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Mike Piccirillo

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Origin
  
Genres
  
Pop music, Rock music

Role
  
Songwriter

Name
  
Mike Piccirillo

Years active
  
1976—present


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Michael Lynn Piccirillo (born 1951) is a music producer, songwriter, and musician who began working professionally in the Los Angeles music business in 1976. In conjunction with production partner George Tobin, and subsequently Gary Goetzman, Piccirillo co-produced 31 albums between 1976 and 1992. Major production hits include Smokey Robinson's "Being With You", Robert John's "Sad Eyes", and Kim Carnes' "More Love", along with many other charted songs and productions. Artists include La Toya Jackson, Natalie Cole, Smokey Robinson, Tiffany, Kim Carnes, Thelma Houston, The Staple Singers, Go West, Robert John, and many others.

Mike Piccirillo and long time music partner Gary Goetzman co-wrote the vast majority of the 100+ plus Piccirillo songs that were released on various artists albums between 1976 and 1995.

In 1995 Piccirillo wrote and produced 15 songs that were featured in the Tom Hanks written and directed film That Thing You Do. Six of those songs appeared on the film's soundtrack CD.

Additional Piccirillo songs appear in approximately 28 theatrical films released between 1982 and 1995, including Nightmare on Elm Street 4, Police Academy 2, Child's Play, Fright Night, Kickboxer, Jetsons: The Movie, Big Momma's House and many others.

Piccirillo has also been a prolific underscore composer on many animated TV series. Between 1995 and 2004, Piccirillo's musical underscore appears on over 500 half-hour TV animated episodes. Many of these TV series also feature Main Title songs composed by Piccirillo. Animated series highlights include Sabrina, the Animated Series, Sabrina's Secret Life, Inspector Gadget's Field Trip, Sonic Underground, The Wacky World of Tex Avery, Trollz, Gadget Boy, Archie's Weird Mysteries, and many others.

Piccirillo continues to be heavily involved in professional music production, songwriting and being a performing musician.

References

Mike Piccirillo Wikipedia


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