Richie Rosati
Encyclopedia
Richie Rosati is an American recording artist, songwriter
, television host, and actor
, who was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
.
Rosati grew up in a musical, Roman Catholic, Italian, family and attended the Girard Academic Music Program
High School in Philadelphia (GAMP). After graduating from GAMP, he attended college at Philadelphia University until he left Philadelphia to live and work in Hollywood, California where he was offered talent representation with The David Wilder Agency.
While Rosati was promoting his music career in Hollywood, he met and began working with his first record producer, George Reich, while hanging out pushing song demo tapes on dance club dj's at various Hollywood night spots. George Reich is credited with discovering Rosati in Hollywood musically. The two began working out of Reich's recording studio on a song demo for Rosati's first radio played pop single titled "Fast & Nasty Girl".
Both Reich and Rosati began shopping the completed song demo to Los Angeles and New York City record labels. Hollywood DJ's started playing the song demo in dance clubs. The demo caught the attention of DJ Vinny Lombardi back in Rosati's hometown Philadelphia. Lombardi was a radio DJ for WPWT 91.7 FM Dance Radio and the first radio station dj to spin Rosati's music on commercial radio airwaves.
When Rosati's talent agency relocated their offices to New York City, Rosati headed back east with the agency. While promoting out of New York, he met and started working with another record producer named Robert Federici. Federici asked Rosati to restruct the song more commercially so that commercial radio stations could air the song.
With the help of Program Director Glenn Kalina and Music Director Pam Grund, the commercial version of Fast & Nasty Girl made it onto the airwaves of Philadelphia’s most popular dance radio station WIOQ-Q102 FM. Rosati began doing promotional club performances for the station to promote the song.
From the airplay Rosati received on that station, and with the help of Woody Dyer and Nate DeLego, Rosati landed a distribution deal with Universal Records
Distribution. As Rosati's first single continued to be played on Q102 FM, other radio stations began airing the song, putting Rosati into the mainstream spotlight.
It was during this time that Rosati landed a part in the film titled "Home Of Angels" opposite Sherman Hemsley
and Abe Vigoda
.
Rosati then recorded the single "Metropolis", which caught the attention of Henry Stone
and Paul Klein who owned the internationally distributed dance record label HOT Records, based in Miami, Florida. The executives at HOT Records paired Rosati with another Producer named Bobby LaSerra, who owned and operated the HOT Records sub label Strong Island Records. LaSerra, Rosati, and the executives at HOT Records released several remixes of the single "Metropolis" worldwide.
Rosati then went on to record numerous other dance singles and embarked on releasing two Philadelphia sports team songs. "Fightin' Phils", a tribute to the Philadelphia Phillies
which aired on radio during their World Series win and which was featured on Fox TV's official website and featured on Philly.com. His second sports song for the Philadelphia Flyers
titled "Broad Street Bullies" generated over 30,000 hits on YouTube in one week, also gaining radio station airplay.
Rosati is currently working as a television host and continues to record pop music which is aired on commercial radio stations both in the US and overseas.
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, television host, and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, who was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
.
Biography
Richie Rosati is an American recording artist, songwriter, ASCAP Music Publisher, television host, and actor. His songs air on radio stations in the United States and overseas.Rosati grew up in a musical, Roman Catholic, Italian, family and attended the Girard Academic Music Program
Girard Academic Music Program
The Girard Academic Music Program is a magnet secondary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school is operated by the School District of Philadelphia....
High School in Philadelphia (GAMP). After graduating from GAMP, he attended college at Philadelphia University until he left Philadelphia to live and work in Hollywood, California where he was offered talent representation with The David Wilder Agency.
While Rosati was promoting his music career in Hollywood, he met and began working with his first record producer, George Reich, while hanging out pushing song demo tapes on dance club dj's at various Hollywood night spots. George Reich is credited with discovering Rosati in Hollywood musically. The two began working out of Reich's recording studio on a song demo for Rosati's first radio played pop single titled "Fast & Nasty Girl".
