Ontd Original: Stars who released songs while appearing on hit T.V. shows*: ohnotheydidnt

Ontd Original: Stars who released songs while appearing on hit T.V. shows*

Joey Lawrence "Nothing my love can't fix" 1994. #19 Billboard hot 100

Source:https://youtu.be/ENZ3XbxCRZs

Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Lawrence

-Blossom" star Joey Lawrence got a top 20 single and the video for the song played at the end of the shows episode.

- A list of stars who recorded songs and/or albums while simultaneously appearing on hit shows.

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_ Note: Will Smith and Brandy were already successful in music before their respective shows, and the Disney kids all appeared on albums,so that would be a long list.* One star had their song two years after their show ended.

Janet Jackson "Dream street" 1984

Source:https://youtu.be/Ol5df_0LW_A
Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Street_(Janet_Jackson_album)

_Janet Jackson filmed the video for the song "Dream Street" while she was filming the TV show "Fame". Debbie Allen who starred in the film and tv show , appears as the director in the video

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Jennifer love Hewitt "How Do I Deal" 1998

Source:https://youtu.be/skwGTJx7Ab0

Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Love_Hewitt

-Jennifer love Hewitt starred on the drama "Party of five" and released this song when she filmed "I Still know what you did last summer"

Alyssa Milano "What a feeling"

Source:https://youtu.be/jHvd4lQ-rOo

Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyssa_Milano_discography

-While filming "Who's the boss" Alyssa Milano released 3 albums in Japan from 1989-1993

Source:https://youtu.be/lh32C7zKyGw

Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyssa_Milano_discography

Kim Fields :He loves me, loves me not" 1984

Source:https://youtu.be/cYZGY8DdGR0

Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Fields

-While starring on " The Facts of Life' Kim Fields produced this minor dance hit in 1984.

Don Johnson "Heartbeat" 1986

Source:https://youtu.be/5CR4lSORZ_Q

Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbeat_(Helen_Reddy_song)

-While starring on "Miami Vice", star Don Johnson(Dakota's father) recorded this cover that was originally recorded by Helen Reddy{I am Woman). Johnson's version reached #5 on the billboard top 100.

Bruce Willis "Respect yourself" 1987

Source:https://youtu.be/trEuG-m9uBA

Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respect_Yourself

-While starring on "Moonlighting" Bruce Willis recorded this cover of the Staple singers hit song.

The Staple singers charted at #12 on the hot 100 and #2 on the R&B charts in 1971.

Willis's charted at #5 on the hot 100 and #20 on the R&b charts in 1987.

Shelley Fabares "Johnny Angel" 1962

Source:https://youtu.be/SC1Zk5oIEPA

Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley_Fabares

-Shelley Fabares performed her song "Johnny Angel" on "The Donna Reed Show" which she starred as Reed's daughter. The song went to number one on the hot 100 chart in 1962.

Ricky Nelson "Lonesome Town 1959

Source:https://youtu.be/fctiF_-RYMU

Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonesome_Town

-Ricky Nelson starred on the show "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" with his real life parents and brother for 14 years. During the later years he became a teen star and successful musician. Nelson had the first number 1 hit on the billboard 100 in 1958 with "Poor Little Fool" he had many more hits. "Lonesome Town" Reached #7 on the hot 100 and #15 on the R&B charts.

Brian Austin Green

Source:https://youtu.be/9g5h8jrceec

Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Stop_Carnival

Source:https://youtu.be/a3Wf2JeEr_I

-Brian Austin Green starred on "Beverly Hills 90210" for 10 years. in 1996 he released the album "One Stop Carnival", which was produced by Pharcyde member Slimkid3.

Tatyana Ali "Dayreamin" 1998

Source:https://youtu.be/NMoeN1XFkNo

Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_the_Sky_(Tatyana_Ali_album)

"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" ended in 1996, but Tatyana Ali performed on the show when it aired and that lead to her hit song "Daydreamin" that reached #6 on the hot 100 and #5 on the R&B chart in 1998

ahkna

October 17 2020, 13:50:27 UTC 4 months ago

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The Impossible Princess herself!

Also for the niche crowd, The Woolpackers

xtinkerbellax

October 17 2020, 13:52:27 UTC 4 months ago

Aww I loved Daydreamin.

Barenaked is the song I always think of when I think of JLH as a singer.

justen

October 17 2020, 17:51:55 UTC 4 months ago

Same. I had Barenaked on one of my mix CDs!

fleurs_sauvage7

October 17 2020, 18:10:30 UTC 4 months ago

Yessss

paceyringwald

October 17 2020, 13:53:16 UTC 4 months ago

I'll be forever confused about Kim Fields deciding to be a part of Real Housewives of Atlanta then being surprised by the scheming.

rainbows_are_ok

October 17 2020, 14:46:12 UTC 4 months ago

She was so irritating that season. "Is there a difference between information and instigation?"

