Frank Enea is an American musician and songwriter known as the composer, backup vocalist, and guitarist of the band B.E.R. from the Teen Titans Go! animated series. He is known for writing "The Night Begins to Shine" which peaked at #23 on the Billboard Hot Rock songs chart and #1 on the iTunes Rock song chart. The B.E.R. songs "Forever Mine" and "Rise Up" were featured on the soundtrack Teen Titans Go! (Songs from The Night Begins to Shine Special) which peaked at #8 on the Billboard Kid Albums chart and #17 on the Billboard Soundtracks chart. He is a founding member of Frank Enea & the Crooked Hearts, and his music has appeared in several television shows, commercials, and the film Brilliant Mistakes.
"The Night Begins to Shine" was originally written and produced in 2005 as an "'80s-style song" for a music library. The song was first featured in the Teen Titans Go! episode "Slumber Party" as a throwaway joke. The song became popular with fans of the show. The song was subsequently featured in the episode, "40%, 40%, 20%", and was prominently featured in two specials, the four-part 2017 special "The Day the Night Stopped Beginning to Shine and Became Dark Even Though It Was the Day" and a five-part sequel released in 2020, "The Night Begins To Shine 2". The special also featured two other songs by B.E.R., "Forever Mine" and "Rise Up", as well as three covers of the song from Fall Out Boy, CeeLo Green, and Puffy AmiYumi.
Discography Albums Title Details Makeshift Days Released: May 11, 2003 Label: VisionX Records Format: CD, digital download, streaming The Morning Show Released: April 27, 2010 Label: ACM Records Format: Digital download, streaming Walk on Water Released: 2012 Label: Norther Glare Format: Digital download, streaming Sunshine in My Head Released: April 26, 2018 Label: Norther Glare Format: Digital download, streaming Melting Pop Released: July 11, 2020 Label: Norther Glare Format: Digital download, streaming
Singles TitleYearNotes Album Happy Holiday2006 Included on an ACM Records holiday albumHappy Holiday Walk on Water2012 Featured in film Brilliant MistakesWalk on Water Walk the World2019 Featured in Kane 11 Socks advertisementsNon-album singles Best Time of the Year Christmas song
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