"singles in the ""real world"". Actor Nick Berry released a ballad entitled ""Every Loser Wins"" in October 1986, having previously sung the song in character on-screen (accompanied by a piano). The song was written and produced by Simon May, who famously composed the ""EastEnders"" theme tune. ""Every Loser Wins"" was a smash hit, reaching number 1 in the UK singles chart, where it stayed for three weeks, knocking Madonna's ""True Blue"" off the top spot. It was the second biggest-selling single in the UK that year after ""Don't Leave Me This Way"" by The Communards, and held the record as"
"and thus Wicksy was introduced rather sooner than originally planned and Berry was cast with minimal delay. He was quickly hailed as ""EastEnders""' top pin-up and during this time was besieged by fan mail from female admirers. Berry soon took a break from ""EastEnders"" to tour and make an album from which the number-one single ""Every Loser Wins"" came in 1986. The song was heavily featured within ""EastEnders"" in a plotline referred to as The Banned in which the youths of Albert Square formed a pop group and performed the songs on screen. It was the second-biggest-selling single in the"
"single in the UK that year after ""Don't Leave Me This Way"" by The Communards, and held the record as the highest climbing chart single ever until 2001, when it was eclipsed by ""It's the Way You Make Me Feel"" by Steps (which climbed from 72-2). ""Every Loser Wins"" sold over a million copies and earned composer Simon May an Ivor Novello award. The song ""also provided levity"" on-screen, when it was used as Lofty Holloway's (Tom Watt) break-up song after Michelle Fowler (Susan Tully) had jilted him at the altar. One critic has commented ""[Lofty] played it to death."
"in 1986. Nick Berry (""Wicksy"") topped the charts with ""Every Loser Wins"", which he co-wrote after plugging it in ""EastEnders"" (a storyline which Holland openly hated). In 1993 the theme itself was given an unpopular 'jazzy' update, and an updated version of the original was introduced in 1994. With Johnny Griggs, he wrote another set of lyrics for the ""EastEnders"" theme. ""I'll Always Believe in You"" featured lead vocals by Sharon Benson. which was based around the extended version of the 1993 theme. In 2009 he was asked to revamp the EastEnders theme again, to update the one running from"
"the game show ""Winner Takes All"". Wheeler set the questions and provided voiceovers on the show, which was first broadcast in 1975 and which was based around betting odds. The show was initially hosted by comedian Jimmy Tarbuck before Wheeler briefly presented it in 1987-88. Between 1965 and 1985, Wheeler presented the BBC's religious programme ""Songs of Praise"" on many occasions. He also appeared on ""Call My Bluff"" and ""Jackanory"". From the 1990s he presented nostalgic BBC Radio programmes drawing on the corporation's archives, many covering the lives of show business performers in Britain earlier in the century. He died"
"the character, Leonard Fenton. The album reached number 54 in the UK Albums Chart. Two songs from the show were released as singles. ""Every Loser Wins"" by Nick Berry (Simon Wicks) reached number one in the UK Singles Chart. ""Something Outa Nothing"" by Letitia Dean (Sharon Watts) and Paul Medford (Kelvin Carpenter) reached number 12. Both songs were featured in a storyline where the characters formed a band called The Banned. In 1999, BBC Music in association with Telstar released a single with performances by Barbara Windsor (Peggy Mitchell) and Mike Reid (Frank Butcher). They came together to release the"
"Everybody Wins (film) Everybody Wins is a 1990 American mystery-thriller film directed by Karel Reisz, starring Debra Winger and Nick Nolte. The screenplay was written by Arthur Miller, based on his one-act play ""Some Kind of Love Story"" (1984). It is loosely inspired by an actual 1970s murder case in Canaan, Connecticut which was the subject of the television film ""A Death in Canaan"" (1978) directed by Tony Richardson. A prominent doctor from New England has been murdered, and his young nephew has been convicted of the crime. A seductive, possibly unstable woman named Angela Crispini persuades a private investigator,"
"and winners. The presenters released a single entitled ""Two Left Feet"", though it failed to chart. The theme tune, entitled ""Down At The Superstore"", was also released by The Assistants, consisting of Dave Edmunds, B. A. Robertson, Cheryl Baker, Junior and Suzi Quatro. Then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher appeared in one show in 1987 leading up to that year's election campaign, making the newspaper headlines when she was repeatedly asked by a girl ""where will you be if nuclear war breaks out?"". According to Kaleidoscope's 'Lost Shows' website, there are 10 missing and 11 incomplete shows out of a total"
"the highest climbing chart single ever until 2001, when it was eclipsed by ""It's the Way You Make Me Feel"" by Steps (which climbed from 72-2). ""Every Loser Wins"" sold over a million copies and earned composer Simon May an Ivor Novello award. The song ""also provided levity"" on-screen, when it was used as Lofty Holloway's break-up song after Michelle Fowler had jilted him at the altar. Although the plot produced two hit singles in the real world, the actual storyline was not a great success with viewers. ""EastEnders"" creators Julia Smith and Tony Holland both felt it lacked credibility"
