Zappacosta
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Zappacosta also known as Alfie Zappacosta (born Alfredo Peter Zappacosta in 1953 at Sora, Italy
) is a Canadian
singer/songwriter.
for "Most Promising Male Vocalist
".
The next year he lent his vocals to the Canadian charity production "Tears Are Not Enough
", singing the lines "Maybe we could understand the reasons why" in the fifth stanza.
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 "Overload" was added to the Dirty Dancing
soundtrack, one of the biggest selling soundtracks of the 80s.
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.
In December 2008, Zappacosta released his latest album At the Church at Berkeley which features his versions of classic jazz standards. He has been touring Canada to support this album since the summer of 2009.
Sora, Italy
Sora is a city and comune of Lazio, Italy, in the province of Frosinone. It is built in a plain on the banks of the Liri. This part of the valley is the seat of some important manufactures, especially of paper-mills....
) is a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
singer/songwriter.
Career
Zappacosta's first band was Surrender, a five-piece 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 subsequently won the Juno AwardJuno Awards of 1984
The Juno Awards of 1984, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 5 December 1984 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by Joe Flaherty and Andrea Martin of SCTV at Exhibition Place Automotive Building...
for "Most Promising Male Vocalist
Juno Award for New Artist of the Year
The Juno Award for New Artist of the Year has been awarded since 1974 as recognition each year for the best new artist/musician in Canada. The category was originally divided by separate awards for men and women...
".
The next year he lent his vocals to the Canadian charity production "Tears Are Not Enough
Tears Are Not Enough
"Tears Are Not Enough" is a 1985 charity single recorded by a supergroup of Canadian artists, under the name Northern Lights, to raise funds for relief of the 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia...
", singing the lines "Maybe we could understand the reasons why" in the fifth stanza.
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 "Overload" was added to the Dirty Dancing
Dirty Dancing (soundtrack)
Dirty Dancing is the original soundtrack of the 1987 film Dirty Dancing. The album became a huge commercial success in the USA. It spent 18 weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 album sales charts and went multi-platinum. It spawned a follow-up album entitled More Dirty Dancing . Executive Produced by...
soundtrack, one of the biggest selling soundtracks of the 80s.
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
Halo (video game series)
Halo is a multi-million dollar science fiction video game franchise created by Bungie and now managed by 343 Industries and owned by Microsoft Studios. The series centers on an interstellar war between humanity and a theocratic alliance of aliens known as the Covenant...
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.
In December 2008, Zappacosta released his latest album At the Church at Berkeley which features his versions of classic jazz standards. He has been touring Canada to support this album since the summer of 2009.
Albums
- Zappacosta - 1984
- A-Z - 1986
- Over 60 Minutes with... ZappacostaOver 60 Minutes with... ZappacostaOver 60 Minutes with... Zappacosta is a compilation album containing most of the tracks from Zappacosta's first two albums, Zappacosta and A-Z...
- 1987 compilation - Quick!... Don't Ask Any Questions - 1990
- Innocence Ballet - 1995
- Dark Sided Jewel - 1999
- Start Again - 2004
- Bonafide - 2007
- At the Church at Berkeley - 2008
Singles
- "We Should Be Lovers" (1984)
- "Passion" (1984)
- "Start Again" (1985)
- "When I Fall (In Love Again)" (1986)
- "Nothing Can Stand In Your Way" (1986)
- "Turn It On" (1986)
- "I Think About You" (1986)
- "Overload" (1988)
- "Nothing To Do with Love" (1990)
- "Letter Back" (1990)
- "I'll Be the One" (1991)
- "Simple Words to Say" (1991)
- "Orlanda" (1995)
- "And We'll Dance" (2004)
- "Start Again" (2004)
Link
- I Am Zappacosta - Official website