1. Anthony James Lucca was born on January 23,1976 and is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and dancer.
32 Facts About Tony Lucca
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Tony Lucca is perhaps best known for starting his career on The All New Mickey Mouse Club.
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Tony Lucca has toured with several acts, including Maroon 5, Kelly Clarkson, *NSYNC, Marc Anthony, Sara Bareilles, Matt Duke, Tyrone Wells, and the late Chris Whitley.
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Tony Lucca finished in third place on the second season of the American reality television singing competition talent show, The Voice, broadcast on NBC.
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Tony Lucca grew up around a large and musical extended family, as his mother Sally was tenth of twelve children of the Detroit jazz piano player James "Jimmy" Stevenson.
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Tony Lucca grew up in Waterford, Michigan, and began singing at age 3 and child modeling at age 9.
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When Tony Lucca was 14, he went to Detroit to audition for the Disney movie Newsies, only to find out the audition was for The All New Mickey Mouse Club instead.
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Tony Lucca moved to Orlando, Florida, with his mother and lived in an apartment complex with other castmates and traveled back to Michigan between seasons.
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Tony Lucca remained with the show for four seasons, until the show was canceled after the seventh season.
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In 1995, after the cancellation of the All New Mickey Mouse Club, Tony Lucca moved to Los Angeles to begin an acting career.
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Tony Lucca lived with fellow Mickey Mouse Club castmate Keri Russell, his girlfriend at the time.
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Russell and Tony Lucca were cast and played leads together on the Aaron Spelling-produced Malibu Shores, a television teen drama series, which lasted for one season.
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Tony Lucca had minor success in movies, appearing in an NBC movie of the week, Her Last Chance with Kellie Martin and Jonathan Brandis, as well as two independent features.
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In 1997, Tony Lucca self-released his first music album, So Satisfied, which he co-produced.
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Tony Lucca participated in a cooperative tour with Jay Nash and Matt Duke, which resulted in the 2009 EP entitled TFDI.
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Tony Lucca briefly returned to acting in 2010, starring in a 901 Silver Tequila commercial, which was directed by the brand's founder Justin Timberlake.
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Tony Lucca played himself on an episode of Parenthood, appearing as a performing musician.
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Tony Lucca recorded a second collaborative CD with Jay Nash and Matt Duke, TFDI II, which was released mid-2011.
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On February 5,2012, Tony Lucca appeared on the Blind Auditions of the American reality talent show The Voice in its second season.
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Tony Lucca performed Ray LaMontagne's "Trouble", and all four judges hit their red "I Want You" button for him.
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On May 8,2012, Tony Lucca made his last performance on the show duetting with fellow contestant Jordis Unga formerly of Team Blake on the Fleetwood Mac song, "Go Your Own Way".
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Tony Lucca was later signed to Adam Levine's record label, 222 Records.
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Tony Lucca released a six-song EP, With the Whole World Watching, on July 16,2013.
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Tony Lucca toured extensively following the release, including six dates on the Honda Civic Tour opening for Kelly Clarkson and Maroon 5.
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On November 12,2013, while plugging Patreon on his YouTube channel, Tony Lucca announced he is no longer with Adam Levine's record label 222 Records.
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Tony Lucca then moved to Nashville, Tennessee to further develop his songwriting.
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In 2018, Tony Lucca partnered with Nashville startup company RootNote and began work on his new record Ain't No Storm, which he recorded with Nashville-based producer and former Wilco drummer Ken Coomer.
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Tony Lucca released the first single and music video, "Everything's Changing," in November 2018.
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Tony Lucca independently released Ain't No Storm on March 29,2019.
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Tony Lucca has performed numerous times on NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly as a part of the show's band.
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Tony Lucca dated fellow Mouseketeer Keri Russell on-and-off for eight years.
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Tony Lucca adopted her son and they later had a daughter together.