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Zappacosta
Birth nameAlfredo Peter Zappacosta
Also known asAlfie Zappacosta
Born (1953-07-05) July 5, 1953 (age 71)
Sora, Italy
OriginToronto, Ontario, Canada
GenresRock, Pop, Jazz
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, Guitar
Years active1978 – present
LabelsCapitol
Websitehttp://www.zappacosta.ca

Alfredo Peter "Alfie" Zappacosta[1][2] (born July 5, 1953), also known by just his surname, is an Italian-born Canadian singer/songwriter.

Career

Zappacosta's first band was Surrender, a five-piece group that recorded three albums in the late 1970s into the early 1980s. In 1984, he recorded his first self-titled solo album which contained the hit singles "Passion" and "We Should Be Lovers". As a result, he won the Juno Award for "Most Promising Male Vocalist".[3]

The next year, he lent his vocals to the Canadian charity production "Tears Are Not Enough", produced by David Foster, singing the lines "Maybe we could understand the reasons why" in the fifth stanza with Dalbello.

His second album, A-Z, was released in 1986 and featured the hit singles "When I Fall (In Love Again)" and "Nothing Can Stand In Your Way". Following this, a Zappacosta song entitled "Overload" was added to the Dirty Dancing soundtrack, one of the biggest selling soundtracks in the 80s. During the decade, he produced and wrote radio commercial jingles for Pizza Nova. The jingle that Zappacosta wrote became very popular in the Toronto radio market for decades.

A third album Quick!...Don't Ask Any Questions was released in 1990, before Zappacosta took time off to hone his vocal and guitar skills. He also pursued acting in various stage performances, as well as a role in the 2005 Canadian movie Halo (not to be confused with the movie about the Microsoft videogame of the same name).

He has subsequently released more personal albums, including 2004's Start Again which contains reworked versions of some of his classic hits from the 80s.

Discography

Studio albums

  • Zappacosta (1984)
  • A to Z (1986)
  • Quick!... Don't Ask Any Questions (1990)
  • Innocence Ballet (1995)
  • Dark Sided Jewel (2000)
  • Start Again (2004)
  • Bonafide (2007)
  • Blame It on Me (2010)
  • Once Upon a Time (2013)
  • No Avoiding Cliches (2015)

Live albums

  • At the Church at Berkeley (2008)
  • Live at the Blue Frog Studios (2012)

Compilation albums

  • Over 60 Minutes with... Zappacosta (1987)

with Surrender

  • Surrender (1979)

Singles

  • "We Should Be Lovers" (1984)
  • "Passion" (1984)
  • "Start Again" (1985)
  • "When I Fall (In Love Again)" (1986) [CAN #44]
  • "Turn It On" (1986) [CAN #95]
  • "Nothing Can Stand In Your Way" (1986) [CAN #42]
  • "I Think About You" (1986)
  • "Overload" (1988)
  • "Nothing To Do with Love" (1990)
  • "Letter Back" (1990) [CAN #24]
  • "I'll Be the One" (1991) [CAN #45]
  • "Simple Words to Say" (1991) [CAN #44]
  • "Show Me" (1995) [CAN #67]
  • "Orlanda" (1995)
  • "And We'll Dance" (2004)
  • "Start Again" (2004)

References

  1. ^ "Zappacosta's entry on the ASCAP database". The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
  2. ^ Copyrights website (he is listed as "Alfredo Zappacosta") Retrieved 4-15-2011
  3. ^ "Artist Summary". junoawards.ca. The Juno Awards. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
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