Gary Pinto is an Australian singer, songwriter and musician and was the lead singer of dance group, CDB.

Early life

Gary Pinto is an Australian musician of Indian descent. His parents were from

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and members of a minority Christian Indian Catholics. The family emigrated to Australia in 1973 where Gary was born.

Career

1991–1999 and 2006–present: CDB

CBD were formed by Gary Pinto alongside his brother Brad Pinto,

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and Danny Williams. The group released their debut studio album, ''

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'' in 1995 and won the ARIA Award for Highest Selling Single in 1996. The band split up in 1999.

1999–present: Solo

Pinto moved on to perform as a solo artist and has since worked working with artists such as

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, Anthony Callea, Christine Anu,

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and

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. Pinto co-wrote " Receive the Power" with

, a song for the

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in Sydney. It was performed live during the event by Guy Sebastian and

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. The song was released in two versions, one in English (by Guy Sebastian and Paulini) and an international version verses in Italian (performed by Robert Galea), Spanish (by German Silva) and French (by Amelia Farrugia) and chorus in English. Gary Pinto performed "Receive the Power" and "Behold The Cross" during the same event. In August 2010, he released his debut solo album ''Take Back Our World'' with contributions from Diesel, Dave Darling, Brad Pinto and Meredith Brooks. The album also contains the bonus track "Saint Mary MacKillop", a song he co-wrote as the 2010 official song for the canonisation of

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. For

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in Madrid, Pinto released a joint EP, ''Firm in the Faith'', with John Burland.

As-U-R Music Ministry

Gary Pinto co founded As-U-R Music Ministry with his brother Brad Pinto and manager Tracey Duff a music ministry for youth. It runs workshops in Catholic Primary Schools and concert/testimonial workshops in Catholic Secondary Schools. It also works with Catholic Youth Services (CYS), youth groups, the Catholic Education Office and various parishes to bring Catholic religious music and families back to church.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinto, Gary Living people Australian people of Indian descent Australian male singers Australian male musicians Australian songwriters Year of birth missing (living people)