View Full Version : Musicians or singers appearing on sitcoms..name one.


88survivor
06-30-2008, 10:36 PM
Samantha Fox in Charles In Charge
Cher and Madonna in Will and Grace
Debarge in Punky Brewster
Facts of Life Stacy Q, Jermaine Jackson, Charo, and Debarge
Square Pegs The Waitresses, Devo, and the drummer from the Doors
Sledge Hammer Adam Ant Davy Jones

phoebe7165
06-30-2008, 10:52 PM
Samantha Fox in Charles In Charge
Cher and Madonna in Will and Grace
Debarge in Punky Brewster
Facts of Life Stacy Q, Jermaine Jackson, Charo, and Debarge
Square Pegs The Waitresses, Devo, and the drummer from the Doors
Sledge Hammer Adam Ant Davy Jones

but you named 6!!lol

Elvis Costello - Frasier

Barry Manilow & Harry Connick, Jr - Will & Grace

Chrissie Hynde - Friends

I'll leave it at that for now.;)

Zoneboy
06-30-2008, 11:03 PM
Lesley Gore - Batman
Chad and Jeremy - Batman
Paul Revere and the Raiders - Batman

catlover79
06-30-2008, 11:04 PM
Tommy Page - Full House

Nighthawk76
06-30-2008, 11:20 PM
the drummer from the Doors



That's Mr. John Densmore

Andy Gibb was on Gimme A Break. He and Nell sang "Up Where We Belong".

Ray Parker Jr was also on Gimme A Break. He and Nell sang "Heaven Knows"

catlover79
06-30-2008, 11:22 PM
Andy Gibb also appeared on Punky Brewster.

Nighthawk76
06-30-2008, 11:25 PM
Andy Gibb also appeared on Punky Brewster.

I think someone told me that. I've never seen the show though. It is sad that at that point in his career he was down to making cameos on sitcoms. :(

catlover79
06-30-2008, 11:28 PM
Yes, and he was also reduced to playing tiny supper club venues, and filed for bankruptcy shortly thereafter. We can only wonder how things might had gone had he not gotten mixed up with drugs. :(

Zoneboy
06-30-2008, 11:32 PM
Doobie Brothers - What's Happening

Loretta Lynn - The Dukes of Hazzard

Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - The Beverly Hillbillies

phoebe7165
06-30-2008, 11:49 PM
Jon Bon Jovi - Sex & the City

Eddie Money - King of Queens

Liza Minnelli - Arrested Development

Zoneboy
07-01-2008, 12:07 AM
Liza Minnelli - Arrested Development

Liza auditioned for a role on the original Twilight Zone but was so nervous that she was turned down and predictions were that she would fade away into obscurity. The actress who won the role (Bonnie Beecher) hasn't been heard from acting wise since 1968.

phoebe7165
07-01-2008, 12:15 AM
Liza auditioned for a role on the original Twilight Zone but was so nervous that she was turned down and predictions were that she would fade away into obscurity. The actress who won the role (Bonnie Beecher) hasn't been heard from acting wise since 1968.

That's interesting.

I don't know if you watched Arrested Development, but I was listening to an audio commentary on one of the episodes, and Ron Howard was saying that Liza used to baby-sit him!!

And I have never heard of Bonnie Beecher!!

dlemond
07-01-2008, 12:23 AM
Chris Isaak - Friends
Fabian - Laverne and Shirley
Alice Cooper - That '70s Show
Ted Nugent - That '70s Show
Paul Williams - The Odd Couple

Zoneboy
07-01-2008, 12:25 AM
I have never heard of Bonnie Beecher!!

If she hadn't done that TZ episode, I'd be in the same league with you. I forgot to mention that the role they were vying for was that of a singer. :crazy:

Ireneparalegal
07-01-2008, 12:27 AM
Doobie Brothers - What's Happening

Loretta Lynn - The Dukes of Hazzard

Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - The Beverly Hillbillies
Loretta Lynn also appeared on ROSEANNE.

Stacy Q - Facts of Life

phoebe7165
07-01-2008, 12:37 AM
Loretta Lynn also appeared on ROSEANNE.


