The Heights (American TV series)
The Heights is an American musical drama series that aired Thursday at 9:00 pm on Fox from August 27 to November 26, 1992.
For other uses, see The Heights (disambiguation).The Heights
Eric Roth
Tony Spiridakis
Jamie Walters
Camille Saviola
Alex Désert
Charlotte Ross
Zachary Throne
Barry Coffing
Steve Tyrell
Stephanie Tyrell
"How Do You Talk to an Angel" performed by the Heights
Shawn David Thompson, Zachary Throne, Jamie Walters
United States
English
1
13 (1 unaired)
Tony Spiridakis
Michael B. Hoggan
45–48 minutes
August 27 –
November 26, 1992
Synopsis[edit]
The Heights centered on a fictional band (also called the Heights) made up of mostly working-class young adults. Episodes regularly featured one of their songs.
The eventual theme song for the show, "How Do You Talk to an Angel" (sung by cast member Jamie Walters), went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and was the first song from a television show to top the Hot 100 since 1985, as well as the first song by a fictional band to top the Hot 100 since 1969. The Heights premiered on August 27, 1992, to low ratings, and never gained a substantial audience. Fox canceled the series less than a week after the theme song fell from the number one spot.[1]
On the soundtrack album, session musicians played most of the backing tracks, although the cast sang their own vocals. On the single "How Do You Talk To An Angel", the instrumentation was entirely performed by session musicians, while the vocals were entirely performed by all seven "Heights" members (with Jamie Walters on lead). However, some of the actors were actually also musicians, and on a few album tracks, Jamie Walters played guitar, Zachary Throne guitars, keyboards and bass, Cheryl Pollak saxophone and Ken Garito drums, percussion and guitar.