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Artist
Angelyne
12+ albums
new wavepoprock80sUSA
about
Angelyne is an American singer, actress, personality, and model who came to prominence in 1984 after the appearance of a series of iconic billboards in and around Los Angeles, California that read only "Angelyne" and pictured her posing suggestively. These caught the attention of local media outlets, and soon she received several offers for film roles, magazine interviews, and television show appearances. The main trademark of her celebrity persona is a pink Corvette. Her billboards have been featured in a number of movies and television series, including the opening credits of Moonlighting, and spoofed in shows such as The Simpsons, Futurama, and BoJack Horseman. In 1978, she joined her then-boyfriend's punk rock band Baby Blue, which performed in clubs around Los Angeles but never became financially successful. In 1982 she released her self-titled debut album, and her first posters began appearing as a part of the album's promotion. After the launch of a massive billboard campaign in February 1984, she began working on her second album. Driven to Fantasy was released in 1986. Angelyne then appeared in small parts in films such as Earth Girls Are Easy (1988), Dangerous Love (1988), and Homer and Eddie (1989). In 2003, Angelyne became a candidate in the 2003 California gubernatorial recall election, finishing 29th in a field of 135 candidates (garnering 2,536 votes). Her slogan during the campaign was "We've had Gray, we've had Brown, now it's time for some blond and pink."
