After all, I was a pre-teen living in Africa and then England when Ferrante & Teicher garnered billboard recognition for four big American hits: "Theme From The Apartment" (#10 on the pop charts), "Exodus," (#2), "Tonight" (#8), and "Midnight Cowboy" (#10).
Of course, I remember the movies scored by these Julliard-trained musicians.
Interesting that, when they stopped performing in 1989, they both chose the Sarasota area.
That started me thinking that so many celebrities seek haven here, perhaps because Sarasotans let celebrities enjoy the community without interference. I remember strolling the Circle (St. Armands Circle on Lido Key, just west of downtown Sarasota) one long-ago Christmas Day and seeing Jerry Springer with his entourage. Springer kept looking around for who-knows-whom. Papparazzi? Fans? Groupies? No matter, the people sharing that warm holiday afternoon studiously ignored him.
Springer relaxed and seemed to forget himself, too, and maybe that's why he keeps his house on Bird Key.
Other famous living residents with homes in the Sarasota area include founding member of the Allman Brothers Band Dickie Betts, celebrity tennis coach Nick Bollettieri, food writer Marcella Hazan, AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson, author Stephen King, tennis champions Martina Navratilova and Monica Seles, Comedian Dick Smothers, Canadian opera soprano Teresa Stratas, Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry, singer Bobby Vinton, fashion designer Adrienne Vittadini, and ESPN college basketball analyst Dick "Awesome Baby!" Vitale.
Listen to Ferrante & Teicher and remember:
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Longboat Key, Florida 34228
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