Joe Dolce

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Joe Dolce
Joe Dolce

Joe Dolce (/ˈdoltʃe/, originally pronounced /dolts/; born 1947 in Painesville, Ohio) is an American-born, Australian-resident singer/songwriter who achieved fame with the million-selling song "Shaddap You Face", recorded under his vehicle, the group named Joe Dolce Music Theatre, which was a major hit in Europe in 1981. The track famously kept Ultravox's Vienna off the number one singles spot in the U.K.

He currently performs solo shows, and with his longtime partner, Lin Van Hek, in Difficult Women, which has been together since 1993.

Dolce is of Italian ancestry, and received the Advance Australia Award in 1981.

His song, "Shaddap You Face", is famously sung by both José Mourinho and Howard Jachter, with an additional 55 known other versions in 15 various languages, including the aboriginal dialect of Injibundji and Papua New Guinean pidgin.

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