Goerge Thorogood

Thorogood cut his debut album titled Better Than the Rest in 1974, and released it that same year. In 1976 he recorded his second album, the eponymous George Thorogood & The Destroyers with his band, The Destroyers (sometimes also known as The Delaware Destroyers or simply GT and D) and issued the album in 1977. Thorogood released his next album titled Move It On Over in 1978 with The Destroyers, which included the hit "Move It On Over". "Please Set A Date" and "Who Do You Love" both followed in 1979. Before devoting himself exclusively to music, Thorogood played semi-pro baseball. In the late 1970s, Thorogood played on a team in Delaware in the Roberto Clemente League which was created in 1976. He was the second baseman and was chosen rookie of the year in the league. Soon after this achievement, The Destroyers forced him to quit playing the sport. In the 1970s, George and the band were based in Boston.

George and the Delaware Destroyers were friends with Jimmy Thackery and the Nighthawks. While touring in the 1970s, the Destroyers and the Nighthawks happened to be playing shows in Georgetown (DC) at venues across the street from each other. The Destroyers were engaged at The Cellar Door, the Nighthawks at Desperados. At midnight, by prior arrangement, while both bands played the same song ("Madison Blues") in the same key (E), George and Jimmy left their clubs, met in the middle of M street, exchanged guitar cables and went on to play with the opposing band.

George and the Destroyers are also notable for undertaking a rigorous touring schedule after appearing throughout the Rolling Stones tour in 1981. After two shows in Boulder, Colorado, George and his band flew to Hawaii and played for only one night. The next night they appeared in Alaska for one show. The following day the band flew to Washington State, met their roadies who had their Checker car and a truck, and continued a one show per state tour for all fifty states in exactly fifty nights. In addition, they played Washington, DC on the same day that they performed a show in Maryland.

During the 1980s and 1990s, Thorogood recorded some of his most well known works. "Bad to the Bone" was used frequently in television and the big screen. Several appearances include Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the comedy Problem Child, John Carpenter's Christine, and during many episodes of the television sitcom Married with Children. This track also was used during the intro to the movie "Major Payne". The same song is also featured in the game Rock 'n Roll Racing. It is also played during football pregame festivities at Mississippi State University. Quincy Jones once said to Thorogood, "The three things important in a record is the tune, tune, and the tune".

Jimmy Van Heusen

Christened Edward Chester Babcock in Syracuse, New York, he began writing music while at high school, and renamed himself at age 15, to use as his on-air name during a local radio show.

Studying at Cazenovia Seminary and Syracuse University, he became friends with Jerry Arlen, the younger brother of Harold Arlen. With the elder Arlen's help, Van Heusen wrote songs for the Cotton Club revue, including "Harlem Hospitality."

He then became a staff pianist for some of the Tin Pan Alley publishers, and wrote "It's the Dreamer in Me" (1938) with lyrics by Tommy Dorsey.

Collaborating with lyricist Eddie DeLange, on songs such as "Heaven Can Wait", "So Help Me", and "Darn That Dream", his work became more prolific, writing over 60 songs in 1940 alone. It was in 1940 that he teamed up with the lyricist Johnny Burke. Burke and Van Heusen moved to Hollywood writing for stage musicals and films throughout the '40s and early '50s, winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Swinging on a Star" (1944). Their songs were also featured in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949).

He also worked as a part time test pilot for Lockheed Corporation in World War II.

Van Heusen then teamed up with lyricist Sammy Cahn. Their three Academy Awards for Best Song were won for "All the Way" (1957) from The Joker Is Wild, "High Hopes" (1959) from A Hole in the Head and "Call Me Irresponsible" (1963) (lyrics by Sammy Cahn) from Papa's Delicate Condition. Their songs were also featured in Rear Window (1954), and Ocean's Eleven (1960).

Cahn and Van Heusen also wrote "Love and Marriage" (1955), "To Love and Be Loved", "Come Fly With Me", "Only the Lonely", and "Come Dance With Me" with many of their compositions being the title songs for Frank Sinatra's albums of the late 50's.

Van Heusen wrote a musical in 1965 entitled Skyscraper, and the 1966 musical Walking Happy. He became an inductee of the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971.

Van Heusen retired in the late 1970s, and died in Rancho Mirage, California in 1990, at the age of 77.

