Rex Smith

Rex Smith could very well be best known being a past due ’70s/early ’80s pin-up idol, who issued many albums for Columbia Information. But besides his documenting career, Smith provides acted in countless Television shows and Broadway musicals over time. Born on Sept 19, 1955 in Jacksonville, Florida, Smith captured his big break in 1978, when he arrived the function of Danny Zuko using the Broadway creation of Grease, which resulted in the launch of the recording career immediately after. The soundtrack to some 1979 TV film he starred in, Eventually, spawned a high Ten strike with “You Consider My Breath Aside,” as both single and recording achieved gold qualification. Subsequently, Smith’s recognition with teenyboppers skyrocketed, because the singer’s mug was noticed on the addresses of 16 and Teenager Beat for quite some time subsequently. Even more albums soon adopted (including 1983’s Camouflage, which attemptedto remake Smith over as rocker — filled with contributions from your J. Geils Band’s Peter Wolf and Aerosmith’s Brad Whitford), but all didn’t match the achievement of his 1979 strike. Smith achieved higher achievement on Broadway, as he received a Theatre World Honor for his portrayal of the type Frederick within the Pirates of Penzance, that was converted to a film in 1983 (which Smith also starred in). Smith also changed Andy Gibb because the sponsor for the every week music Television show Solid Platinum, holding down the work from 1982-1983. Smith continuing to operate in takes on and Television throughout ’80s and ’90s, showing up in such Broadway productions because the Human Humor, Grand Hotel, as well as the Scarlet Pimpernel, in addition to spots on it displays Norm, JAG, and Baywatch, amongst others. The first 21st century noticed Smith release his own established site (www.rexsmith.com), by which he issued a fresh recording titled after his lone strike solitary, 2002’s You Take My Breathing Away.