Franke Previte | |
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| Born | (1946-05-02)May 2, 1946 (age 79) |
| Occupation | Singer/Songwriter |
Franke Jon Previte (born May 2, 1946)[1] is an American singer, songwriter, and Academy Award-winning composer.[2] He was the lead singer of the 1980s AOR rock bandFranke and the Knockouts.
Born and raised inNew Brunswick, New Jersey to Franke Previte Sr. (an opera singer), Previte was the singer and songwriter of theNew Jersey rock quintet,Franke and the Knockouts, best known for their 1981 Top 10 hitSweetheart. He had previously performed with the Oxford Watch Band and Bull Angus.
Franke and the Knockouts were signed byMillennium Records in 1981 and had three U.S.Top 40 singles, as well as two Top 50 albums.
The band switched toMCA Records in 1984, and split up around 1986. Previte co-wrote music for the hitsoundtrack for the 1987 movieDirty Dancing, including "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," andEric Carmen's hit "Hungry Eyes".
That same year Previte also received a Golden Globe and a Grammy nomination. "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" also won the ASCAP song of the year award. In 2014, the song was chosen as one of ASCAP's top 100 songs ever written, landing at number 15.[3]
Previte was chosen as one of America's top 25 songwriters to represent the US in a songwriter summit in the USSR, which resulted in a release of an album calledMusic Speaks Louder Than Words in 1990.
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