17 Facts About Jesse Frederick

Jesse Frederick James Conaway was born on June 25,1948 and is an American film and television composer and singer.

Jesse Frederick wrote and performed the themes to TGIF television shows such as Full House, Family Matters, and Step by Step for ABC.

Jesse Frederick James Conaway was born in Salisbury, Maryland, but was raised in Seaford, Delaware.

In early adolescence, Frederick attended Massanutten Military Academy for two years.

Jesse Frederick learned about the processing of poultry first hand as a plant laborer at many of his father's factories on the East Coast.

In high school, Jesse Frederick starred in many school plays and although his primary musical instrument was classical trumpet, he demonstrated mastery of a variety of musical instruments.

Jesse Frederick graduated Seaford High School in 1966, before attending Shenandoah College and Conservatory Of Music.

Jesse Frederick's self-titled debut album, recorded in Nashville and mixed in part by Todd Rundgren, was released in that year.

That same year, Jesse Frederick played Alice Cooper's roadie in the film Roadie.

In 1982, Jesse Frederick reunited with director Winters and composed the score for his motion picture The Fanatic.

Miller and Boyett quickly set out to develop new projects at Lorimar, and in the process of keeping Salvay on their soundtrack staff, noticed his work with Frederick and commissioned the both of them to be songwriters for their projects, working separately from Fox.

However, series creator Jeff Franklin has stated that when the character was being renamed, he was reminded of Elvis Presley's twin brother Jesse Frederick, who had died at a young age.

The closing theme that Jesse Frederick and Salvay wrote and recorded was a melody loosely based on "What A Wonderful World", featuring a more uptempo beat dominated by saxophone and culminating in an orchestral crescendo.

Jesse Frederick and Salvay wrote their shortest opening title track to date for this series; however, Two of a Kind's instrumental theme was a return to the acoustic guitar-dominated, upbeat tunes that the two were known for, especially on the Olsens' former series, Full House.

Jesse Frederick was hired by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to compose, record and perform an original song for the show's parody of themes for various TGIF shows, such as Family Matters and Full House.

Jesse Frederick's music accompanied a cold open parodying said show's intros, and starred Fallon, Steve Higgins, and The Roots.

The Better Days title track has the distinction of being the first TV theme written by the two that Jesse Frederick performed vocals on.