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1973 Crazy Life
1974 Powerful People
1975 Storm at Sunup
1976 The Gist of the Gemini
1977 A Pauper in Paradise
1978 Brother to Brother
1981 Nightwalker
1985 Black Cars
1987 Big Dreamers Never Sleep
1990 Inconsolable Man
1991 Live in Montreal
1995 Yonder Tree
1998 Slow Love
2003 Canto
2006 These Are the Days
2009 A Good Thing
2009 Stardust in the Sand
2010 The Best And Beyond
Gino Vannelli was born in Montreal, Quebec on June 16 1952. Vannelli signed his first recording contract with RCA using the pseudonym Vann Elli, but went on to study music at McGill University. After moving to Los Angelas with his brother Joe in the early 70’s, he got his first recording contract after waiting outside Herb Alpert’s gate for an audition. Alpert liked what he heard and signed Vannelli to A&M Records. Vannelli released his first album, Cray Life, in 1973. There were no hits, but the album did spawn the fan favourite Crazy Life.
His next album, Powerful People was released in 1974. The song People Gotta Move reached #22 on the American Billboard chart. The last track, Poor Happy Jimmy, is a tribute to Jim Croce, who died in an airplane accident a year earlier.
His 1978 album Brother To Brother produced the hit I just Wanna Stop which reached # 4 in The US and # 1 in Canada, as well as fan favourites Wheels Of Life and The River Must Flow.
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