Francis Cosmo Migliaccio (born October 17, 1956) is an American musician best known as a former lead singer of the bands

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and Orion the Hunter.

Music career

Cosmo was first featured on guitarist

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's self-titled solo album in 1980, a prelude to the formation of Orion the Hunter in 1983. Orion the Hunter released an album in 1984 on Columbia Records, which yielded the hit single "So You Ran". The band opened for Aerosmith in 1984. In 1994, Cosmo was featured as the sole lead vocalist on the platinum Boston album '' Walk On'', which reached #7 on th
Billboard Charts
and produced three hit singles, including "I Need Your Love", which climbed to #4 on the Mainstream Rock Chart, and "Walk On" which reached #14. Upon

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's return to Boston for the concert tour (Delp never missed a Boston tour prior to his death in 2007), the two shared vocals in concert, where Delp said Cosmo covered "the really tough high parts".Pareles, Jon (June 10, 1995). In performance: Rock. ''

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'' In 1997, Cosmo was again featured on two of the songs on Boston's 'Greatest Hits' album, and took an even larger role in the 2002 album '' Corporate America'', with the addition of co-production to his credits as vocalist. He sang lead vocals on five of the album's songs and played guitar on one track as well.Corporate America CD, 2002 Cosmo performed in Boston tours from 1994 to 2004, and currently performs in the band Cosmo with his son,

Anton Cosmo Anton Cosmo Also known as Adom, was born Anthony Migliaccio and is an American composer, Singer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and engineer. Cosmo made his live debut with Boston at the 2002 Fiesta Bowl and followed with a back to back tour i ...

. He also sings in the World Classic Rockers. Cosmo released his first album with his band in 2006, titled ''Alien''.

Discography

with Barry Goudreau

* ''

'' (1980)

with Orion the Hunter

* '' Orion the Hunter'' (1984)

with Boston

* '' Walk On'' (1994) * ''

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'' (1997) * '' Corporate America'' (2002)

with Cosmo

* ''Alien'' (2006)

References

External links

The World Classic Rockers official website

via the official Boston website
The Fran Cosmo official fan site

The World Classic Rockers official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cosmo, Fran 1956 births Living people Musicians from Utica, New York Boston (band) members American rock singers American people of Italian descent World Classic Rockers members