Laurie Maitland - We're Gonna Make Our Dreams Come True (Cyndi Grecco disco cover)
- 8 years ago
This song is originally titled, "Making Our Dreams Come True", taken from the sitcom, "Laverne & Shirley"
This was the theme, performed by pop singer Cyndi Grecco and her sound-alike Beach Boys sunshine-pop harmonious male backing vocal group, The Ron Hicklin Singers with group members Ron Hicklin himself, Tom Bahler and Jim Haas from the TV series Laverne & Shirley, starring Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams.
It was written by Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox; they wrote a variety of songs together, including the themes from the TV shows Happy Days (Laverne & Shirley was a spin-off from this show) and Angie.
Brown-eyed soul/pop star and studio backing vocalist Laurie Maitland did a soulful disco remake of that catchy tune, re-titled, "We're Gonna Make Our Dreams Come True" from that family sitcom in a Donna Summer style, taken from her 1998 self-titled debut album, with the ballad intro that starts off with "Give us any chance, we'll take it" and picking up the speed to a fascinating '70s disco beat with added music and lyrics by herself and Lesley's Gore's songwriting friend, Ellen Weston, who wrote "Love Me By Name".
Personnel:
Arranged By [Rhythm Arrangements By] – John Luongo
Arranged By [String & Horn Arrangements By] – David Van DePitte
Backing Vocals – Laurie Maitland, Peter Bice, Timothy Foster
Bass – Dennis Belfield
Electric Piano – Joel Bryant, Robbie Buchanan
Glockenspiel – Vincent Montana, Jr.
Gutars – Paul Jackson Jr.
Handclaps – Cathi Leveille, Colleen Heather, Eric Lipman, Frank Simon (8), Jane Sofman, Janice Kahn, Laurie Maitland, Marina Ebbert, Pam Sindaco, Robert P. Brown*, Sonia Lonon, Wally Hayman
Lead Vocals – Laurie Maitland
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Piano – Laurie Maitland
Written-By – Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel, Ellen Weston, Laurie Maitland
This was the theme, performed by pop singer Cyndi Grecco and her sound-alike Beach Boys sunshine-pop harmonious male backing vocal group, The Ron Hicklin Singers with group members Ron Hicklin himself, Tom Bahler and Jim Haas from the TV series Laverne & Shirley, starring Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams.
It was written by Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox; they wrote a variety of songs together, including the themes from the TV shows Happy Days (Laverne & Shirley was a spin-off from this show) and Angie.
Brown-eyed soul/pop star and studio backing vocalist Laurie Maitland did a soulful disco remake of that catchy tune, re-titled, "We're Gonna Make Our Dreams Come True" from that family sitcom in a Donna Summer style, taken from her 1998 self-titled debut album, with the ballad intro that starts off with "Give us any chance, we'll take it" and picking up the speed to a fascinating '70s disco beat with added music and lyrics by herself and Lesley's Gore's songwriting friend, Ellen Weston, who wrote "Love Me By Name".
Personnel:
Arranged By [Rhythm Arrangements By] – John Luongo
Arranged By [String & Horn Arrangements By] – David Van DePitte
Backing Vocals – Laurie Maitland, Peter Bice, Timothy Foster
Bass – Dennis Belfield
Electric Piano – Joel Bryant, Robbie Buchanan
Glockenspiel – Vincent Montana, Jr.
Gutars – Paul Jackson Jr.
Handclaps – Cathi Leveille, Colleen Heather, Eric Lipman, Frank Simon (8), Jane Sofman, Janice Kahn, Laurie Maitland, Marina Ebbert, Pam Sindaco, Robert P. Brown*, Sonia Lonon, Wally Hayman
Lead Vocals – Laurie Maitland
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Piano – Laurie Maitland
Written-By – Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel, Ellen Weston, Laurie Maitland