If you were around in the summer of 1987, chances are you probably heard the songs from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack everywhere.The interview lasts for about 18 minutes.
The film, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, boasts one of the most iconic and best-selling soundtracks of all time — and MIchael Lloyd had a lot to do with that. He was the music supervisor and was around for the recording of classics like "(I've Had) the Time of my Life" and "She's Like the Wind."
Today, Lloyd speaks to Tom Power about how he got involved with the project, the making of the famous soundtrack and working with actor Patrick Swayze.
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The Wikipedia article about Lloyd is very impressive. He got an early start on his music career.
Born in New York City, Michael Lloyd learned classical piano and guitar as a child. By the age of 13, he formed his own band in high school, at the same time as continuing to take lessons in music theory and composition.He was born in 1948, so he was 21 years old in 1969. From there, his music career went from success to success.
He also started writing songs and pitching them to record labels in Los Angeles, including Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol. ... Lloyd also recorded surf music as a member of the New Dimensions, a group that included Jimmy Greenspoon, later of Three Dog Night.
Around 1964, Lloyd began performing with brothers Shaun and Danny Harris, who attended Hollywood Professional School with Lloyd. Together they formed a group initially called the Rogues, later renamed the Laughing Wind ...
Lloyd also provided the music for Steven Spielberg's first short film, Amblin', and worked ... on other movie soundtracks, including The Devil's 8 (1969). ....
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The below video shows Lloyd talking about the song-writing business.
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Here is a link to another, written interview of Lloyd, about songwriting.
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