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Rachel Sweet (born July 28, 1962)<ref name="Oldies">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is an American singer, television writer and actress.

Early life and educationEdit

Rachel Sweet was born in Akron, Ohio,<ref name="Woodstra"/><ref name="Campbell">Campbell, Mary (1979), Rachel Sweet: Busy Singer at 16, Made Debut at 5", Lewiston Daily Sun, September 12, 1979, p. 16, retrieved 2010-11-22.</ref> Because she pursued her singing career so young, she dropped out of high school to concentrate on her career, but she was still required to devote time to her studies.<ref name="Woodstra" /><ref name="Adams" /><ref name="Loder"/>

Sweet resumed her education via correspondence courses, and she eventually graduated from Columbia University with a degree in French and English Literature in 1988.<ref name="Adams" />

Singing careerEdit

Sweet began her singing career at age three when she won an electric garage door opener in a local talent contest after singing "I'm a Little Dutch Girl."<ref>Dawidziak, Mark. "[1] Akron native Rachel Sweet savors writer-producer role on 'Hot in Cleveland'", Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 14, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2022.</ref> She began recording commercials at the age of six, toured with Mickey Rooney, and performed in Las Vegas as the opening act for Bill Cosby at the age of 12.<ref name= "Woodstra" /><ref name="Campbell" /><ref name="Patterson">Patterson, Jim (1992) "Best-of Album Leaves Desire for new Rachel Sweet Release", Daily News, November 8, 1992, p. 12C, retrieved 2010-11-22</ref> She began recording country music in 1974, but with little success beyond one minor hit.<ref name="Woodstra">{{#ifeq: | yes | https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000861372{{ 

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Switching to rock and roll, she signed to Stiff Records and released her first album, Fool Around, in 1978, dropping out of high school to concentrate on her career, although she was still required to devote time to her studies.<ref name="Woodstra" /><ref name="Adams">Adams, Deanna R. (2002) Rock 'n' Roll and the Cleveland Connection, Template:ISBN, p. 397-8</ref><ref name="Loder">Loder, Kurt (1980) "Singer Rachel Sweet needs to take school books on tour", Tuscaloosa News, May 23, 1980, p. 12</ref> Sweet was backed by The Records on the Stiff Records tour in 1978.<ref name="Woodstra" /> The album was a critical success, but sales were poor, although she did have some success with the single "B-A-B-Y" (a cover of the 1966 Carla Thomas song), which was a top-40 hit in the UK.<ref name="CS">"Rachel Sweet", Chart Stats, retrieved 2010-11-22</ref> The record label generated some controversy by pushing a Lolita-like image for her.<ref name="Woodstra"/> Her follow-up album, Protect the Innocent, produced by Martin Rushent and Alan Winstanley,<ref name="Deming">Deming, Mark "[{{#ifeq: yes | yes | https://www.allmusic.com/album/protect-the-innocent-r19508/review{{ 

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}} Protect the Innocent Review]", Allmusic, retrieved 2010-11-22</ref> was largely ignored by the public and the music press, although it was popular with her fans and launched a well-received North American tour in 1980 with her band The Toys. She signed to Columbia Records in 1981, releasing the album ... And Then He Kissed Me and its hit single "Everlasting Love", a duet with Rex Smith.<ref name="Woodstra" /> The album also includes "Shadows of the Night," later a hit for Pat Benatar.

Sweet released only one more album, 1982's Blame It on Love, which featured the song "Voo Doo". The video for the song was played on MTV, and she performed the song on the musical TV show Solid Gold.<ref name="Woodstra" /> An album she recorded tracks for in 1982-83 remains unreleased.

