of online Newspaper "Sabotage Times" recently wrote an article stating Carlo Imperato was his first TV crush, when he was aged 8.

Here's what he had to say:

My First TV Crush: The Floppy-Haired Fame Lion, Carlo Imperato by Gareth Dimelow20 September 2013 

Our first crush is always a cherished thing: something to hold in our hearts forever. And who better than the honey-voiced Carlo Imperato aka Fame's Danny Amatullo? He could sing, dance and had heavenly hair - who could want more?

Carlo Imperato. A strapping young specimen; with the hair of a lion, the jawline of Michelangelo’s David, and a name off the specials board at Pizza Express. 

When Alan Parker’s surprisingly dark Fame (“Now, take off the top…”) transmogrified from… The Motion Picture into… The TV Show, out went any pretence at reality, and in its place came dancing snowmen and crises of the “How will we stage a talent show during a power-cut?” variety. Still, I didn’t mind the transition. 

At the time, I’d found my early VHS copy of Fame to be almost unwatchably dour, whereas its TV incarnation was tuneful, upbeat and featured almost no scenes of molestation or suicidal coming outs. And then there was Danny Amatullo. The resident ‘comedian’ who managed to make Fozzie Bear seem like George Carlin. I guess being a ‘struggling comedian’ meant that none of the writing team ever had to worry about originating any funny material – they’d just get Danny to waggle a cigar and tell people that he was impersonating Groucho Marx or George Burns. 

When Fame The TV Show began, it was easy to miss Danny’s perpetually bulging jeans. As a completely new addition to the cast, he was neither a carry-over from the film, nor a recast character from the big screen version. Danny was all new, and had to compete with the likes of Bruno (keyboard and bubble perm) and Leroy (leg-warmers). He made precious little impression during the show’s first season, but he hit his stride during the second, as he serenaded a visiting Betty White with his song Friday Night, latterly reprised during the Kids From Fame’s sell-out tour of the UK. 

Whilst viewers in the US seemed largely indifferent to the Kids’ irrepressible spunk, we lapped it up over here (I apologise for my language) and their concert tour was a genuine smash. But this is about first crushes, not the history of the Kids From Fame. And here’s where the two topics intersect.

As an eight year old, I had no perception of gay or straight. I just knew that when Carlo Imperato started to dance in his well-worn Nikes, and sang about “Picking up speed as I’m turning the key” I wished that it was me he was planning to visit at the weekend. I’d got a bucket of Sticklebricks he could help me with. 

It didn’t matter to me that the 7″ single in my local youth club show showed up the many flaws in his live vocal, when Carlo shouted out “Everybody here loves Fame, right?” I was right there with him. And who cares if his declaration that “Fame is gonna live forever…” was a little off. Turns out, that longevity only lasted another couple of years. But as far as my pre-teen heart was concerned, Carlo’s immortality was already assured.

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Hot Times In The City Streets

"Hot Times In The City Streets" was written by Snuffy Walden, Bennett Salvay and Arlene Matza and comes from the Season 4 episode "Indian Summer" It is performed by an Unknown performer.

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"Hot Times In The City Streets" reprise version which was performed at the end of the episode.

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