Sammy Cahn

Cahn was born Samuel Cohen in the Lower East Side of New York City, the only son (he had four sisters) of Jewish immigrants from Poland. He was married twice: first to vocalist and former Goldwyn girl Gloria Delson in 1945, with whom he had two children, and later to Virginia Basile in 1970. He changed his last name from Cohen to Kahn to avoid confusion with comic and MGM actor Sammy Cohen and again from Kahn to Cahn to avoid confusion with lyricist Gus Kahn.

Much of Sammy Cahn's early work was written in partnership with Saul Chaplin. Billed simply as "Cahn and Chaplin" (in the manner of "Rodgers and Hart"), they composed witty special material for Warner Brothers' musical short subjects, filmed at Warners' Vitaphone studio in Brooklyn, New York.

Cahn described the beginnings of his career thusly:

Lyric writing has always been a thrilling adventure for me, and something I've done with the kind of ease that only comes with joy! From the beginning the fates have conspired to help my career. Lou Levy, the eminent music publisher, lived around the corner and we met the day I was leaving my first music publisher's office. This led to a partnership that has lasted many years. Lou and I wrote "Rhythm is Our Business," material for Jimmy Lunceford's orchestra, which became my first ASCAP copyright. I'd been churning out "special lyrics" for special occasions for years and this helped facilitate my tremendous speed with lyric writing. Many might have written these lyrics better—but none faster! Glen Gray and Tommy Dorsey became regular customers and through Tommy came the enduring and perhaps most satisfying relationship of my lyric writing career – Frank Sinatra.

Cahn became a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. He later took over the presidency of that organization from his friend Johnny Mercer when Mercer became ill.

Sammy Cahn died in 1993 at the age of 79 in Los Angeles, California. He was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.

In 1993, taking up the sentiments expressed in the song, "High Hopes," the Cahn estate established the "High Hopes Fund" at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston. The former Joslin patient and songwriter's goal was to provide hope and encouragement to kids with diabetes while supporting research into the causes of the disease.

Soundtrack

# "Love & Marriage"
Music by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen
Performed by Frank Sinatra


# "Bad To The Bone"
Performed by George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Episode: "Hot off the Grill" (1989) (ep. #4.1)}

Michael G. Moye

Michael G. Moye (born August 11, 1954) is an American television writer. He has written for shows such as The Jeffersons, Diff'rent Strokes, Good Times, Silver Spoons, and 227. He and Ron Leavitt were the creators of the hit American television sitcom Married... with Children. He even made cameo appearances in some episodes.

Ron Leavitt

Ron Leavitt is the co-creator (with Michael G. Moye) of the famous American T.V. show Married With Children. The show's 262 episodes over 11 seasons make it the second-longest-lasting sitcom on the FOX network.

He is good friends with Larry David.

Series Writing credits

Ron Leavitt (121 episodes, 1987-1994)
Michael G. Moye (121 episodes, 1987-1994)
Ellen L. Fogle (17 episodes, 1987-1993)
Katherine Green (13 episodes, 1987-1994)
Stacie Lipp (13 episodes, 1990-1993)
Richard Gurman (10 episodes, 1987-1993)
Kevin Curran (10 episodes, 1990-1993)
Sandy Sprung (9 episodes, 1987-1990)
Marcy Vosburgh (9 episodes, 1987-1990)
Larry Jacobson (8 episodes, 1991-1993)
Ralph Farquhar (7 episodes, 1987-1993)
Arthur Silver (7 episodes, 1989-1993)
Gabrielle Topping (5 episodes, 1989-1992)
Fran Kaufer (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Russell Marcus (3 episodes, 1996-1997)
Al Aidekman (2 episodes, 1989-1992)
Joel Valentincic (2 episodes, 1993-1995)
Kim Weiskopf (2 episodes, 1993)
Wayne Kline (2 episodes, 1994)
Pamela Eells (2 episodes, 1997)
Steve Bing (1 episode, 1989)
Lisa Rosenthal (1 episode, 1989)
Paul Diamond (1 episode, 1990)
John D. Brancato (1 episode, 1991)
Glenn Eichler (1 episode, 1991)
Peter Gaffney (1 episode, 1991)
Chip Johannessen (1 episode, 1991)
Bill Prady (1 episode, 1991)
Calvin Brown Jr. (1 episode, 1992)
Steve Crider (1 episode, 1992)
Brad Yuen (1 episode, 1993)