October 17 2020, 15:38:21 UTC 4 months ago

Hindsight, she was telling that to Kenya because she was stirring the pot by talking to Tammy.

littleorcs

October 17 2020, 13:53:18 UTC 4 months ago Edited: October 17 2020, 13:54:04 UTC

This is what I think of when I think of people who released music when on TV -

euraylie

October 17 2020, 14:01:19 UTC 4 months ago

Was he still on General Hospital at the time?

October 17 2020, 14:04:09 UTC 4 months ago

His Wiki says 1981-83 for his first run and Jessie's Girl came out in '81?

fromyourashes

October 17 2020, 14:31:39 UTC 4 months ago

wait
he wasn't a musician BEFORE gh??

4 months ago

jemgirl90

October 17 2020, 16:05:08 UTC 4 months ago

One of the most famous cases! there must have been something in the "General hospital " water,Jack Wagner hit #2 on the hot 100 in 1984 while being on the show.

Michael Damien was on "The Young and the Restless" when this song hit #1 in 1987.

David soul was starring on "Starsky and Hutch" when this song reached #1 in 1977

tiffanynichelle

October 17 2020, 13:59:01 UTC 4 months ago

Those efforts by Alyssa.... even the video editor gave up

tucker

October 17 2020, 14:06:09 UTC 4 months ago

I was going obsessed with this song back in the day

animexlover28

October 17 2020, 14:59:54 UTC 4 months ago

This is one of the few songs during Leighton pop era that aged well in my opinion

juanitatequila

October 17 2020, 18:06:06 UTC 4 months ago

i used to really like somebody to love as well but i cringe so hard @ robin thicke's parts now ugh

October 17 2020, 18:08:55 UTC 4 months ago

And good girls go bad with cobra starship!
I love her cover of Dreams with Dana Williams as well.

alterlife

October 17 2020, 14:09:12 UTC 4 months ago

Alyssa had an interesting life before she became a professional Twitter poster.

October 17 2020, 14:30:57 UTC 4 months ago

omggggggggggggg those alyssa milano videos have me cryinggggg

rhapsodeeinblue

October 17 2020, 18:06:47 UTC 4 months ago

I clicked on them because of this comment. Now I'm loling irl too

warwarwar

October 17 2020, 19:07:44 UTC 4 months ago

Omg the gliding chair lol. I sort of like the denim outfit with the black hat tho 🥴

a_files06

October 17 2020, 14:38:20 UTC 4 months ago

Its always weird to remember that Alyssa was huge in Japan

jeru02

October 17 2020, 14:40:10 UTC 4 months ago

Is the a Brandy statement related to Moesha? Brandy wasn’t huge when she was on Thea. I Wanna Be Down came out a year later.

October 17 2020, 16:14:29 UTC 4 months ago

Yes. A lot of Gen Z seems to think her and will Smith are actors that went into singing. Brandy always reminds me of Claire Danes, in the sense of someone who became really big after a show was cancelled after barely one season.

cherhorowitz

October 17 2020, 14:52:23 UTC 4 months ago

vervain

October 17 2020, 14:57:19 UTC 4 months ago

I always remember Tatyana Ali's song and video for "Boy You Knock Me Out". Was a bit of a one hit wonder with that song in the UK.

October 17 2020, 15:06:56 UTC 4 months ago

I didn't knew Jennifer Love Hewitt did singing until Bare Naked album came out and learn she did some singing in the 90s.

Had no idea Alyssa Milano did any singing at all. I only knew her through her acting.

JLH was on Kids Incorporated!

October 17 2020, 15:14:18 UTC 4 months ago

Re: JLH was on Kids Incorporated!

_m3_

October 17 2020, 15:35:20 UTC 4 months ago

Wow. A little motion sick from all the swaying there. I stopped watching this show before they got her and Eric Balfour on it.

October 17 2020, 15:38:45 UTC 4 months ago

I was born in the early nineties, so I didn't get to see any of these shows

RE: JLH was on Kids Incorporated!

naeara

October 17 2020, 16:15:33 UTC 4 months ago

Omg I had completely forgotten about this show

williammiller

October 17 2020, 18:17:14 UTC 4 months ago Edited: October 17 2020, 18:17:28 UTC

I loved this show as a kid.

lozbabie

October 18 2020, 00:35:37 UTC 4 months ago

I was OBSESSED with this show and it was only on during school hours. I had to learn to program the VCR to record it. I loved child/teen variety shows. Young Talent Time was my obsession as a little girl

madame_no

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October 17 2020, 15:13:50 UTC 4 months ago

Man I used to have such a crush on Joey Lawrence

October 17 2020, 17:55:10 UTC 4 months ago

I definitely sang along to Nothin’ My Love Can’t Fix from my

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I definitely sang along to Nothin’ My Love Can’t Fix from my <a href=“ https://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Hit-List/release/8078830”>YTV Hit List CD</a>.