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Antonino Joseph Sciuto Jr. (born December 30, 1952) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer who has been active since 1965. He was a member of both
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and
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. Sciuto has written songs for the Bay City Rollers, Nick Kamen, B. J. Thomas and
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amongst others. He has written soundtrack songs for several movies and scored a Top 10 hit in Japan.


Early life

At the age of eight, Sciuto asked his mother for a guitar and was self-taught from listening to
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and reading music books. In 1964, he was taken to a Beatles concert that inspired him to take up music. As a teen, he also took formal guitar, piano, vocal and composition lessons. Sciuto studied Music Prep at the
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.


1966-1981

In 1966-The Beatles' New York affiliate manager Nat Weiss cited Sciuto to
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as a "young protégé" to travel to New York for grooming. In 1975, Sciuto entered and won various contests with his songs in the American Song Festival. In 1976, Sciuto had his song "My Lisa" recorded by the Bay City Rollers on their '' Dedication'' album on Arista Records. In 1979, he had two Top 40 hits in Japan and Australia with the song "Island Nights", recorded by
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in Japan and
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in Australia. In 1979, Sciuto was signed to Epic Records, with a 1980 release of his ''Island Nights'' album which reached the Top 10 in Japan along with the title track single. The album was written with lyricist Sammy Egorin. In 1981, Sciuto and his band toured Japan to rave reviews, opening the American Music Festival.


1986–1989

Sciuto, and Sammy Egorin wrote "Last Sound Love Makes" for
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's album '' Heartbeat'' on Epic Records in 1986. In 1988, Sciuto co-wrote Nick Kamen's "Bring Me Your Love" for the ''Us'' album on
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, which was Top 20 in Italy and France. He co-wrote "Stronger than the Wind” for
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on Capitol Records in 1989. In 1989 Sciuto co-wrote "One Last, One More Time" for B.J. Thomas on the ''Midnight Minute'' ( Reprise Records) album. Also in 1989, Sciuto was a member of the John Stamos fictional band Jesse and the Rippers, and co-wrote a song for the episode "Comet's Excellent Adventure", for the ''
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'' television series.


1990–2001

In 1990, Sciuto co-wrote the title track for the
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album '' Worldwide Love'', with the song charting in Germany. He joined the Little River Band as a member and pianist from 1990 to 1997. In 1991, Sciuto co-wrote and performed "Out Of The Darkness," the credit roll music for the film ''
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'' starring Christopher Walken. In 1992, he co-wrote "High Life" which was used in the
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film
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. In 1996, Sciuto wrote, recorded and released the album ''Holiday in Eden'' under the band name Banging Rush. In 2001 Sciuto wrote a song with Sammy Egorin, "Legend in the Sun", that commemorated the career of
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shortstop
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He also performed the song on the Orioles dugout to a sellout crowd prior to the game. Sciuto performed as keyboardist with
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from 1998 to 2001.


2002–present

Sciuto released ''Be My Radio'', ''Live in Japan'' and ''Diamond In The Rough'' CDs on the Cool Sound label in Japan. ''Union of the Soul'' was released in 2010. In 2012, the Tony Sciuto Band performed in Japan for the second time in 32 years, performing the entire ''Island Nights'' album for seven shows at the Cotton Club Tokyo. In 2014, Vivid Sound Records is releasing ''Under The Radar'' (Limited Edition) with the live Cotton Club Show as the second, bonus CD. In 2013, after meeting
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(the original secretary of the Beatles' fan club) in New York, Tony was inspired to write a song "Good Ol Freda," which was also the name of her documentary about her years with the Beatles. He also created a 'slideshow' video accompanying his song that was presented in a Catonsville, Maryland, theater following the documentary's screening with Freda present. In 2016, P-Vine Records in Japan released Tony Sciuto's "Temptation Alley" CD, a gathering of 9 new songs plus a few songs from the 90's and 2 songs from the 80's. In 2017, P-Vine's Light and Mellow label released a compilation CD "Take a Trip" and included "The Quick and The Dead" from Tony's "Temptation Alley " CD Tony Sciuto - Temptation Alley
/ref> In 2020, Tony Sciuto Released his "Rear View Mirror" Album https://tonysciuto.bandcamp.com/album/rear-view-mirror Tony now resides in
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and occasionally plays shows with former
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Bassist Paul Cullen


Discography


References


External links


Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sciuto, Tony 1952 births Living people American people of Italian descent Musicians from Baltimore American rock musicians American rock singers Singers from Maryland Little River Band members 20th-century American keyboardists