Zappacosta
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Alfredo Peter "Alfie" Zappacosta (born July 5, 1953), also known by just his surname, is an Italian-born Canadian musician.
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Vinony files it under 1953 births, BLP articles lacking sources from July 2021 and Canadian male singer-songwriters.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
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- Aspetti e problemi dell'umanesimo italiano
- Francesco Maturanzio
- Il Gymnasium perugino e altri studi sull'umanesimo umbro
- Studi e ricerche sull'umanesimo italiano
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1953
Discography
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- 171,424
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Zappacosta's first band was Surrender, a five-piece that recorded three albums in the late 1970's into the early 1980's. In 1984 he recorded his first self-titled solo album which contained the hit singles "Passion" and "We Should Be Lovers". As a result, he subsequently won the Juno Award for "Most Promising Male Vocalist". The next year he lent his vocals to the Canadian charity production "Tears Are Not Enough", singing the lines "Maybe we could understand the reasons why" in the fifth stanza
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Sora
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Capitol Records
- Official website
- www.iamzappacosta.com
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- date of birth
- 1953-01-01
- start of work period
- 1978-00-00
- social media followers
- 3005
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Career
- Discography
- Studio albums
- Live albums
- Compilation albums
- with Surrender
- Singles
- References
- External links
Alfredo Peter "Alfie" Zappacosta (born July 5, 1953), also known by just his surname, is an Italian-born Canadian musician.
==Career== Zappacosta's first band was Surrender, a five-piece group that recorded three albums in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1984, he recorded his first solo album, Zappacosta, which contained the hit singles "Passion" and "We Should Be Lovers". As a result, he won the Juno Award for "Most Promising Male Vocalist" the same year.
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