So did Wayne Newton. Funny thing was that Roseanne was so drunk, she thought it was one of those Wayne Newton impersonators!!:lol:

ABlairican Pie
07-01-2008, 12:50 AM
Anthrax on Married....With Children. :rock:

phoebe7165
07-01-2008, 01:26 AM
Steven Tyler - Two & a Half Men

Bobby Sherman - Frasier

Davy Jones - Brady Bunch

ABlairican Pie
07-01-2008, 08:25 AM
Blues Traveller on Roseanne.

phoebe7165
07-01-2008, 10:18 AM
Sonny Bono - Golden Girls

Richie Sambora - Still Standing

Ray Charles & Clint Black - Wings

catlover79
07-01-2008, 11:32 AM
So did Wayne Newton. Funny thing was that Roseanne was so drunk, she thought it was one of those Wayne Newton impersonators!!:lol:
Speaking of Wayne Newton, he also appeared on Perfect Strangers.

catlover79
07-01-2008, 11:32 AM
Frankie Valli - Full House

Nighthawk76
07-01-2008, 12:34 PM
Yes, and he was also reduced to playing tiny supper club venues, and filed for bankruptcy shortly thereafter. We can only wonder how things might had gone had he not gotten mixed up with drugs. :(

I think he would have probably enjoyed a more successful career. I think he would have made a comeback at some point.

Nighthawk76
07-01-2008, 12:36 PM
So did Wayne Newton. Funny thing was that Roseanne was so drunk, she thought it was one of those Wayne Newton impersonators!!:lol:

Wayne also appeared in the James Bond movie License To Kill.

BarneyFife
07-01-2008, 01:00 PM
The 60's Rock Band "The Standells" appeared on the Munsters. The episode was called "Far Out Munsters". They rented the Munsters home for the weekend. One of my favorite Munsters episodes!

JoPol_wannabe
07-01-2008, 06:39 PM
Beach Boys- Full House
Dave Koz- Family Matters
Monkees or Monkeys (Not sure on spelling)- Boy Meets World
En Vouge- A Different World
Dobbie Brothers- What's Happening!

Zoneboy
07-01-2008, 07:22 PM
Johnny Cash:

Little House On the Prairie
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman
Columbo
The Simpsons
The Partridge Family

phoebe7165
07-01-2008, 07:49 PM
The Simpsons

I was almost going to post Simpsons!! I don't watch it as much as I used to but there have been a number of people on there, I just can't remember them all!!

I remember Metallica, Lenny Kravitz, Aerosmith, The Stones?

While we're talking about cartoons, Kiss has been on Family Guy a few times.

eltonfan80
07-01-2008, 08:56 PM
little richard full house

Ireneparalegal
07-01-2008, 09:03 PM
I know no one will ever get this one, MICHAEL DES BARRES appeared on ROSEANNE and SEINFELD (the smelly car episode), as well as FRASIER, CHARMED, JAG, THE GILMORE GIRLS and ELLEN. Who is Michael Des Barres? Well, Former hard rock singer and front man, Michael has fronted as part of "Detective" and "Power Station", in connection with Led Zeppelin and Duran Duran. Longtime friend of Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and later married his girlfriend, Pamela Miller. Now works primarily as an actor.


Also, BONNIE BRAMLETT who played Bonnie on ROSEANNE. She is accomplished singer who was invited by Roseanne to play her friend on the show.

Zoneboy
07-01-2008, 09:15 PM
I know no one will ever get this one, MICHAEL DES BARRES appeared on ROSEANNE and SEINFELD (the smelly car episode), as well as FRASIER, CHARMED, THE GILMORE GIRLS and ELLEN. Who is Michael Des Barres? Well, Former hard rock singer and front man, Michael has fronted as part of "Detective" and "Power Station", in connection with Led Zeppelin and Duran Duran. Longtime friend of Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and later married his girlfriend, Pamela Miller. Now works primarily as an actor.


Also, BONNIE BRAMLETT who played Bonnie on ROSEANNE. She is accomplished singer who was invited by Roseanne to play her friend on the show.