"Winner Takes All (game show) Winner Takes All was a game show that aired on ITV from 20 April 1975 to 28 June 1988, first hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck from 1975 to 1986 and then hosted by Geoffrey Wheeler from 1987 to 1988. The show then returned on the screens in 1997, this time on Challenge TV hosted by Bobby Davro. The two contestants started with 50 points each (30 points when it became a daytime show in 1988) and were asked multiple choice questions with six possible answers but each answer had some odds (Evens (except for 1988), 2–1,"
"one #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit with ""Strangers in the Night"" in 1966. Frankie Valli (who was portrayed in the play Jersey Boys) had 7 #1 Hot 100 hits in the 1960s and 1970s, including ""December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"". Kool & the Gang had a #1 Hot 100 hit with ""Celebration"" in 1981. Bon Jovi had 4 #1 Hot 100 hits, including ""Living on a Prayer"" in 1987. Whitney Houston (d. 2012) had 11 #1 Hot 100 hits in the 1980s and 1990s, including ""I Will Always Love You"" in 1992. P.M. Dawn had one #1 hit with"
"Mark Wynter Mark Wynter (born Terence Sidney Lewis; 29 January 1943) is an English actor and former singer, who had four Top 20 singles in the 1960s, including ""Venus in Blue Jeans"" and ""Go Away Little Girl"". He enjoyed a lengthy career from 1960 to 1968 as a pop singer and teen idol, but developed later into an actor in film, musicals and plays. With his early musical career on a proper footing, Terry Lewis decided to change his name to lessen the confusion with the American comedian, Jerry Lewis. He was entered as one of the contenders for the"
"they returned and lost they would lose all but £100 of their winnings. By 1979, a defeated champion lost half the winnings. The weekly winnings maximum of £1,000 was lifted in 1981. From 1980 until 1987, ""Winner Takes All"" started with an alternative version of the Yorkshire Television ident where the chevron would spin toward the screen revealing the four contestants who appeared on that week's edition. The final ITV series in 1988 was a Television Techniques production for Yorkshire Television. The Challenge version was recorded at the former TVS studios at Vinters Park in Maidstone, but was produced by"
"MacRae, Frank DeVol, Johnny Standley and Al Hirt. When the program expanded from radio to television in 1950, it was one of the first talent shows on TV. Other winners included the Philharmonics, vocalist Ralph Sigwald, and blind marimbist Pierce Knox. Horace Heidt died in 1986 and was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles. In 1936 Horace Heidt conducted an ensemble of eight musicians all of whom played harmonica on Saturday evenings at the Drake Hotel in Chicago. For his contribution to radio, Heidt has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1631"
"Yorkshire Television. During his run as host, Jimmy Tarbuck would at the start of some editions come out carrying a briefcase containing £1,000 in £1 notes which was the top prize on ""Winner Takes All"". In 1989, Iorworth Hoare was jailed for rape after being identified from a photo he submitted to the show when applying to be a contestant. Winner Takes All (game show) Winner Takes All was a game show that aired on ITV from 20 April 1975 to 28 June 1988, first hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck from 1975 to 1986 and then hosted by Geoffrey Wheeler from"
"Winner Take All (1932 film) Winner Take All is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film, starring James Cagney as a boxer. The movie also featured a single scene of George Raft conducting a band that had been lifted from ""Queen of the Nightclubs"", an earlier film and lost film. Cagney and Raft would not make a full-fledged film together until ""Each Dawn I Die"" seven years later. ""Winner Take All"" was directed by Roy Del Ruth. Footage from Cagney's fight scenes would be used 52 years later in Cagney's final performance, the 1984 TV-movie ""Terrible Joe Moran"", which also told"
"Laurence Lau Laurence Henry Lau (born May 10, 1954) is an American television and stage actor, best known for his roles in several soap operas. Lau was born in Long Beach, California and raised in Lake Oswego, Oregon. He attended Columbia University and Brigham Young University. One of his first roles was on the TV comedy/drama ""Eight Is Enough"" in 1980. He first became popular by playing the role of rich kid Greg Nelson on ""All My Children"" (1981–1986), in which his character got involved with a girl from the other side of the tracks, Jenny Gardner (Kim Delaney). The"
"Lucky Starr (singer) Leslie William Morrison (born 29 December 1940), known professionally as Lucky Starr, is an Australian rock and roll, pop and country music singer, guitarist and television presenter. His most popular single, ""I've Been Everywhere"", appeared in early 1962, which peaked at number one in Sydney. Lucky Starr was born as Leslie Morrison in 1940. His father was a motor mechanic and his mother was a housewife, and he had a younger sister. He attended Canterbury High School before starting an apprenticeship as an electrician. Two-and-a-half years later he began his rock and roll career in 1957 as"
