The Heights (known for song 'How Do You Talk to an Angel?')

The Heights is an American musical drama series that aired Thursday at 9:00 pm on Fox from August 27 to November 26, 1992. The Heights centered on a fictional band (also called The Heights) made up of mostly working-class young adults. Episodes regularly featured one of their songs. The eventual theme song for the show, "How Do You Talk to an Angel" (with cast member Jamie Walters as lead singer, and supporting vocals by cast mates Shawn David Thompson, Cheryl Pollak, Charlotte Ross and Zachary Throne), went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and was the first song from a television show to top the Hot 100 since 1985, as well as the first song by a fictional band to top the Hot 100 since 1969. The Heights premiered on August 27, 1992, to low ratings, and never gained a substantial audience. Fox canceled the series less than a week after the theme song fell from the number one spot. Ray Aranha as Mr. Mike Lee, Stan's father Alex Désert as Stan Lee, bass player Ken Garito as Arthur "Dizzy" Mazelli, drummer Cheryl Pollak as Rita MacDougal, sax player Donnelly Rhodes as Harry Abramowitz, Jodie's father Charlotte Ross as Hope Linden, guitarist Shawn David Thompson as J.T. Banks, lead singer Zachary Throne as Lenny Wieckowski, keyboardist Tasia Valenza as Jodie Abramowitz, Dizzy's girlfriend Jamie Walters as Alex O'Brien, singer-songwriter On the soundtrack album, session musicians played most of the backing tracks, although the cast sang their own vocals. On the single "How Do You Talk to an Angel", the instrumentation was entirely performed by session musicians, while the vocals were entirely performed by all seven "Heights" members (with Jamie Walters on lead). However, some of the actors were actually also musicians, and on a few album tracks, Jamie Walters played guitar, Zachary Throne guitars, keyboards and bass, Cheryl Pollak saxophone and Ken Garito drums, percussion and guitar. Catwalk, a 1992–94 TV series about a fictional band, with several of the same songwriters called the Heights The Monkees, a 1966–68 comedy television series about a fictional band – who went on to achieve huge success in real life California Dreams, a 1992–96 Saturday morning series about a fictional band which also had music by Steve Tyrell, and which used Height's theme co-writer Barry Coffing and cast member Zachary Thorne as singing voices for two of the characters Sin City Sinners, a Las Vegas-based group of musicians featuring actor Zachary Throne, who would regularly perform "How Do You Talk to an Angel" in concerts, and rerecorded the song on one of their albums In 1985, Jan Hammer reached No. 1 with the instrumental "Miami Vice Theme", from the television series Miami Vice. In 1969, fictional band The Archies, from the animated television series The Archie Show, reached No. 1 with "Sugar, Sugar". Carrillo, Vince (September 16, 2025). "What TV Theme Songs Went to #1 on the Charts?". KLBB-FM. Archived from the original on September 16, 2025. Retrieved December 3, 2025. Zellner, Xander (July 3, 2025). "Fictional Bands Who Reached Billboard's Charts: The Wonders, August Moon, 4*Town, Spinal Tap & More". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 17, 2025. Retrieved December 3, 2025. Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book Of Number 1 Hits (5 ed.). Billboard Books. p. 812. ISBN 0-8230-7677-6. The Heights at IMDb  v t e