Given time I would probably have come up with at least one of them. :) Michael Des Barres has quite a resume' as an actor but my favorite role of his has to be as the assassin Mudoc on MacGyver. I have a Detective Lp but have never listened to it and I've never heard him sing with Power Station. I need to get a copy of Live Aid so I can hear him.

Bonnie Bramlett is one person I don't need to be reminded of. :lol: As one half of the duo Delaney and Bonnie, Their recording of "Only You Know and I Know" was used for a mystery oldie contest on a local classic rock station about 10 years ago and it took over 2 hours before anyone got it right. I finally got it but it took a couple of clues to do it.

Ireneparalegal
07-01-2008, 09:23 PM
I have LIVE AID on VHS. I recorded it when it aired back in 1985. I wonder if it has survived being in storage though? :eek: I loved the performance of Power Station, although I really love the sound of the late Robert Palmer. I have "Some Like It Hot" on my iPod.

Zoneboy
07-01-2008, 09:36 PM
I have LIVE AID on VHS. I recorded it when it aired back in 1985. I wonder if it has survived being in storage though? :eek: I loved the performance of Power Station, although I really love the sound of the late Robert Palmer. I have "Some Like It Hot" on my iPod.

I'd love to have the entire Live Aid recorded from MTV and I would've gotten it myself but I didn't have MTV in 1985. :(

Ireneparalegal
07-01-2008, 09:44 PM
I'd love to have the entire Live Aid recorded from MTV and I would've gotten it myself but I didn't have MTV in 1985. :(
I remember being upset at the fact that I didn't get the whole thing on tape. :wallbang: I have seen the DVD in Best Buy and wonder if it is worth buying.

BarneyFife
07-01-2008, 10:21 PM
I remember being upset at the fact that I didn't get the whole thing on tape. :wallbang: I have seen the DVD in Best Buy and wonder if it is worth buying.

I bought it several years ago when Media Play was going out of business. I can't remember what i payed for it but it wasn't much. Great concert! Queen and David Bowie Rocked!

Zoneboy
07-01-2008, 10:47 PM
I bought it several years ago when Media Play was going out of business. I can't remember what i payed for it but it wasn't much. Great concert! Queen and David Bowie Rocked!

Do you know what the running time is on it?

BarneyFife
07-01-2008, 11:43 PM
I couldn't tell you right off hand, I loaned it to my brother several months ago and haven't gotten it back yet. I do know it's four DVD's and it's not the whole Concert. I think Irene said Robert Palmer was there, but he's not on any of my DVD's. I'm a huge Cars and Pretenders fan, so i really enjoyed their set. Madonna was also there, but the crowd didn't get into her very much. LOL. Queen made the concert, they ROCKED THE HOUSE! And David Bowie had a awesome set as well. There was several Bands I'd never heard of and didn't really like much at all. But overal it was worth the price i paid for it. I'm thinking i paid about $30 for it.

Ireneparalegal
07-02-2008, 12:48 AM
There were a few bands there that were merely a part of the concert because they were the "in" band at that time. They don't have the legacy of Queen or David Bowie. Hell, even Madonna is a legend and who would have thought that in 1985? ;)

88survivor
07-02-2008, 08:32 AM
Don't forget Miami Vice. Phil Collins, Patti Labelle, The Power Station lineup without Robert Palmer(with Chic Drummer Tony Thomspon, John Taylor, and Michael), etc. That was a singer-studded cast list on that show.

AB
07-02-2008, 05:52 PM
Boyce & Hart was on an episode of Bewitched.

Zoneboy
07-02-2008, 07:22 PM
Ron Moss (guitarist for 70's band Player) - The Bold and the Beautiful

Rick Springfield - General Hospital

Roy Clark - The Beverly Hillbillies

BarneyFife
07-02-2008, 07:35 PM
I believe Huey Lewis appeared on "Just Shoot Me". If it wasn't him it sure did look like him.

phoebe7165
07-03-2008, 12:45 PM
I seem to recall an episode of Drew Carey where he was auditioning guitarists to be in a band with Lewis, Oswald, & him. He did the auditions in his back yard and I think Slash, Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top & Dave Mustaine from Megadeth were some of the few who auditioned. Joe Walsh also auditioned and got it. He was in a few episodes and IMO, I thought he was rather funny!!

catlover79
07-03-2008, 01:49 PM
Donna Summer appeared as Aunt Oona ("from Altoona!") on an episode of Family Matters, and sang "Last Dance".

catlover79
07-03-2008, 01:50 PM
I believe Huey Lewis appeared on "Just Shoot Me". If it wasn't him it sure did look like him.
That was indeed Huey Lewis - he appeared in a 2002 ep of JSM which was entitled "The Boys in the Band".

