Tony Camillo

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Tony Camillo is an American record producer, orchestrator and arranger. He worked on many soul and disco recordings of the 1960s and 1970s, including recordings by Dionne Warwick, Eric Carmen, The Stylistics, Dazz Band, Millie Jackson, Chambers Brothers, Peaches & Herb, Sha Na Na, Grand Funk Railroad, Stevie Wonder, The 5th Dimension, Martha Reeves, The Supremes, Parliament, and Tommy James.[1][2] He co-produced Gladys Knight's 1973 number one hit, "Midnight Train to Georgia", which was awarded a Grammy Award.[1] Camillo also assembled the studio group Bazuka, which scored a Top Ten hit in the U.S. in 1975 with "Dynomite".[3]

Later in his career, Camillo began scoring for film and television. In 1994, he founded Venture Music Group, a licensing group, and served as its CEO.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c Management Team at VMG Poised for Market Shift. Market Wire, July 2004. Accessed November 26, 2007.
  2. ^ Tony Camillo at Allmusic.com
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. 7th edn, 2000