Artist:Patrick Swayze f/Wendy Fraser
Song:She's Like the Wind
Album:Ultimate Dirty Dancing
Actor Patrick Swayze scored a top five hit with She's Like the Wind in 1987 from Dirty Dancing. Swayze starred in the film and wrote the song. With three huge hits, the soundtrack to Dirty Dancing was very successful. Swayze occasionally sang in films but he never recorded an album. He was born Aug. 18, 1952 in Houston. His mother was a dancer. And that's how Swayze started out in the entertainment business working at Disney on Parade. His film debut was in the 1979 film Skatetown U.S.A. But his big break came in Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 film The Outsiders. That was followed by Uncommon Valor, Grandview U.S.A., Red Dawn, Youngblood and Dirty Dancing. I think it's fair to say that Dirty Dancing made him a star. His dancing skills sure came in handy. There was a lot of music in Dirty Dancing. The original songs were produced by Michael Lloyd. She's Like the Wind was the third single. It reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Swayze wrote the song with Nashville songwriter Stacy Widelitz. It was intended for the soundtrack of Grandview U.S.A. When it wasn't used, Swayze pitched it for Youngblood. After he played them the demo, the Dirty Dancing producers decided to use it. And they even let Swayze sing it though he isn't much of a singer. That probably surprised him. Wendy Fraser is a career background singer. Like Swayze, she never recorded an album. Ultimate Dirty Dancing is an expanded version of the soundtrack. It is available as a budget CD. Swayze also sang in Road House, Next of Kin and with his dancer wife Lisa Niemi in the 2003 film One Last Dance which she wrote, produced and directed. While filming the 2007 TV series The Beast, Swayze was diagnosed with liver cancer. This led to his death on Sept. 14, 2009 at age 57. Here's the video for She's Like the Wind by Patrick Swayze featuring Wendy Fraser.
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