Can’t Stop the Music

CAN’T STOP THE MUSIC
 
 
Can’t Stop the Music  is a 1980 American musical comedy film directed by Nancy Walker.  Written by Allan Carr and Bronté Woodard, the film is a pseudo-biography of disco’s Village People which bears only a vague resemblance to the actual story of the group’s formation.  It was produced by Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment (formerly EMI Films), and distributed by independent distributor Associated Film Distribution (AFD).  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 
Fergie Frederiksen has enjoyed a long, prosperous and highly varied career in music.  After he left TrillionFrederiksen was involved with a disco movie called Can’t Stop the Music, featuring Village People.  Can’t Stop the Music is notorious as the first recipient of the Golden Raspberry Award (“Razzie”) for Worst Picture of the Year; in fact, Razzies founder John J. B. Wilson got the idea for the Razzies after reading of a double billing of that movie with Xanadu, a film of the same time period that featured Olivia Newton-John.  The soundtrack album Can’t Stop the Music, however, fared better and reached the Top 50 in the Billboard album charts.  Under the pseudonym “David London” (in order to keep his rock image separate), Frederiksen had two songs on the soundtrack album.  He also released a solo album in 1981David London
 
(October 2012)
 
Last edited: March 22, 2021