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Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World
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Wikipedia article
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| director = Bernard Deyris
| starring = Sharon Lewis
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| country = United States
| language = English
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| runtime = 30 minutes
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| distributor = Hi-Tops Video
| network = Syndication
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| followed_by = 'Barbie and the Sensations: Rockin' Back to Earth'
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'Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World' is a 1987 American animated television special created by DIC Animation City with Saban Productions featuring popular Mattel character Barbie. The story was based on the Barbie and the Rockers line of dolls, which featured Barbie as the leader of a rock band. The special originally aired in syndication as a two-part television "miniseries" with each installment lasting approximately 25 minutes; part two was titled 'Barbie & Sensations: Rockin' Back to Earth'.
The miniseries was supposed to have been the pilot for a daily Barbie cartoon series. However, negotiations between DIC and Mattel fell through, and the project eventually emerged with a whole new set of charactersand the sponsorship of Mattel rival Hasbroas 'Maxie's World' in 1988. The story was based on the Barbie and the Rockers doll line in which Barbie is the lead singer of a rock band. It was later released as a single film by Hi-Tops Video
Plot
Barbie's rock band completes a successful world tour and decides to perform one last concert in space to promote world peace.
Songs
This is a list of the songs featured in 'Barbie & Rockers: Out of This World', in order of appearance:
* "Disco Dolly" Sharon Lewis, Mary Adams, Joanne Wilson and Sarah Jayson
* (Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Booty - KC & The Sunshine Band
* "Stayin Alive" Bee Gees
* "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" (The Beatles cover) Sharon Lewis
* "Do You Believe in Magic" (The Lovin' Spoonful cover) Sharon Lewis
* "The Name Game" Sharon Lewis
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* "Disco Dolly" Sharon Lewis
Cast
* Sharon Lewis as Barbie
* Michael Breyner as Ken
* Mary Adams as Dana Yeosan
* Sarah Jayson as Ophelia "Diva" Butler
* Joanne Wilson as Dee Dee Schwitzerson
Additional voices
* Garry Chalk* Doc Harris
* Lynn Johnson
* Viktoria Langton
* Debbie Lick
* Cathy Mead
* Doug Parker
* John Payne
* Nikki Sharp
* Veena Sood
* John Stocker
* Miranda Christine
* Benedict Campbell
* Lisa Ann Beley
* Alexandra Carter
* Mary Costa
References
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