"category was later replaced by ""entertainment value"". The highest score any act could attain was thus 120 points. Patti Boulaye was the only act who ever attained the maximum mark, doing so in the programme's final season. Les Dennis received 119 points, with only Tony Hatch giving him less than three perfect '10's'. Arthur Askey was on the same panel and started singing ""Tony is a spoilsport"" when Hatch awarded Dennis 9 as his final score. The series was revived by Central for three series between 1986 and 1988, presented by past winner, Marti Caine. Her catchphrase was bellowed at"
"the only person to compete in both episodes. He erased a deficit in the Eliminator both times to win. In Seasons 5 and 6, ""Gold Medal Challenge"" shows were produced, featuring former Olympic Gold Medalists. In the 1993 Gold Medal show, the males featured were 1984 gold downhill skiing medalist Bill Johnson, 1988 bronze basketball medalist Danny Manning, and 1984 gold boxing medalist Tyrell Biggs. The females featured were 1976 silver basketball medalist Nancy Lieberman, 1984 silver and gold and 1988 gold track and field medalist Alice Brown, and 1992 gold and silver speed skating medalist Cathy Turner. Alice Brown"
"actors and actresses, including: Laurence Fishburne, Viggo Mortensen, Dennis Farina, Stanley Tucci, Jimmy Smits, Bruce McGill, David Strathairn, Ving Rhames, Liam Neeson, Lou Diamond Phillips, Bruce Willis, Ed O'Neill, and Julia Roberts. Additionally Michael Madsen, Ian McShane, Bill Paxton, Luis Guzmán, Kyra Sedgwick, Esai Morales, Terry O'Quinn, Joaquim de Almeida, Wesley Snipes, John Turturro, Melanie Griffith and Annie Golden to name a few. Future notable comedians included: John Leguizamo, David Rasche, Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Tommy Chong, Richard Belzer, and Penn Jillette. Series Finale: 22 million viewers & a 14.7 rating on May 21, 1989 from 9-11pm. Competition: Everybody's Baby:"
"was revealed that the track was the 12th highest-charting TV theme of all time in the UK. Marti Webb, who also performed the ""Howards' Way"" theme ""Always There"" by the same writers, covered the song on her 1986 album, ""Always There"". The single was parodied by Victoria Wood, as an announcement at the end of an edition of ""Acorn Antiques"", within Wood's TV show ""Victoria Wood As Seen On TV"", stated that a single titled ""Anyone Can Break A Vase"", sung by Miss Babs, was now on sale. The song was performed by Alan Carr, with ""EastEnders"" actors Patsy Palmer"
"successful programs in the history of American television. Its first winner, Kelly Clarkson, was immediately signed to RCA Records and 19 Recordings in 2002 and became 19 Recordings' most successful artist with over 20 million albums sold worldwide. Clarkson's second studio album, ""Breakaway"" (2004), also became 19 Recordings' best-selling release with worldwide sales of over 12 million copies and has won two Grammy Awards in 2006; ""Breakaway"", along with Young's second studio album, ""Friday's Child"" (2003), both became 19 Recordings' best-selling album in the United Kingdom with sales of over 1.5 million each. Clarkson's single ""Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"""
"only occasion it was presented. In the following year boxer Henry Cooper became the first person to win the main award twice, having already won in 1967. During the 1970s Bough and Coleman presided over the ceremony alongside Jimmy Hill, Cliff Morgan, Kenneth Wolstenholme, and Harry Carpenter, who also went on to present the show until 1985. Des Lynam took over as main host from Bough in 1983, and presided over figure skating duo Torvill and Dean's win the following year, when they became the first non-individual winners of the main award. Steve Rider replaced Carpenter as co-host in 1986,"
"a self-titled pop album in 1983, which included the single ""Get a Love On"". Scarpelli came out as gay in adulthood. He resides in Sedona, Arizona, where he and his then-partner Jude Belanger established the Sedona Now Network, a community television station, in 2003. Scarpelli and Belanger were married in California in 2008, but filed for divorce in 2012. He has remained close friends with ""One Day at a Time"" co-stars Mackenzie Phillips and Bonnie Franklin until her death in 2013. Glenn Scarpelli Glenn Christopher Scarpelli (born July 6, 1966) is an American former child actor and singer. He is"
"the game wins whatever prizes mentioned by the announcer in the closing plug. Rafferty was the host of a television show on Retirement Living TV, called ""Retired and Wired"", which debuted in October 2007. Rafferty died from congestive heart failure on the morning of August 11, 2012. Bill Rafferty William ""Bill"" Rafferty (June 17, 1944 – August 11, 2012) was a comedian and impressionist who hosted the game shows ""Every Second Counts"" (1984-1985, syndicated), ""Card Sharks"" (1986–87, syndication), and ""Blockbusters"" (1987, NBC). Rafferty was born in Queens, New York. He was the 4th and youngest child of Henry Rafferty, Sr."