She returned to music sporadically as she focused on her education, co-writing and recording the title song for John Waters' film Hairspray, and several songs for Waters' musical film Cry-Baby.<ref name="Adams" />

In 1992, Rhino Records released Fool Around: The Best of Rachel Sweet. The CD compilation includes all of her first album, Fool Around, as well as tracks from her other three albums and the theme from Hairspray.<ref name="AMGR">Template:Cite book</ref>

Film and televisionEdit

In 1982, Sweet had a starring role in the low-budget musical film Rock 'n' Roll Hotel, which also featured Judd Nelson and was filmed in Richmond, Virginia, at the then-inoperative Jefferson Hotel. Shooting in Richmond with local extras began in October 1982 and was halted abruptly in December. The film's original 3D version, with scenes in the style of early MTV music videos, received only two screenings in 1983, in Los Angeles and New York. It was never released theatrically, even after it was eventually re-cut and completed in 1986 under the supervision of Sweet's father, Dick.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Sweet also appeared in the 1989 musical film Sing, performing "Life Ain't Worth Living (When You're Dead)". While the song does not appear on the soundtrack album, Columbia Records released it as the B-side of the soundtrack single "Romance (Love Theme from "Sing") by Paul Carrack and Terri Nunn.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1989 and 1990, Sweet hosted a show on The Comedy Channel (forerunner of Comedy Central) called The Sweet Life,<ref name="Adams" /> which also featured Jon Stewart. Her recording of the theme song to the Nickelodeon series Clarissa Explains It All<ref name="Adams" /> was a reworking of the theme song from The Sweet Life; and she provided vocals for songs in the Barbie animated series.<ref name="Adams" />

Sweet had a minor role as George Costanza's cousin in "The Contest", a 1992 episode of the TV sitcom Seinfeld. She played a waitress in the 1994 film comedy All Tied Up.

Focusing on a writing and producing career in television since the late 1990s,<ref name="Adams" /> she has been a writer and/or executive producer on series including Dharma & Greg, Commando Nanny, George Lopez, Hot in Cleveland,<ref name="Beale" /><ref name= "Beacon">Template:Cite news</ref> 2 Broke Girls, The Single Guy and The Goldbergs.<ref name="imdb">[https://www.imdb.com/{{#if: 0842295 

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Personal lifeEdit

Sweet owned Madonna's former home Los Pavoreales, selling it in 2010.<ref name="Beale">Template:Cite news</ref>

Sweet married television writer and producer Tom Palmer in 1997; they have two children.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

DiscographyEdit

AlbumsEdit

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  • Protect the Innocent (1980), Stiff - US No. 123<ref name="BB" />
  • ... And Then He Kissed Me (1981), Columbia - US No. 124<ref name="BB" />
  • Blame It on Love (1982), Columbia
  • Alive in America (2022), Renaissance Records (recorded 1980, with The Toys)

Compilation albumsEdit

  • B.A.B.Y. - the Best of Rachel Sweet (1978), Stiff
  • Fool Around: The Best of Rachel Sweet (1992), Rhino
  • ...And Then He Kissed Me / Blame It On Love (2005), Sony
  • Baby: Complete Stiff Recordings 1978 - 1980 (2014), RPM Records UK

SinglesEdit

  • "Any Port in a Storm" (1976), Derrick
  • "Paper Airplane" (1976), Derrick
  • "The Ballad of Mable Ruth Miller and John Wesley Pritchett" (1976), Derrick
  • "B-A-B-Y" (1978), Stiff - UK No. 35,<ref name="CS" /> AUS No. 47
  • "Stranger in the House" (1978), Stiff-Columbia
  • "Baby Let's Play House" (1979), Stiff
  • "I Go to Pieces" (1979), Stiff - AUS No. 36
  • "Tonight" (1980), Stiff
  • "Spellbound" (1980), Stiff - US No. 107
  • "Fool's Gold" (1980), Stiff
  • "Lover's Lane" (1980), Stiff/Columbia
  • "Everlasting Love" (with Rex Smith) (1981), Columbia - US No. 32,<ref name="BB" /> UK No. 35,<ref name="CS2">"Rex Smith And Rachel Sweet", Chart Stats, retrieved November 22, 2010</ref> AUS No. 41
  • "Then He Kissed Me / Be My Baby" (1981), CBS - AUS No. 55
  • "Shadows of the Night" (1981), CBS
  • "Voo Doo" (1982), Columbia - US No. 72<ref name="BB" />
  • "Hairspray" (1988), MCA

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