Tony Camillo is an American

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 record producer

Record producer

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, orchestrator and arranger

Arrangement

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. He worked on many soul

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 and disco

Disco

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 recordings of the 1960s and 1970s, including recordings

Sound recording and reproduction

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 by Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick

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, Eric Carmen

Eric Carmen

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, The Stylistics

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, Dazz Band

Dazz Band

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, Millie Jackson

Millie Jackson

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, Chambers Brothers, Peaches & Herb

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, Sha Na Na

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, Grand Funk Railroad

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, Stevie Wonder

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, The 5th Dimension, Martha Reeves

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, The Supremes

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, Parliament

Parliament (band)

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, and Tommy James

Tommy James

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. He co-produced Gladys Knight

Gladys Knight

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's 1973 number one hit

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, "Midnight Train to Georgia

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", which was awarded a Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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. Camillo also assembled the studio group Bazuka

Bazuka

Bazuka was an American instrumental R&B group, put together by the record producer Tony Camillo. They released a self-titled album on A&M Records in 1975 which featured the song "Dynomite", a #10 hit in the US Billboard pop chart that year. The single also peaked at #29 on the US R&B chart, #6 Hot...

, which scored a Top Ten hit in the U.S.

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 in 1975 with "Dynomite". The track peaked at #28 in the UK Singles Chart

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 in June 1975.

Later in his career, Camillo began scoring for film

Film

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 and television

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. In 1994, he founded Venture Music Group, a licensing group, and served as its CEO

Chief executive officer

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