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Breaking Into… Dance with Toni Basil | BHL’s Breaking Into
Podcast |
Breaking Into...
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
TV & Film
Publication Date |
Oct 04, 2016
Episode Duration |
00:54:03
Breaking Into...  -- In this episode Black Hollywood Live host James Lott Jr. interviews Toni Basil. Toni Basil began her career as a dancer and assistant choreographer, working on such shows as Hullabaloo (1965) choreographed by David Winters. Later, she choreographed the hit film American Graffiti (1973) and also began appearing in films, including the now-classic Easy Rider (1969). After several films, she launched her music career with her first album, "Word of Mouth", in 1981, which was released both as a record and a video, quite an innovation at the time. Culled from that album was a innocent little ditty called "Mickey", which soon became a massive hit all over the world, first in Britain. The song topped the American music charts in December 1982, and the video (directed by Basil, as were all of her others) still receives airplay, today. In 1984, Toni Basil's self-titled follow-up album was released, which included the American Top 40 hit "Over My Hea

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