"contestant to receive two touchdowns in the same night. Emily Williams, and Matt Corby, runners-up of seasons 3 and 5 respectively both hold the record of receiving the most amount of touchdowns without winning, at three apiece. In 2004, Top 8 contestants choice night, he awarded his only ever 'Grand Royal' Touchdown when Anthony Callea sang his stunning rendition of ""The Prayer"" which is still regarded as one of the most memorable performances of all seven series. Another two of Holden's most memorable ""touchdowns"" were awarded to Guy Sebastian for his rendition of ""Climb Every Mountain"" on the Top 3"
"Rick Astley Richard Paul Astley (born 6 February 1966) is an English singer, songwriter and radio personality. His 1987 song ""Never Gonna Give You Up"" was a number 1 hit single in 25 countries and won the 1988 Brit Award for Best British Single. By the time of his retirement in 1993, Astley had sold approximately 40 million records worldwide. Astley made a comeback in 2007, becoming an Internet phenomenon when the music video for ""Never Gonna Give You Up"" became integral to the meme known as ""rickrolling"". Astley was voted ""Best Act Ever"" by Internet users at the MTV"
"halucinatory way. There are fresh, often startling scenes. The picture is a classically constructed detective story, with a mysterious woman who lures the fact-oriented man into something that ramifies in every direction and is way over his head."" Everybody Wins (film) Everybody Wins is a 1990 American mystery-thriller film directed by Karel Reisz, starring Debra Winger and Nick Nolte. The screenplay was written by Arthur Miller, based on his one-act play ""Some Kind of Love Story"" (1984). It is loosely inspired by an actual 1970s murder case in Canaan, Connecticut which was the subject of the television film ""A Death"
"US citizenship until his death in 1984. Bob and Dolly Dyer compered a number of Australian radio and TV shows, mainly quizzes. They are very well remembered for their radio/TV program Pick a Box. Winner Take All (game show) Winner Take All, an American radio-television game show, ran from 1946-1952 on CBS and NBC. It was the first game show produced by the Mark Goodson-Bill Todman partnership. The series was originally hosted by Ward Wilson, but is best known for being the first game hosted by Bill Cullen. Although the game format was very simple, ""Winner Take All"" served as"
"debut as a fan favorite on the September 6, 1986 episode of ""Superstars"", teaming with Paul Roma against Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) in a losing effort. His first victory was on September 7 episode of ""Wrestling Challenge"" against Bob Bradley. He would make his entrances dancing to the ring to the tune of Morris Day and The Time's ""The Bird"", flapping his arms and carrying ""Frankie"", who sat on a perch at ringside while Koko wrestled. Bright outfits, colorful sunglasses, a constant smile and his vibrato singing voice made Koko popular, especially with the younger crowd that"
"Chapin Carpenter sings background vocals on the song. The music video was directed by Sara Nichols and premiered in early 1993. ""Nobody Wins"" debuted at number 56 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of January 23, 1993. Nobody Wins (Radney Foster song) ""Nobody Wins"" is a song recorded by American country music musician Radney Foster, cowritten by himself and Kim Richey. It was released in January 1993 as the second single from his debut album ""Del Rio, TX 1959"". The song is the highest-peaking single of his career, spending twenty weeks on the ""Billboard"""
"for a Grammy Award for Record of the Year and a Soul Train Music Award for Single of the Year. In April 1987, Gordon Lightfoot filed a lawsuit against Michael Masser, alleging that Masser's song ""The Greatest Love of All"" stole twenty-four bars from Lightfoot's 1970 hit ""If You Could Read My Mind."" According to Maclean's, Lightfoot commented, ""It really rubbed me the wrong way. I don't want the present-day generation to think that I stole my song from him."" Lightfoot has stated that he dropped the suit when he felt it was having a negative effect on Whitney Houston,"