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Bruce Sudano
Bruce Charles Sudano (born September 26, 1948) is an American musician and songwriter noted for creating songs for artists such as Michael Jackson, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, and his wife, the Grammy Award-winning singer Donna Summer. Sudano is the founder of indie record label Purple Heart Recording Company.
Sudano was born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, to Margaret Alessio (1924–2012) and Louis Sudano (1923–2008). At the age of four, Sudano learned to play his first instrument, the accordion. He later taught himself to play piano and guitar. He soon developed a reputation in his community as a talented musician and got his first paid gig at the age of twelve.
By the mid-1960s, Sudano was playing bass guitar in his first band, Silent Souls. He spent much of his time rehearsing and was soon playing live shows at popular nightclubs across the New York Tri-State area.
While playing at the Cheetah, Sudano met Tommy James of Tommy James and the Shondells and became his protégé. While working his way through college at St. John's University, where he earned a BA in theater, Sudano learned to craft songs with James at Allegro Studios.
In 1969, while only twenty, Sudano scored his first hit on the music charts with the song "Ball of Fire", which he co-wrote with James.
In 1968, Sudano co-founded and played keyboard for the pop rock band Alive N Kickin' and became its keyboard player. Tommy James wrote a song for the band called "Tighter, Tighter" with Bob King. James also produced the track and sang backing vocals. The song was released on Roulette Records in 1970 and went to No 7 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Alive N Kickin' did a promotional tour of the United States as the opening act for Chicago and Frank Zappa. However, Sudano left the band in 1972 and moved to Los Angeles, where he wrote and performed folk songs as a solo singer.
In 1973, Sudano returned to Brooklyn, where he continued writing and performing but also began rehearsing and playing gigs with Joe "Bean" Esposito, Eddie Hokenson, and Louis Hokenson.
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Bruce Sudano
Bruce Charles Sudano (born September 26, 1948) is an American musician and songwriter noted for creating songs for artists such as Michael Jackson, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, and his wife, the Grammy Award-winning singer Donna Summer. Sudano is the founder of indie record label Purple Heart Recording Company.
Sudano was born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, to Margaret Alessio (1924–2012) and Louis Sudano (1923–2008). At the age of four, Sudano learned to play his first instrument, the accordion. He later taught himself to play piano and guitar. He soon developed a reputation in his community as a talented musician and got his first paid gig at the age of twelve.
By the mid-1960s, Sudano was playing bass guitar in his first band, Silent Souls. He spent much of his time rehearsing and was soon playing live shows at popular nightclubs across the New York Tri-State area.
While playing at the Cheetah, Sudano met Tommy James of Tommy James and the Shondells and became his protégé. While working his way through college at St. John's University, where he earned a BA in theater, Sudano learned to craft songs with James at Allegro Studios.
In 1969, while only twenty, Sudano scored his first hit on the music charts with the song "Ball of Fire", which he co-wrote with James.
In 1968, Sudano co-founded and played keyboard for the pop rock band Alive N Kickin' and became its keyboard player. Tommy James wrote a song for the band called "Tighter, Tighter" with Bob King. James also produced the track and sang backing vocals. The song was released on Roulette Records in 1970 and went to No 7 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Alive N Kickin' did a promotional tour of the United States as the opening act for Chicago and Frank Zappa. However, Sudano left the band in 1972 and moved to Los Angeles, where he wrote and performed folk songs as a solo singer.
In 1973, Sudano returned to Brooklyn, where he continued writing and performing but also began rehearsing and playing gigs with Joe "Bean" Esposito, Eddie Hokenson, and Louis Hokenson.