Joe Pizzulo

Joe Pizzulo
Birth name Joe Pizzulo
Born June 15, 1951
Youngstown, Ohio, United States
Genres R&B, soul, pop, soft rock, dance-pop
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, musician
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1969–present
Associated acts Sérgio Mendes, Giorgio Moroder

Joe Pizzulo is an American singer best known as one of the lead singers for Sérgio Mendes in the 1980s. He had hit singles with "Never Gonna Let You Go"[1] (from Mendes' self-titled 1983 album) and "Alibis" (from the 1984 album Confetti). Pizzulo has had several singles and soundtrack appearances, but he is also a prominent background singer for many artists.

Joe Pizzulo started his music career with a band called Roadshow in 1969 after attending Ursuline High School in Youngstown, Ohio. His singing partners in that band were Buddy Cattafa and Debbie Komara. Later, he became a member of Brainchild. He eventually moved to California in 1974 and started a new band called White Licorice. By the time 1979 came around he was touring with Alice Cooper as a background singer. His career quickly took off after that with his recording of "Never Gonna Let You Go" for Sérgio Mendes.

Pizzulo's daughter auditioned in the seventh season of The Voice under the name of Sugar Joans and earned a spot in coach Gwen Stefani's team.[2]

Works

Albums

His albums include (known album appearances are in parentheses):

All the Best

All the Best
Studio album by Joe Pizzulo
Released 2005
Recorded 2004
Genre Pop, adult contemporary
Label Warner

All the Best - by Joe Pizzulo (re-recordings of his best-known songs were re-done by Pizzulo himself). Pizzulo's voice tracks were done in the US but the mixing and re-arranging was done in the Philippines through Alkemi Productions and Frederick Garcia, with recording artist, Nina. Along with the members of the Passage band, these songs were reproduced late 2005. During his stay in the Philippines, he had a concert along with Teri DeSario, Nina and Passage.

  1. "I'm Never Gonna Give You Up" (duet with Nina)
  2. "What do We Mean to Each Other" (duet with Lisa Bevill )
  3. "Take This Love"
  4. "Let's Give a Little More This Time"
  5. "Never Gonna Let You Go" (duet with Kate Yanai)
  6. "What do We Mean to Each Other" (non-duet version)
  7. "Rainbow's End"
  8. "The Prayer" (duet with his daughter)
  9. "Where are the Stars"
  10. "Somewhere in Time"

Memories of Love: Live

Memories of Love: Live - by Joe Pizzulo, Lou Pardini and Kevyn Lettau.

  1. "Let's Give a Little More This Time"
  2. "Take This Love"
  3. "What do We Mean to Each Other" (duet with Kevyn Lettau)
  4. "Never Gonna Let You Go" (duet with Kevyn Lettau)
  5. "Yesterday" (duet with Lou Pardini)
  6. "I'm Better at Hello" (duet with Kevyn Lettau)

Singles

Soundtrack appearances

Background singer and album appearances

Artists that Joe Pizzulo has been a background singer for. His album appearances are in parentheses.

Pizzulo has also worked with Heart, Spandau Ballet, Burt Bacharach, Gladys Knight, Kenny Rankin, Dionne Warwick, Roger Daltrey, Engelbert Humperdinck, Melissa Manchester, Bette Midler, Graham Nash, and many other music artists.

Hit singles

References

  1. ↑ Arar, Yardena. "Sergio Mendes hits it real big". The Free Lance-Star, August 27, 1983, p. 14. Retrieved on June 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ Parker, Lyndsey (September 14, 2014). "'The Voice' Season 7 Blind Auditions, Pt. 2: Pharrell Gets Lucky, Gwen's Chances Are in Doubt". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved October 6, 2014.

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