Zebra 3
07-03-2008, 02:39 PM
Sammy Davis Jr. appeared as himself in one of the most popular All in the Family (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=31) episodes Sammy's Visit.

catlover79
07-03-2008, 04:02 PM
Sammy Davis Jr. appeared as himself in one of the most popular All in the Family (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=31) episodes Sammy's Visit.
Didn't Sammy also appear on The Jeffersons??

AB
07-03-2008, 06:48 PM
Wasn't Hall & Oates on an episode of the Nanny?

phoebe7165
07-03-2008, 08:53 PM
That was indeed Huey Lewis - he appeared in a 2002 ep of JSM which was entitled "The Boys in the Band".

I forgot he was also in an episode of King of Queens.

catlover79
07-03-2008, 08:58 PM
I forgot he was also in an episode of King of Queens.
Wow, I don't remember that. :lol: R&B singer Johnny Gill also appeared on a Family Matters episode.

D-Dey
07-28-2008, 06:32 PM
Rick Marotta appeared as himself in the Lizzie McGuire episode "Facts of Life."

Ohio8
07-28-2008, 07:36 PM
"Sanford & Son": Len ahorne, Della Reese and B.B. King.
"Married...with Children"
"Fresh Prince of Bel-Air": B.B. King
"The Beverly Hillbillies": Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs

"I Love Lucy": "Tennessee Ernie" Ford
"The Andy Griffith Show": The Dillards played the Darling family's sons.

phoebe7165
07-28-2008, 09:12 PM
Wow, I don't remember that. :lol: R&B singer Johnny Gill also appeared on a Family Matters episode.

Huey was in an ep where Spence & Danny were pretending they were roadies to meet him. I "love" how TV makes it seem like it's sooooo easy to get backstage, by just putting on a jacket. Apparently you put a jacket on at a concert, people assume you're a roadie!!!

phoebe7165
07-28-2008, 09:15 PM
Also, BONNIE BRAMLETT who played Bonnie on ROSEANNE. She is accomplished singer who was invited by Roseanne to play her friend on the show.

And David Crosby played her "old man"(I hate that saying) on the show. I say "old man" because I'm not sure if he was her husband or just her boyfriend.

Ireneparalegal
07-28-2008, 10:21 PM
And David Crosby played her "old man"(I hate that saying) on the show. I say "old man" because I'm not sure if he was her husband or just her boyfriend.
Oh yes, how could I forget. :crazy: I got the impression they were married.

Sammy Davis Jr. also played a character on The Cosby Show.

Lena Horne played herself on the Cosby Show.

B.B. King played a character on the Cosby Show.

tv star collector
07-29-2008, 08:31 AM
The Simpsons: Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Linda
Ronstadt, Johnny Cash, Tony Bennett, Sting, Spinal Tap, Tom Jones, Barry
White, David Crosby, Bette Midler, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Ramones,
Robert Goulet, James Taylor, Paul Anka, Smashing Pumpkins, Peter Frampton,
Hank Williams Jr., U2, Moody Blues, Cyndi Lauper, Dolly Parton, Elton John,
B-52s, Britney Spears, The Who, 'N Sync (among others)

Evening Shade: Kenny Rogers

Brandy: LeAnn Rimes

Daniel Boone: Ed Ames, Jimmy Dean, John Davidson, Burl Ives, Roger
Miller

The Flintstones: Ann-Margret

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: Harry Nillson

7th Heaven: Pat Boone

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson

Wonder Woman: Roy Rogers

JAG: Trisha Yearwood

70s show watcher
08-01-2008, 05:46 PM
roger daltrey on that 70s show