[12/12/22 - 11:30 AM] Paramount+ Announces Documentary Series Exploring the History of Soft Rock Music, "Sometimes When We Touch," to Premiere Tuesday, Jan. 3 The series is the untold story of soft rock, whose artists dominated pop music worldwide in the '70s, only to crash and burn in the '80s, eventually experiencing one of the most unlikely comebacks in music history.
[via press release from CBS]
PARAMOUNT+ ANNOUNCES DOCUMENTARY SERIES EXPLORING THE HISTORY OF SOFT ROCK MUSIC, "SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH," TO PREMIERE TUESDAY, JAN. 3
Featuring the Stories Behind Some of Music's Greatest Songs and Iconic Artists, Including Air Supply, Ambrosia, Captain & Tennille, Carpenters, Christopher Cross, Hall & Oates, Kenny Loggins, Lionel Richie, Michael McDonald and More
Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios in Partnership with Gunpowder & Sky
Dec. 12, 2022 - Paramount+ today announced that SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH, a three-part documentary series exploring the history of soft rock music, will premiere exclusively on the service in the U.S. and Canada on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023 and will also stream in the U.K., Latin America and Australia (Wednesday, Jan. 4), Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and France (Tuesday, April 4).
SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH is the untold story of soft rock, whose artists dominated pop music worldwide in the '70s, only to crash and burn in the '80s, eventually experiencing one of the most unlikely comebacks in music history. The series presents all-new interviews with some of soft rock's biggest legends, like Air Supply ("All Out of Love"), Dan Hill ("Sometimes When We Touch"), Kenny Loggins ("This Is It"), Ray Parker Jr. ("A Woman Needs Love"), Rupert Holmes ("Escape: The Piña Colada Song") and Toni Tennille ("Love Will Keep Us Together"). Through candid and poignant stories, these stars lead a celebration of the underappreciated music that continues to have a lasting impact on American culture.
The connective stories that propel the series are augmented by exclusive interviews with dozens of classic and contemporary musicians like Daryl "DMC" McDaniels, John Ondrasik, LA Reid, Richard Marx, Robert "Kool" Bell, Sheryl Crow, Stewart Copeland, Susanna Hoffs and Verdine White; rarely seen archival interview and performance footage; host commentary that embraces the impact of soft rock while acknowledging the cringey excesses that sometimes led it astray; and a review of its continuing power over a new generation found everywhere from hip hop samples and radio remakes to superhero soundtracks and TikTok posts.
The series is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios in partnership with Gunpowder & Sky. Produced by Van Toffler and executive produced by David Gale, Floris Bauer, Barry Barclay and Joanna Zwickel for Gunpowder & Sky, co-executive produced by Rick Krim, executive produced and written by Chuck Thompson and executive produced and directed by Lauren Lazin. Bruce Gillmer and Vanessa Whitewolf executive produce for MTV Entertainment Studios, with Jennifer Yandrisevits serving as Senior Director of Production.
About Paramount+
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About Paramount Media Networks & MTV Entertainment Studios
Paramount Media Networks & MTV Entertainment Studios is one of the preeminent media entities in the world that connects with global audiences through its nine iconic brands - MTV, Comedy Central, VH1, CMT, Pop, Logo, The Smithsonian Channel, Paramount Network and TV Land - and its Studios arm which produces acclaimed series and movies as well as award-winning documentaries through MTV Documentary Films.
About Gunpowder & Sky
Gunpowder & Sky is an independent studio known for larger-than-life stories about groundbreaking music and musicians, pop culture, issues and personalities that are overtaking the world.
Since its inception in 2016, Gunpowder & Sky has released more than 60 feature films and series in theaters, on TVOD and on leading services such as HBO, Netflix, MTV, Hulu, Sky, Showtime, Spotify, Amazon, YouTube, Audible, Roku and Discovery.
With offices in Los Angeles and New York, Gunpowder & Sky was founded by Van Toffler and Floris Bauer.
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