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What Up, Dog? is a 1988 album by Was (Not Was). It became the group's breakthrough album worldwide and was ranked #99 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Best Albums of the 1980s. The cover illustration was credited to Christoph Simon and Karen Kelly.
However, a typically long list of collaborators and guest musicians worked on the album including Elvis Costello (co-writer of “Shadow & Jimmy”), Marshall Crenshaw (co-writer of “Love Can Be Bad Luck”), and Frank Sinatra, Jr. on “Wedding Vows in Vegas”.
In 1989, Sinatra sang "Wedding Vows in Vegas" on the Was (Not Was) album, What Up, Dog?, and performed the song live with the band on Late Night with David Letterman on March 23, 1989. [14] During the 1997–1998 television season, Sinatra was offered the role of Vic Fontaine on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
Featuring a series of vignettes exposing the downside of the American dream, 'What up Dog' is lyrically smart yet compassionate while remaining musically savvy. Top 30 single 'Spy in the House of Love' is great 80s pop -- smart lyrics and a tune that lodges itself in your brain.
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Oct 22, 2020 · The first album for the new label, “What Up, Dog?,” was a somewhat more straightforward effort with fewer guest stars (though Frank Sinatra Jr. did “Wedding Vows in Vegas”), and radio embraced the singles “Walk the Dinosaur” and “Spy in the House of Love”, the former at # 7 and the latter topping out at # 16 on Billboard’s Hot 100.
Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews their new album, What Up, Dog, which features guest singers Elvis Costello and Frank Sinatra Jr. In an age when musical distinctiveness is paramount, the band Was (Not Was) switches genres -- and lead vocalists -- from song to song.
Album Credits. Featuring Frank Sinatra, Jr. Producers David Was, Don Was, Paul Staveley O’Duffy & 1 more. Writers Aaron Zigman, David Was, Don Was & 6 more. Additional Production By David Was...
