Joe Pizzulo
Joe Pizzulo is an American vocalist best known as one of the lead singers on 1980s hit singles credited to Sérgio Mendes, including "Never Gonna [Let You Go (Sérgio Mendes song)|Never Gonna Let You Go]" and "Alibis". Pizzulo has had several singles and soundtrack appearances, but he is also a prominent background singer for many artists. He is also known as the singer of English version of the 1988 Olympic theme song "Hand in Hand".
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. He later 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.
Works
Albums
His albums include :''All the Best''
All the Best – by Joe Pizzulo. Pizzulo's voice tracks were done in the United States 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.- "I'm Never Gonna Give You Up"
- "What Do We Mean to Each Other"
- "Take This Love"
- "Let's Give a Little More This Time"
- "Never Gonna Let You Go"
- "What Do We Mean to Each Other"
- "Rainbow's End"
- "The Prayer"
- "Where are the Stars"
- "Somewhere in Time"
''Memories of Love: Live''
Memories of Love: Live – by Joe Pizzulo, Lou Pardini and Kevyn Lettau.- "Let's Give a Little More This Time"
- "Take This Love"
- "What Do We Mean to Each Other"
- "Never Gonna Let You Go"
- "Yesterday"
- "I'm Better at Hello"
Singles
- "Olympic Dreams" – Joe Pizzulo and Harold Faltermeyer
- "Take My Breath Away" – Berlin
Soundtrack appearances
- Hero and the Terror – Original Soundtrack by David Michael Frank
- Over the Top – Original Soundtrack
- Scarface – Original Soundtrack
- The Prince of Egypt – Original Soundtrack
- Little Shop of Horrors – Original Film Soundtrack
- Disney's Dinosaurs
- Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost
- Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders
- Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress – "There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" duet with Gloria Kaye Kolmatki
Background singer and album appearances
Artists that Joe Pizzulo has been a background singer for. His album appearances are in parentheses.- Giorgio Moroder Project
- Sérgio Mendes
- Alice Cooper
- Barry Manilow
- Eddie Money
- Eros Ramazzotti
- David Lee Roth
- Janet Jackson
- Irene Cara
- Laura Branigan
- Wang Chung
- Barbra Streisand
- Paul Young
- Kenny Loggins
- Petra
- Rocket from the Crypt
- Dori Caymmi
- Gary Wright
- Patti LaBelle
- Alice Cooper
- New Monkees
- Sam Kinison
- Gloria Loring
- The Allman Brothers Band
- Donna Summer
- Looney Tunes
- Freedom Williams
- Winnie the Pooh
- Martha Davis
- Tom Saviano
- Jennifer Rush
- Robbie Patton
- Gregg Rolie
- Eric Martin
- Various Artists – He sings a duet number "Tenshi no Tameiki" with Marilyn Martin.
- Red 7
- New Frontier
- David Hallyday
- Instasong.com and GiftSongs.com – lead singer for most of their musical greetings
- Sounds of Pisces
- Anne Murray
- Rob Tro
Hit singles
- "Let's Give a Little More This Time"
- "Take This Love"
- "What Do We Mean to Each Other"
- "Never Gonna Let You Go"
- "Rainbow's End"
- "Alibis"