Boulevard of Broken Dreams
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Generally, "The Boulevard of Broken Dreams" refers to Sunset Boulevard
, due to its historically being both the primary location for live entertainment in the Los Angeles, California metropolitan region and a red-light district
(primarily from the 1970s through mid-1990s).
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" may also refer to:
Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard is a street in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, that stretches from Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Palisades...
, due to its historically being both the primary location for live entertainment in the Los Angeles, California metropolitan region and a red-light district
Red-light district
A red-light district is a part of an urban area where there is a concentration of prostitution and sex-oriented businesses, such as sex shops, strip clubs, adult theaters, etc...
(primarily from the 1970s through mid-1990s).
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" may also refer to:
Music
- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Al Dubin song), an Al Dubin/Harry Warren song from the 1934 film Moulin Rouge. In the film, the song sung by Constance Bennett.
- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", a 1958 song by Juan García EsquivelJuan García EsquivelJuan García Esquivel often simply known as Esquivel!, was a Mexican band leader, pianist, and composer for television and films. He is recognized today as one of the foremost exponents of a sophisticated style of largely instrumental music that combines elements of lounge music and jazz with Latin...
- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", a 1984 song by Hanoi RocksHanoi RocksHanoi Rocks was a Finnish rock band formed in 1979, whose most successful period came in the early 1980s. The band broke up in 1985 after the death of their drummer, Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley...
- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", a 1986 song by Brian SetzerBrian SetzerBrian Setzer is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He first found widespread success in the early 1980s with the 1950s-style rockabilly revival group The Stray Cats, and revitalized his career in the late 1990s with a jazz-oriented big band.-Career:Setzer was born in Massapequa, New York...
- "Por el boulevar de los sueños rotos" (Spanish for "On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams"), a 1994 song by Joaquín SabinaJoaquín SabinaJoaquín Ramón Martínez Sabina , known artistically as Joaquín Sabina, is a singer, songwriter, and poet. He has released fourteen studio albums, two live albums, and three compilation albums...
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams, a 1957 album by Ferlin HuskyFerlin HuskyFerlin Eugene Husky was an early American country music singer who was equally adept at the genres of traditional honky honk, ballads, spoken recitations, and rockabilly pop tunes...
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams, a 1989 album (and its title track) by SmokieSmokie (band)Smokie is an English rock band from Bradford, Yorkshire who found success in Europe in the 1970s.-Early years:Originally called The Yen, then The Sphynx and later Essence, the band was formed in 1964 at St. Bede's Grammar School in Heaton, Bradford as The Yen. The Yen's first gig was at Birkenshaw...
- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"David Cassidy (album)David Cassidy was David Cassidy's first U.S. album released in 14 years and was his only release on the now-defunct Enigma Records. The album was released in 1990 with the featured single, "Lyin' to Myself." "Lyin' to Myself" was the first top-30 hit for David Cassidy in eighteen years...
, a 1990 song by David CassidyDavid CassidyDavid Bruce Cassidy is an American actor, singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his role as the character of Keith Partridge in the 1970s musical/sitcom The Partridge Family. He was one of pop culture's most celebrated teen idols, enjoying a successful pop career in the 1970s, and... - "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", a 1991 single by BeatmastersBeatmastersThe Beatmasters are a team of dance music songwriters, musicians and producers who were successful as artists in their own right in the UK in the late 1980s and early 1990s and then went on to produce and remix records for many other groups...
- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Green Day song)Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day song)"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is a song by American punk rock band Green Day. It was released as the second single from their seventh album, American Idiot. The song was written by Green Day, with lyrics by lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong...
, a 2004 song by Green Day from their album American Idiot
Other works
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams, (watercolor on cardboard, 1984), a Gottfried HelnweinGottfried HelnweinGottfried Helnwein is an Austrian-Irish fine artist, painter, photographer, installation and performance artist.-Work:Helnwein studied at the University of Visual Art in Vienna...
reinterpretation of the Edward Hopper painting NighthawksNighthawksNighthawks is a 1942 painting by Edward Hopper that portrays people sitting in a downtown diner late at night. It is considered Hopper's most famous painting, as well as one of the most recognizable in American art...
. - Boulevard of Broken Dreams, a biography of James DeanJames DeanJames Byron Dean was an American film actor. He is a cultural icon, best embodied in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause , in which he starred as troubled Los Angeles teenager Jim Stark...
by Paul Alexander. - "The Boulevard of Broken Dreams", a story from Harlan Ellison's 1978 short story collection Strange WineStrange WineStrange Wine is a 1978 short story collection by Harlan Ellison. It contains the following stories :*Introduction: Revealed at Last! What Killed the Dinosaurs! And You Don't Look So Terrific Yourself....
- The Boulevard of Broken Dreams (comics)The Boulevard of Broken Dreams (comics)The Boulevard of Broken Dreams, is a 2002 graphic novel by Kim Deitch. In 2005, Time chose it as one of the 100 best English language, graphic novels ever written.-Publication history:...
, an underground comix by Kim DeitchKim Deitch-Sources:* at Lambiek's Comiclopedia-External links:* Ford, Jeffrey. *Heller, Steven. **...
. - Boulevard of Broken Dreams (film), a 1988 Australian film starring John WatersJohn Waters (actor)John Russell Waters is a film, theatre and television actor and musician best known in Australia, to where he moved in 1968...
Other
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams (TV series)Boulevard of Broken Dreams (TV series)Boulevard of Broken Dreams is an American documentary series that aired the E! television network from January to March 2007. The series focuses on stories about celebrities who have struggled with fame, staged major comebacks after falling from grace, or who met untimely ends.-List of...
, a documentary series on the E! television network, about the lives of the individuals who just couldn't make it in Hollywood - The selfish and cynical game path in the 1996 PC game The Pandora DirectiveThe Pandora DirectiveThe Pandora Directive is an adventure game for the PC. It takes place in the world of Tex Murphy, hero of Mean Streets, Martian Memorandum, Under a Killing Moon, and Tex Murphy: Overseer....