Three months after the release of Reagan, the bio-pic on actor and 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan, hit theaters, comes the video of Gene Simmons crooning the American standard "Stormy Weather" from the film.
Commenting on the song, which was recorded by the likes of Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland, Simmons tells Newsweek, "It seemed to me during the scenes where Ronald Reagan was sitting with [actress and his first wife] Jane Wyman at the club, there would probably be music playing in the background. I was actually thrilled that the producers thought my version of the song would work in the scene."
The video intersperses scenes from the movie with Simmons in the studio.
And as for Reagan, Simmons was a fan, calling him a "great American" who will "certainly go down in future generations as one of America's great presidents...
"Interestingly, and I suspect the masses didn't know this about President Reagan, he started off as an actor, joined the Democratic Party, then became disillusioned with the Democratic party and joined the Republican party."
Bob Dylan also has a song in the film as his cover of Cole Porter's "Don't Fence Me In" can be heard over the closing credits.
Check out the video here