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Paul Jabara

January 13, 2023

Paul Jabara, also known as Paul Frederick Jabara, (January 31, 1948 – September 29, 1992) was an American actor, singer, and songwriter of Lebanese[1] ancestry, born in Brooklyn, New York.[2] He wrote Donna Summer's Oscar-winning "Last Dance" from Thank God It's Friday (1978) as well as "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" her international hit duet with Barbra Streisand. He also cowrote The Weather Girls iconic hit "It's Raining Men" (with Paul Shaffer). Jabara's cousin Jad Azkoul is a Lebanese-American musician specializing in classical guitar.

Paul Jabara
Jabara at the premiere of The Rose in 1979
Born(1948-01-31)January 31, 1948
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedSeptember 29, 1992(1992-09-29) (aged 44)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, singer, songwriter
Websitehttp://www.pauljabara.com

Actor

Jabara was in the original cast of the stage musicals Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar. He took over the role of Frank-N-Furter in the Los Angeles Production of The Rocky Horror Show when Tim Curry left the production to film the movie version in England. He appeared in John Schlesinger's 1969 film Midnight Cowboy, as a hippie handing out pills ("Up or Down?") at the counterculture party, and in Schlesinger's 1975 film The Day of the Locust, where he sang a cover of the Marlene Dietrich song "Hot Voo-Doo" in drag. In the 1978 film Thank God It's Friday he played the role of Carl, the lovelorn and nearsighted disco goer, and he also contributed as a singer on two tracks on the original soundtrack album. In 1981 Jabara starred in another John Schlesinger film, the comedy Honky Tonk Freeway, as truck driver/songwriter T. J. Tupus, hauling lions and a rhino.

Songwriter and singer

Jabara wrote the book, music, lyrics and starred in the aborted Broadway musical Rachael Lily Rosenbloom (And Don't You Ever Forget It), which played the Broadhurst Theatre in New York City in 1973. It closed in previews prior to its official opening and was never reviewed by the press. No recording was made of the score, which featured both Jabara's trademark disco music and traditional Broadway-style numbers.[3]

Jabara released his debut album Shut Out in 1977. Jabara's solo albums on the disco label Casablanca Records include three duets with Donna Summer: "Shut Out" (1977), "Something's Missing (In My Life)" (1978) and "Never Lose Your Sense of Humor" (1979).

Donna Summer performed his song "Last Dance" for the 1978 film Thank God It's Friday winning Jabara the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song, the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.

In 1979, with Bruce Roberts, he co-wrote Barbra Streisand's top 3 hit "The Main Event/Fight", and the pair wrote their biggest success with the international smash "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)", recorded as a duet by Streisand and Donna Summer.

In 1981, he wrote "No Jinx" for Bette Midler as the theme tune to her movie Jinxed!. Diana Ross scored a 1982 UK top hit with his song "Work That Body".

In 1982, Two Tons O' Fun, renaming themselves as The Weather Girls, agreed to record his song "It's Raining Men", previously rejected by Summer, Streisand, Cher and Ross. The song became an international hit, topping the US Dance chart and peaking at #2 in the UK. That song was re-recorded in 1998 by RuPaul and Martha Wash as "It's Raining Men...The Sequel" and later by Geri Halliwell in 2001 when it reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart.

The original Weather Girls' recording of "It's Raining Men" was included on Jabara's 1983 album Paul Jabara & Friends, which included one of the early recordings by then 19-year-old Whitney Houston on "Eternal Love" (previously recorded by Stephanie Mills) as well as a Jabara/Diana Ross co-write "Ladies Hot Line." Other songs Jabara had covered by major artists include "Hope" by Billy Preston (1981), "Two Lovers" by Julio Iglesias (1984) and "This Girl's Back in Town" by Raquel Welch (1987).

In 1986, Jabara released his final album, the concept musical De La Noche: The True Story – A Poperetta, featuring guest vocals from Leata Galloway, Diva Gray and Pattie Brooks.

In 2005, a workshop of a musical titled Last Dance played New York City. It was a musical assembled from Jabara's well known disco songs and told the story of a modern-day teenager who goes back in time to spend one night at Studio 54.

