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| − | In the 1980 remake of [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0080948 The Jazz Singer], Yussel Rabinovitch (Neil Diamond) defies his cantor father (Laurence Olivier) to become, well not a jazz singer, but a pop singer. | + | In the 1980 remake of ''[http://us.imdb.com/Title?0080948 The Jazz Singer]'', Yussel Rabinovitch (Neil Diamond) defies his cantor father (Laurence Olivier) to become, well not a jazz singer, but a pop singer with this name. |
| − | + | There's a great scene where he plays his slow tender ballad "Love on the Rocks" to Billy Idol-ish rocker [[Keith Lennox]], who then turns it into a sneering rock song. | |
| − | [[Category:The Jazz Singer| | + | |
| + | [[Category:1980|Robin, Jess]] | ||
| + | [[Category:The Jazz Singer|Robin, Jess]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Pop|Robin, Jess]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:03, 16 October 2018
In the 1980 remake of The Jazz Singer, Yussel Rabinovitch (Neil Diamond) defies his cantor father (Laurence Olivier) to become, well not a jazz singer, but a pop singer with this name.
There's a great scene where he plays his slow tender ballad "Love on the Rocks" to Billy Idol-ish rocker Keith Lennox, who then turns it into a sneering rock song.
