

The album spawned five singles: " Brilliant Disguise", " Tunnel of Love", "One Step Up", " Tougher Than the Rest" and "Spare Parts".ġ987 An American pop singer Tiffany reached #1 in the United States with her cover of the song " I Think We're Alone Now". It was released as the lead single from their tenth studio album of the same name.ġ987 Bruce Springsteen reached #1 on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States with his eighth studio album, " Tunnel Of Love". She topped the singles chart in the UK and Germany in 1989, with " First Time".Ĭharts 1981 Daryl Hall and John Oates went to number 1 in the U.S. It can also be used half-time at 63 BPM or double-time at 250 BPM. This Day In 80’s Music Birthday 1954 An American singer Robin Beck was born. Legs is a very happy song by ZZ Top with a tempo of 125 BPM. The Old Orchard Shopping Center opened in 1965 and, along with the Valencia (Big V) golf clubhouse, was the first vertical development in The Newhall Land and Farming Co.'s "new town" of Valencia.Search Search 1980s Music Videos 1980s Music Videos ZZ Top One of the more plausible theories is that owner Billy Gibbons had one or more lookalikes made for taking on tour while the original, which was used in the videos, stayed at home. The Eliminator car has been the subject of legends involving sightings and possible thefts. ZZ Top performed 'Tush' and 'Legs' as part of the Super Bowl XXXI halftime show in 1997.

Some filming (possibly the make-up shooting) was done at a shopping center at Van Nuys Boulevard and Nordhoff Street in Panorama City. ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas. We had to reshoot a major portion of the video." We all got over $2,000 for the shoot, which is so much for a video dancer." She said the shoot "went fine" but something went wrong at the film lab. 13 on the dance charts.Įliminator girl Kymberly Herrin ("Romancing the Stone," "Ghostbusters") said in a 2013 interview : "We were paid really well.

ZZ TopEliminator 1983 Warner Records Inc.Producer: Bill HamGuitar, Vocals: Billy GibbonsEn.The rest of the music was created by engineer Terry Manning.įilmed in February and released in May 1984, it was the inaugural winner of the MTV Video Music Awards in the Best Group Video category. Provided to YouTube by Rhino/Warner RecordsLegs (2008 Remaster) Like a silent movie, the video uses pantomime to tell the story of a shoe clerk (Wendy Frazier, who turned 21 on the set) who is teased and harassed until the Eliminator girls show up and put everyone in their place and the ethereal band members pop in and hand her the keys to the car, to the envy of those who had ostracized her.Īll three band members - bandleader Billy Gibbons, bassist Dusty Hill and drummer Frank Beard - appear in the video, but only Gibbons, on lead guitar, was present for the studio recording in 1983. The "Legs" video introduced the furry, spinning guitars.
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ĭirected by Tim Newman, "Legs" was the third and final music video from the band's 1983 album, "Eliminator," the others being "Gimme All Your Lovin'" and "Sharp Dressed Man." The series introduced the iconic "Eliminator" car - a fire-engine red 1933 Ford three-window coupe - as well as the Eliminator girls: Danièle Arnaud, Kymberly Herrin and Jeana Tomasino (who later married baseball's Matt Keough to become Jeana Ellen Keough). February 1984 - The Old Orchard Shopping Center in Valencia is the primary filming location for ZZ Top's 1984 music video, "Legs." Among the stores featured are Kinney Shoes (as "Yolanda's Shoe Salon"), Isadora's discount clothing store and Country Girl Fashions (dressing room scenes).