Death

On September 29, 1992, Jabara died from complications from AIDS[4] in Los Angeles, California at the age of 44. He is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.[5]

On June 14, 2014, Jabara was featured in the first gay-themed tour of Green-Wood Cemetery.[6][7]

Discography

Studio albums

Soundtracks and compilations

Singles

Filmography

References

  1. ^ [1] August 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ . The Official Web Site of Paul Jabara. Olga Music. Archived from the original on 27 February 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  3. ^ Mandelbaum, Ken (1991), Not Since Carrie: 40 Years of Broadway Musical Flops, New York: St. Martin's Press, pp. 29–31, OCLC 23901074
  4. ^ . Artistswithaids.org. Archived from the original on 2014-05-16. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
  5. ^ Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Location 23189). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.
  6. ^ "Gay Green-Wood Trolley Tour". Green-Wood. Green-Wood. Archived from the original on 2021-10-23.
  7. ^ "The Gay Graves Tour". Walk About New York. Walk About New York. June 18, 2014. Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved October 16, 2014.

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Paul Jabara also known as Paul Frederick Jabara January 31 1948 September 29 1992 was an American actor singer and songwriter of Lebanese 1 ancestry born in Brooklyn New York 2 He wrote Donna Summer s Oscar winning Last Dance from Thank God It s Friday 1978 as well as No More Tears Enough Is Enough her international hit duet with Barbra Streisand He also cowrote The Weather Girls iconic hit It s Raining Men with Paul Shaffer Jabara s cousin Jad Azkoul is a Lebanese American musician specializing in classical guitar Paul JabaraJabara at the premiere of The Rose in 1979Born 1948 01 31 January 31 1948Brooklyn New York U S DiedSeptember 29 1992 1992 09 29 aged 44 Los Angeles California U S Occupation s Actor singer songwriterWebsitehttp www pauljabara com Contents 1 Actor 2 Songwriter and singer 3 Death 4 Discography 4 1 Studio albums 4 2 Soundtracks and compilations 4 3 Singles 5 Filmography 6 References 7 External linksActor EditJabara was in the original cast of the stage musicals Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar He took over the role of Frank N Furter in the Los Angeles Production of The Rocky Horror Show when Tim Curry left the production to film the movie version in England He appeared in John Schlesinger s 1969 film Midnight Cowboy as a hippie handing out pills Up or Down at the counterculture party and in Schlesinger s 1975 film The Day of the Locust where he sang a cover of the Marlene Dietrich song Hot Voo Doo in drag In the 1978 film Thank God It s Friday he played the role of Carl the lovelorn and nearsighted disco goer and he also contributed as a singer on two tracks on the original soundtrack album In 1981 Jabara starred in another John Schlesinger film the comedy Honky Tonk Freeway as truck driver songwriter T J Tupus hauling lions and a rhino Songwriter and singer EditJabara wrote the book music lyrics and starred in the aborted Broadway musical Rachael Lily Rosenbloom And Don t You Ever Forget It which played the Broadhurst Theatre in New York City in 1973 It closed in previews prior to its official opening and was never reviewed by the press No recording was made of the score which featured both Jabara s trademark disco music and traditional Broadway style numbers 3 Jabara released his debut album Shut Out in 1977 Jabara s solo albums on the disco label Casablanca Records include three duets with Donna Summer Shut Out 1977 Something s Missing In My Life 1978 and Never Lose Your Sense of Humor 1979 Donna Summer performed his song Last Dance for the 1978 film Thank God It s Friday winning Jabara the Grammy Award for Best R amp B Song the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song In 1979 with Bruce Roberts he co wrote Barbra Streisand s top 3 hit The Main Event Fight and the pair wrote their biggest success with the international smash No More Tears Enough Is Enough recorded as