RPM45
We’re going back to the heyday of the 45 rpm record -- the little records with the big holes.We’re talking about the '60s '70s and '80s. We'll talk to some of the artists that had big hits back then.
RPM45
Trevor Steel of The Escape Club
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Trevor Steele of The Escape Club
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Season 1
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Episode 14
Trevor Steel is a songwriter, guitarist and lead singer of The Escape Club -- best known for their 1988 No. 1 US hit "Wild, Wild West" and for their top-ten 1991 hit ballad "I'll be There."
In this episode of RPM45, Trevor tell us about...
- The musical hero that motivated him to enter the music business.
- How an EMI records exec said "we don't hear a hit" on the Wild Wild West album.
- The group's mind-blowing experience as they became "overnight pop stars" in The U.S., even as "Wild, Wild West" failed to become a hit in their native UK.
- The inspiration behind "I'll Be There."
- How they never received much of the money generated by their record sales and how that led them to disband the group in the early '90s.
- How he became a successful record producer and exec.
- How the group reunited, and what they're up now.