Vincent Edward "Vince" Melamed is an American keyboardist and songwriter who resides in

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. He was born in New York, and moved to Los Angeles at an early age. Melamed has appeared with many bands as a keyboardist (

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) and has co-written songs for other artists, including "

Walkaway Joe "Walkaway Joe" is a song written by Vince Melamed and Greg Barnhill, and recorded by American country music singer Trisha Yearwood, with background vocals from Don Henley of the Eagles. It was released in November 1992 as the second single from he ...

" by

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, " What Mattered Most" by

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, "

Tell Me What You Dream "Tell Me What You Dream" is a song written by Timothy B. Schmit, Josh Leo and Vince Melamed. While first performed on Schmit's solo album Playin' It Cool, its most well-known version was performed by country group Restless Heart along with saxoph ...

" by

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, " I'll Take That as a Yes (The Hot Tub Song)" by

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, "The Shake" by

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, and " She'd Give Anything" by

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. Melamed has received numerous BMI Million Air awards. In the early 1990s, he was part of

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, with fellow musicians

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, Russell Smith of the

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and former

member

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. He participated as a counselor for the 2005

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. He now enjoys a career in VoiceOver featured in 2K Games ''

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'', Nintendo ads, other video and phone games as well as various TV and Radio spots

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Melamed, Vince American country singer-songwriters American keyboardists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Country musicians from New York (state) Run C&W members American male singer-songwriters Singer-songwriters from New York (state)