a duet by Streisand and Donna Summer In 1981 he wrote No Jinx for Bette Midler as the theme tune to her movie Jinxed Diana Ross scored a 1982 UK top hit with his song Work That Body In 1982 Two Tons O Fun renaming themselves as The Weather Girls agreed to record his song It s Raining Men previously rejected by Summer Streisand Cher and Ross The song became an international hit topping the US Dance chart and peaking at 2 in the UK That song was re recorded in 1998 by RuPaul and Martha Wash as It s Raining Men The Sequel and later by Geri Halliwell in 2001 when it reached 1 on the UK Singles Chart The original Weather Girls recording of It s Raining Men was included on Jabara s 1983 album Paul Jabara amp Friends which included one of the early recordings by then 19 year old Whitney Houston on Eternal Love previously recorded by Stephanie Mills as well as a Jabara Diana Ross co write Ladies Hot Line Other songs Jabara had covered by major artists include Hope by Billy Preston 1981 Two Lovers by Julio Iglesias 1984 and This Girl s Back in Town by Raquel Welch 1987 In 1986 Jabara released his final album the concept musical De La Noche The True Story A Poperetta featuring guest vocals from Leata Galloway Diva Gray and Pattie Brooks In 2005 a workshop of a musical titled Last Dance played New York City It was a musical assembled from Jabara s well known disco songs and told the story of a modern day teenager who goes back in time to spend one night at Studio 54 Death EditOn September 29 1992 Jabara died from complications from AIDS 4 in Los Angeles California at the age of 44 He is buried at Green Wood Cemetery 5 On June 14 2014 Jabara was featured in the first gay themed tour of Green Wood Cemetery 6 7 Discography EditStudio albums Edit Shut Out Casablanca Records 1977 Keeping Time Casablanca 1978 The Third Album Casablanca 1979 Paul Jabara amp Friends with The Weather Girls Leata Galloway Whitney Houston CBS 1983 De La Noche The True Story A Poperetta with Leata Galloway CBS 1986 Soundtracks and compilations Edit Original Soundtrack Thank God It s Friday Greatest Hits and Misses Casablanca PolyGram 1989 The Casablanca Records Story PolyGram 1994 Mother Jugs and Speed soundtrackSingles Edit Shut Out duet with Donna Summer 1977 Dance 1977 Slow Dancing 1977 Dancin Lift Your Spirits Higher 1978 Pleasure Island 1978 Take Good Care of My Baby What s a Girl to Do Paul Jabara amp Pattie Brooks 1978 Trapped in a Stairway 1978 Disco Queen 1978 Never Lose Your Sense of Humor duet with Donna Summer 1979 Disco Wedding 1979 Honey Moon in Puerto Rico 1979 Disco Divorce 1979 Take Me Home with Brenda amp The Tabulations 1982 Ocho Rios 1986 Filmography EditMidnight Cowboy 1969 The Party 2 Medea 1969 Pelias The Out of Towners 1970 First Hippie uncredited Necropolis 1970 Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me 1971 Heap Blu Gang e vissero per sempre felici e ammazzati 1973 Teddy Fog The Lords of Flatbush 1974 Crazy Cohen The Day of the Locust 1975 Nightclub Entertainer Peeper 1975 Janitor Thank God It s Friday 1978 Carl Honky Tonk Freeway 1981 T J Tupus Legal Eagles 1986 Taxi Driver Les Patterson Saves the World 1987 Leroy Slaves of New York 1989 Derelict 9 1 2 Ninjas 1991 Mr Ninja voice Light Sleeper 1992 EddieReferences Edit 1 Archived August 7 2009 at the Wayback Machine Biography The Official Web Site of Paul Jabara Olga Music Archived from the original on 27 February 2013 Retrieved 22 January 2013 Mandelbaum Ken 1991 Not Since Carrie 40 Years of Broadway Musical Flops New York St Martin s Press pp 29 31 OCLC 23901074 The Estate Project Artistswithaids org Archived from the original on 2014 05 16 Retrieved 2014 07 04 Wilson Scott Resting Places The Burial Sites of More Than 14 000 Famous Persons 3d ed 2 Kindle Location 23189 McFarland amp Company Inc Publishers Kindle Edition Gay Green Wood Trolley Tour Green Wood Green Wood Archived from the original on 2021 10 23 The Gay Graves Tour Walk About New York Walk About New York June 18 2014 Archived from the original on 2021 10 23 Retrieved October 16 2014 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media 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