Brooklyn Dreams (group)

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The Brooklyn Dreams were a 1970s group, consisting of Joe "Bean" Esposito, Eddie Hokenson, and Bruce Sudano. Esposito provided lead vocals for the band and played guitar, while Sudano played keyboards and Hokenson played drums.[1]

They are possibly most famous for singing on the Donna Summer song, "Heaven Knows", and the fact that Sudano would later marry Summer.

Their biggest hit was "Heaven Knows" on the Casablanca label, in January 1979. It reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. On the single version released by Summer (credited as Donna Summer with Brooklyn Dreams), Esposito sings the response to Summer, and the group provides backing vocals. However, on the version that appears on the band's 1979 album, Sleepless Nights, it is Esposito who sings the lead vocal with Summer singing the response while the group again contributes backing vocals. On the album, this latter version is credited to Brooklyn Dreams with Donna Summer.

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[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • Brooklyn Dreams (1977)
  • American Hot Wax (1978)
  • Sleepless Nights (1979)
  • Joy Ride (1979)
  • Foxes (Soundtrack) (1980)
  • Won't Let Go (1980)

[edit] Singles

  • "Sad Eyes" (1977)
  • "Music, Harmony, and Rhythm" (1978)
  • "Heaven Knows" (credited as "Donna Summer with Brooklyn Dreams") (1979)
  • "Make It Last" (1979)
  • Too Much For The Lady (1979)
  • Back On The Streets (1980)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2003). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wisc., U.S.: Billboard/Record Research, p. 83. ISBN 0-89820-155-1.