Gino Cunico

Gino Cunico was born in Sydney on 26 February, 1949, whose parents you can easily guess from his family name are both Italian. To our surprise, Gino started his professional job in the Australian entertainment industry at the age of 11. In 1967, Gino participated in the band "Executives" with three number 1 hits in 1967 and embarked to invade the United States in 1969, but did not succeed very much. In 1972, Gino released the album "Strive, Seek , Find" with Ray Burton, the ex-guitart of Executives. In 1974, Gino started his solo artist career by releasing the album "Gino Cunico" under Kama Sutra. In those days, Gino came across famous Clive Davis, the founder of Arista Records. Therefore, Gino Cunico got a deal with Columbia Records which Clive Davis had been working for at that time. However, when Clive Davis left Columbia Records, Gino also left Columbia Records without releasing any albums there. Once Clive Davis established Arista Records, you can easily understand that Gino signed the contract with Arista Records. Thus, Gino Cunico released this excellent pop album in 1976. Needless to say, Arista Records of late 1970's was well-known for their pop albums alike those by Barry Manillow and/or Eric Carmen. This album has almost same atmosphere as those artists' albums.

Release: August, 1978
Label: Arista Records, USA (AL-4117)

First Reissued CD Release: 21 February, 2001 (Arista- BMG Funhouse, Japan, BVCM-37199)

Tracks:
1. DayDreamer
2. She's Sweet, She's Somebody
3. Can't Hold On Any Longer
4. When I Wanted You
5. Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)
6. Can't Smile Without You
7. Don't Throw It All Away
8. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
9. Emptiness
10. Can't Hold On Any Longer

Producer: Vini Poncia

Gino Cunico: Vocals

- Musicians -
Keyboards: Stanley Schwartz, Jim Mandell, James Newton Howard, Kevin Crossly
Guitars: David Wolfert, Johnny Vastano, Caleb Quaye
Bass: Cooker Lo Presti, Gene Kurtz
Drums: Kirk Bruner, Gerry Reba, Jim Keltner
Percussion: Lenny Castro
Sax: Tom Saviano
Trumpets: Rich Felts
Trombone: Doug Wintz
Flute: Stanly Schwartz
Backing Vocals: Vini Poncia, Melissa Manchester, The Faragher Bros, Brie Howard, Wendy Haas, Joe Bean, Paul Nauman

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