In 1956, 14 years before he made his DAYS OF OUR LIVES entrance as Doug, Bill Hayes (pictured in 1976) sold over two million copies of his hit single “Davy Crockett”.
YOUNG & RESTLESS crooner Michael Damian (ex-Danny, pictured in 1984 with Tracey E. Bregman, Lauren) had a No. 1 single and earned a gold record with 1989’s “Rock On”.
While still appearing on GENERAL HOSPITAL as Frisco, Jack Wagner’s 1985 ballad “All I Need” climbed the charts, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. He’s seen here preparing to sing as Frisco in 1984.
In 1986, the same year she ended her six-year run as DAYS’s Liz, Gloria Loring’s song with Carl Anderson, “Friends & Lovers”, topped the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart. Here’s the duo performing the tune on DAYS in 1985.
Country
artist Barbara Mandrell (pictured with Timothy Adams as Casey) played SUNSET BEACH’s Alex Mitchum
in 1997.
Lea Salonga, who played AS THE WORLD TURNS’s Lien in 2001 and 2003 (pictured with Peter Parros’s Ben in 2003), scored big on soundtracks like 1990’s original cast recording of Miss Saigon and the Disney flicks Aladdin (1992) and Mulan (1998).
Jesse McCartney’s (ex-JR, ALL MY CHILDREN) debut album, Beautiful Soul, was certified platinum following its 2004 release — and in 2006, he returned to Pine Valley, playing himself, to serenade Colby (Ambyr Childers) at her Sweet 16.
