![]() Whilst the movie stars Irene Cara and Lonette McKee. A remake of the 1976 film about a sister singing group, Sparkle stars Jordin Sparks, Derek Luke, Cee Lo Green and sadly, Whitney Houston in her final role. I don't think she (Franklin) was aware of the politics. The 1976 film Sparkle features a soundtrack created by two Soul giants Aretha and Curtis. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. It was seen as a chance to appease everybody, and possibly help the film. 8 Songs, 33 minutes 1976 Atlantic Records. And I guess his spite, coupled with Warner's lack of faith, brought about the soundtrack arrangement with Aretha. ![]() He made it hard, deliberately setting the keys of the songs in uncomfortable registers for all of us. Sparkle (1976) - (Original Trailer) With voice-over from the ubiquitous DJ Kasey Kasem, and introductions for 16-year old Irene Cara, Lonette McKee, and Dwan Smith, with Philip Michael Thomas and Dorian Harewood in support, the original trailer for the semi-cult musical, re-made with Whitney Houston in 2012, Sparkle, 1976. He may not have been the ideal candidate for this mode of R&B and soul (and one can hear it in this film at times as a handful of the songs pass. ![]() McKee on Mayfield: "The next thing I knew Curtis Mayfield was giving an interview in one of the major black publications, saying how he didn't understand how they could cast unknowns.(Mayfield thought established performers like Diana Ross and Franklin should've been cast).He didn't want any of us. According to a bio of Aretha Franklin (Queen of Soul by Mark Bego) Warner Bros offered the cast a very bad financial deal to use their soundtrack recordings, said Lonette McKee: "I think we would have made about eight dollars after a billion copies had sold." The actors rejected that offer and WB never came back with another one. ![]()
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