1. Tony Sciuto was a member of both Little River Band and Player.
19 Facts About Tony Sciuto
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Tony Sciuto has written soundtrack songs for several movies and scored a Top 10 hit in Japan.
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At the age of eight, Sciuto asked his mother for a guitar and was self-taught from listening to singles and reading music books.
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In 1975, Tony Sciuto entered and won various contests with his songs in the American Song Festival.
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In 1976, Tony Sciuto had his song "My Lisa" recorded by the Bay City Rollers on their Dedication album on Arista Records.
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In 1979, Tony 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.
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In 1988, Tony Sciuto co-wrote Nick Kamen's "Bring Me Your Love" for the Us album on Sire Records, which was Top 20 in Italy and France.
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Also in 1989, Tony 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 Full House television series.
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In 1990, Tony Sciuto co-wrote the title track for the Little River Band album Worldwide Love, with the song charting in Germany.
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Tony Sciuto joined the Little River Band as a member and pianist from 1990 to 1997.
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In 1991, Tony Sciuto co-wrote and performed "Out Of The Darkness," the credit roll music for the film All-American Murder starring Christopher Walken.
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In 1996, Tony Sciuto wrote, recorded and released the album Holiday in Eden under the band name Banging Rush.
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In 2001 Tony Sciuto wrote a song with Sammy Egorin, "Legend in the Sun", that commemorated the career of Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken Jr.
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Tony Sciuto performed the song on the Orioles dugout to a sellout crowd prior to the game.
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Tony Sciuto performed as keyboardist with Player from 1998 to 2001.
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Tony Sciuto released Be My Radio, Live in Japan and Diamond In The Rough CDs on the Cool Sound label in Japan.
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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.
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In 2013, after meeting Freda Kelly in New York, Tony Sciuto was inspired to write a song "Good Ol Freda," which was the name of her documentary about her years with the Beatles.
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Tony Sciuto created a 'slideshow' video accompanying his song that was presented in a Catonsville, Maryland, theater following the documentary's screening with Freda present.