Gino Vannelli

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Gino Vannelli (born June 16, 1952 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian singer/songwriter.

From a musical family, his father was a big band musician. Gino Vannelli played drums at a young age and after finishing high school studied musical theory at McGill University.

He eventually went to Los Angeles, California where he signed with Herb Alpert's A&M Records, releasing his first album with that record label in 1973. Gino's brother, Joe, served as arranger and keyboardist for most of his recording career. At a time when polyphonic synthesizers were non-existent, Joe overdubbed multiple parts to create a texture of sound that was largely progressive for the early 1970s. Gino's 1978 song, "I Just Wanna Stop," earned him an American Grammy Award nomination. He won Canada's Juno Award for Best Male Artist in 1976 and 1979. Also, Gino and Joe Vannelli shared the Juno Award for Recording Engineer of the Year three times: in 1986 for "Black Cars," in 1987 for "Wild Horses"/"Young Lover," and in 1991 for "The Time of Day"/"Sunset on L.A.".

Gino appeared on Episode 4 of SCTV/Network 90 in 1981.

Vannelli's other hits include "Living Inside Myself" (1980) and "Wild Horses" (1987).

In 1993, Québécoise singer Martine St. Clair recorded "Wheels of Life" as a duet with Vanelli as well as a French-language version called "L'Amour Est Loi".

[edit] Albums

• Crazy Life (1973)
• Powerful People (1974) #60 US
• Storm At Sunup (1975) #66 US
• The Gist Of The Gemini (1976) #32 US
• A Pauper In Paradise (1977) #33 US
• Brother to Brother (1978) #13 US
• Nightwalker (1980) #15 US
• Black Cars (1985) #62 US
• Big Dreamers Never Sleep (1987) #160 US
• Inconsolable Man (1990)
• Live In Montreal (1992)
• Yonder Tree (1995)
• Slow Love (1998)
• Canto (2003)
• These Are The Days (2006)

[edit] Singles

• "People Gotta Move" (1974) #22 US Pop, #17 US AC
• "Love Of My Life" (1976) #64 US Pop, #32 CAN
• "I Just Wanna Stop" (1978) #4 US Pop, #4 US AC, #16 CAN
• "Wheels Of Life" (1979) #78 US Pop, #24 US AC
• "Living Inside Myself" (1981) #6 US Pop, #5 US AC, #5 CAN
• "Nightwalker" (1981) #41 US Pop
• "Black Cars" (1985) #42 US Pop, #6 CAN
• "Hurts To Be In Love" (1985) #57 US Pop, #6 US AC, #14 CAN
• "Wild Horses" (1987) #55 US Pop, #33 US AC, #10 CAN
• "If I Should Lose This Love" (1991) #49 US AC
• "Wheels of Life" (1993) with Martine St. Clair

[edit] External links

• Gino Vannelli's official website
• Gino Vannelli : the Master of Music !!!
• Enter the Gino Vannelli music heaven