Paul Engemann
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Paul Robert Engemann is a 1980s pop
musician
best known for his 1983 song
"Scarface (Push It to the Limit)
". The song featured prominently in the film Scarface
, which was released in the same year.
Together with Giorgio Moroder
he landed a number one hit in Germany (81 in USA) with "Reach Out" that became the official song to the 33rd Olympic Games 1984 in Los Angeles. Among other releases were "American Dream" (with Giorgio Moroder 1984), "Face To Face" (1985), "Shannon's Eyes" (1985, 1986), "Brain Power" (Summer School - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 1987), "To Be Number One" (1990), "NeverEnding Story" (2000).
Paul Engemann was the lead vocalist of the 1980s band Device
, whose one and only album, the futuristically titled 22B3, was released in the spring of 1986. It produced a Top 40 single with "Hanging on a Heart Attack," which peaked at number 35. Device was formed by musician/songwriter Holly Knight, with Engemann serving as lead vocalist along with Holly Knight, and session guitarist Gene Black. Producer/songwriter Mike Chapman, whom had worked with Knight in the past, produced the album.
Engemann joined the band Animotion
as co-lead singer with actress Cynthia Rhodes
(who replaced Astrid Plane) in 1988 (Engemann took the place of the former male lead Bill Wadhams) and had Top Ten hit with the single "Room to Move" from the Dan Aykroyd
movie My Stepmother Is an Alien
. Animotion dissolved in 1990.
Since retiring from the music scene, Engemann has in recent years become a distributor for the Xocai Corporation, where he has appeared in several online commercials, marketing the company's "health chocolate" as well as calling for viewers to enlist as distributors.
Pop music
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Musician
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best known for his 1983 song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
"Scarface (Push It to the Limit)
Scarface (Push it to the Limit)
"Scarface " is the title of a song written by Italian record producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, and recorded by American musician Paul Engemann. It appeared on the soundtrack for the 1983 motion picture Scarface...
". The song featured prominently in the film Scarface
Scarface (1983 film)
Scarface is a 1983 American epic crime drama movie directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone, produced by Martin Bregman and starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana...
, which was released in the same year.
Together with Giorgio Moroder
Giorgio Moroder
Hansjörg "Giorgio" Moroder is an Italian record producer, songwriter and performer based in Los Angeles. When in Munich in the 1970s, he started his own record label called Oasis Records, which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records...
he landed a number one hit in Germany (81 in USA) with "Reach Out" that became the official song to the 33rd Olympic Games 1984 in Los Angeles. Among other releases were "American Dream" (with Giorgio Moroder 1984), "Face To Face" (1985), "Shannon's Eyes" (1985, 1986), "Brain Power" (Summer School - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 1987), "To Be Number One" (1990), "NeverEnding Story" (2000).
Paul Engemann was the lead vocalist of the 1980s band Device
Device (band)
Device was a short-lived American pop-rock trio formed by keyboardist, bassist and vocalist Holly Knight, vocalist Paul Engemann and guitarist Gene Black....
, whose one and only album, the futuristically titled 22B3, was released in the spring of 1986. It produced a Top 40 single with "Hanging on a Heart Attack," which peaked at number 35. Device was formed by musician/songwriter Holly Knight, with Engemann serving as lead vocalist along with Holly Knight, and session guitarist Gene Black. Producer/songwriter Mike Chapman, whom had worked with Knight in the past, produced the album.
Engemann joined the band Animotion
Animotion
Animotion is a 1980s U.S. New Wave/synthpop band from Los Angeles, California best known for their songs "Obsession" , "Let Him Go", "I Engineer" and "Room to Move"...
as co-lead singer with actress Cynthia Rhodes
Cynthia Rhodes
Cynthia Rhodes is an American actress, singer and dancer most noted for her roles in Dirty Dancing, Flashdance and Staying Alive.- Career :...
(who replaced Astrid Plane) in 1988 (Engemann took the place of the former male lead Bill Wadhams) and had Top Ten hit with the single "Room to Move" from the Dan Aykroyd
Dan Aykroyd
Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM is a Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of The Blues Brothers and Ghostbusters and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter.-Early...
movie My Stepmother Is an Alien
My Stepmother Is an Alien
My Stepmother Is An Alien is a 1988 comedy science fiction film produced by the Weintraub Entertainment Group for release through Columbia Pictures, directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Kim Basinger and Dan Aykroyd, with featured performances by Jon Lovitz and Alyson Hannigan.-Plot:Celeste is...
. Animotion dissolved in 1990.
Since retiring from the music scene, Engemann has in recent years become a distributor for the Xocai Corporation, where he has appeared in several online commercials, marketing the company's "health chocolate" as well as calling for viewers to enlist as distributors.
External links
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