The day before the movie aired, I could walk the streets without being noticed, but that next day, I was literally swamped by five hundred girls when I tried to go shopping for clothes. The movie was written and directed by Bruce Hart, who also wrote the Sesame Street theme. In the film, I was a guitar instructor, and I fell for one of my young students who lied about her age (she was only thirteen). I was one of the stars of a made-for-TV movie called Sooner or Later, along with Barbara Feldon and Denise Miller. On March 25, 1979, my life changed overnight. In an interview, Rex Smith recalled his experience of achieving instant fame simultaneously with Sooner or Later and the hit single "You Take My Breath Away": The album's first four tracks are the soundtrack songs from the film composed by Stephen Lawrence and Bruce Hart:
Rex Smith's self-titled LP, released by Columbia Records, is basically a soundtrack album featuring the pop/rock songs he performed in the film. Main article: Sooner or Later (Rex Smith album) When Michael invites her to a band rehearsal, they kiss for the first time when he invites her to a drive-in movie, things start moving just a little too fast, and Jessie has to quickly decide whether or not to confess.
Through the grace of make-up, Jessie enters the world of a 16-year-old, and she tells Michael that's her age when he gives her a ride home from class one week. Jessie Walters (Denise Miller) is a buoyant 13-year-old girl who goes to the Eddie Nova Guitar Institute and is stunned to discover that her guitar instructor is Michael Skye (Rex Smith), a 17-year-old aspiring musician she has just seen play with his rock band (The Skye Band) at the local shopping mall in upstate New York and with whom she is instantly smitten.
10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent two weeks at No. ContentsĪs a then up-and-coming recording artist, Rex Smith became an overnight teen idol immediately following the film's telecast and he achieved pop star status in America with his hit single from the film's soundtrack entitled " You Take My Breath Away", which reached No. Sooner or Later is a 1979 American made-for-television teen romantic drama film directed by Bruce Hart, starring Denise Miller, Rex Smith (in his film debut), Barbara Feldon and Judd Hirsch which premiered on NBC on March 25, 1979. Sooner or Laterĭenise Miller Rex Smith Barbara Feldon Judd Hirsch For other uses, see Sooner or Later (disambiguation).
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