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| Michael Pare in 'Eddie & The Cruisers' |
In 1984, John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band cracked the Top 10 (#7 to be exact) with "On The Dark Side". The song had been featured in the film 'Eddie & The Cruisers', about a fictional rock band from the mid-1960s. Actor Michael Pare portrayed Eddie Wilson, and the music video for the song featured Pare lip-syncing to John Cafferty's singing. The song became a hit, and few people knew that Michael Pare wasn't the actual singer!
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| The REAL John Cafferty |
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| Dan Hartman, who is most definitely not black. |
Also in 1984, white singer Dan Hartman had a #6 hit with "I Can Dream About You", which was featured in the film 'Streets Of Fire' (which, in an odd coincidence, also starred Michael Pare). In the movie, the song was performed by an African-American vocal group -- their lip-syncing performance was the basis of the song's music video, leading most of America to believe that Dan Hartman was black. This was, and remains untrue.
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