Diane Warren Touts Cool ’80 For Brady’ Cast, Singers & Taylor Swift – Sound & Screen Film
deadline.comDiane Warren lined up an all-star girl group including Debbie Harry, Dolly Parton, Belinda Carlisle, Cyndi Lauper and Gloria Estefan to sing “Gonna Be You,” from the film 80 for Brady. “I love great artists,” Warren said Thursday at Deadline’s Sound and Screen Film event. “I love iconic artists.” Warren had written songs for Estefan and Carlisle before.
Parton was a first. “She doesn’t need me,” Warren said of the country legend. Producer Damon Elliott coordinated recording all of the artists in different locations.
Carlisle was in Mexico City and Estefan in Miami, for example. “None of them are in L.A.,” Warren said. During her long music career, Warren has written for such varied artists as Trisha Yearwood, Aerosmith and Starship.
Warren said she still gets turned down, but her persistence often pays off with big hits. “They don’t all say yes,” Warren said. “The famous one is I had to hold Cher’s leg because she hated ‘If I Could Turn Back Time.’” All five 80 for Brady singers said yes.
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