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Rex Smith is perhaps best known as a late '70s/early '80s pin-up idol, who issued several albums for Columbia Records. But besides his recording career, Smith has acted in countless TV shows and Broadway musicals over the years. Born on September 19, 1955 in Jacksonville, Florida, Smith caught his big break in 1978, when he landed the role of Danny Zuko with the Broadway production of Grease, which led to the launch of a recording career soon after. The soundtrack to a 1979 TV movie he starred in, Sooner or Later, spawned a Top Ten hit with "You Take My Breath Away," as both the single and album achieved gold certification. Subsequently, Smith's popularity with teenyboppers skyrocketed, as the singer's mug was spotted on the covers of 16 and Teen Beat for several years subsequently. More albums soon followed (including 1983's Camouflage, which attempted to remake Smith over as rocker -- complete with contributions from the J. Geils Band's Peter Wolf and Aerosmith's Brad Whitford), but ...