Both Reich and Rosati began shopping the completed song demo to Los Angeles and New York City record labels. Hollywood DJ's started playing the song demo in dance clubs. The demo caught the attention of DJ Vinny Lombardi back in Rosati's hometown Philadelphia. Lombardi was a radio DJ for WPWT 91.7 FM Dance Radio and the first radio station dj to spin Rosati's music on commercial radio airwaves.
When Rosati's talent agency relocated their offices to New York City, Rosati headed back east with the agency. While promoting out of New York, he met and started working with another record producer named Robert Federici. Federici asked Rosati to restruct the song more commercially so that commercial radio stations could air the song.
With the help of Program Director Glenn Kalina and Music Director Pam Grund, the commercial version of Fast & Nasty Girl made it onto the airwaves of Philadelphia’s most popular dance radio station WIOQ-Q102 FM. Rosati began doing promotional club performances for the station to promote the song.
From the airplay Rosati received on that station, and with the help of Woody Dyer and Nate DeLego, Rosati landed a distribution deal with Universal Records
Universal Records
Universal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group, and it is now owned by Manny Patino and Michael Jackson, and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.-History:...
Distribution. As Rosati's first single continued to be played on Q102 FM, other radio stations began airing the song, putting Rosati into the mainstream spotlight.
It was during this time that Rosati landed a part in the film titled "Home Of Angels" opposite Sherman Hemsley
Sherman Hemsley
Sherman Alexander Hemsley is an American actor, most famous for his role as George Jefferson on the CBS television series All in the Family and The Jeffersons, and as Deacon Ernest Frye on the NBC series Amen. He also played Earl Sinclair's horrifying boss, a Triceratops named B.P...
and Abe Vigoda
Abe Vigoda
Abe Vigoda is an American movie and television actor. Vigoda is well known for his portrayal of Sal Tessio in The Godfather, and for his portrayal of Detective Sgt. Phil Fish on the sitcom television series Barney Miller from 1975–1977 and on its spinoff show Fish that aired from February 1977 to...
.
Rosati then recorded the single "Metropolis", which caught the attention of Henry Stone
Henry Stone
Henry Stone is an American record company executive and producer whose career spans the era from R&B in the early 1950s through the disco boom of the 1970s to the present day. He is best known as co-owner and president of TK Records....
and Paul Klein who owned the internationally distributed dance record label HOT Records, based in Miami, Florida. The executives at HOT Records paired Rosati with another Producer named Bobby LaSerra, who owned and operated the HOT Records sub label Strong Island Records. LaSerra, Rosati, and the executives at HOT Records released several remixes of the single "Metropolis" worldwide.
Rosati then went on to record numerous other dance singles and embarked on releasing two Philadelphia sports team songs. "Fightin' Phils", a tribute to the Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia Phillies
The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
which aired on radio during their World Series win and which was featured on Fox TV's official website and featured on Philly.com. His second sports song for the Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
titled "Broad Street Bullies" generated over 30,000 hits on YouTube in one week, also gaining radio station airplay.
Rosati is currently working as a television host and continues to record pop music which is aired on commercial radio stations both in the US and overseas.
Richie Rosati published discography
- "Fast & Nasty Girl" (1992)
- "When Mama Ain't Watchin" (1993)
- "Inside Your Love" (Original radio version 1994)
- "Metropolis" (Original radio version 1995)
- "Take Me" (2008)
- "Fightin' Phils, We're Here To Stay" (2008)
- "Get Down With My Love" (2009)
- "Broad Street Bullies" (2009)
- "Nothing To Hide" (2010)
- "Hollywood (Radio Version)" (2010)
- "Hollywood (Sunset Strip Remix)" (2010)
- "Inside Your Love" (Remixed/Remastered for US and UK Radio 2010)
- "Metropolis" (Remixed/Remastered for US and UK Radio 2010)
- "Stay" (2010)
- "National TV Hosting" (1997–2011)