BRUCE SUDANO SINGER-SONGWRITER-MUSICIAN AND HUSBAND OF LATE WIFE DONNA SUMMER -EXCLUSIVE ZOOM TV INTERVIEW WITH RAY SHASHO

 

SINGER-SONGWRITER 

B R U C E  S U D A N O

 PURSUES PROLIFIC PATH ON

 'ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE'

 DUE TO RELEASE OCTOBER 1st 

Sudano's Third EP Since Pandemic’s Onset 

Exclusive zoom TV Interview

Bruce Sudano returns on October 1st, 2021 with a fresh offering of dispatches from the heart on his latest EP of new original songs, Ode to a Nightingale, to be released on his own Purple Heart Recording Co. The new record succeeds a pair of equally immediate, thoughtful, and urgent mini-albums issued in 2020. Released last April, Spirals Vol. 1: Not a Straight Line to Be Found was praised by Americana Highways for its “five moving songs about life, love and death that captivate and hold the listener’s attention.”

Sudano’s October 2020 release Spirals Vol. 2: Time and the Space In Between garnered a four-star review from American Songwriter, with freelance writer/author Lee Zimmerman noting, “Sudano’s found himself on a steady roll.” Noted for his songwriting for Dolly Parton, Michael Jackson, and Donna Summer and his own hits with the band Brooklyn Dreams, Sudano has established a burgeoning reputation in his own right. Fittingly, his latest release began with solo sessions at his home studio in Milan, Italy.

 In all, Bruce Sudano views Ode to a Nightingale as an excellent summation of his musical capabilities’ breadth: “I tend to write five kinds of songs – a philosophical song, a spiritual song, a love song, a social consciousness song, or a story song. As I look back on this record, I think, OK, you hit all the points, all the kinds of songs that you would write.”

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Latest Release

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Not a Straight Line  to Be Found

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Time & The Space

 In Between

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BRUCE SUDANO

DISCOGRAPHY

SOLO ALBUMS

Fugitive Kind 1981

Life and the Romantic 2010

With Angels On A Carousel 2016

21st Century 2017

Spirals Vol. 2...Time & The Space In Between 2020

SINGLES & EP’S

Starting Over Again ‎(7", Promo)1981

Pretenders ‎(7", Promo) 1981

Le' Imagine Cafe' (Imaginary Rendevous) ‎(CD, Single) 2003

Bruce Sudano & The Candyman Band - The Burbank Sessions ‎(CD, EP) 2015

Giorgio Moroder & Bruce Sudano – Willoughby 2015

Spirals, Vol. 1: Not a Straight Line to Be Found Spirals ‎(CD, EP) 2020

 

With BROOKLYN DREAMS

Albums

Brooklyn Dreams (1977)

Sleepless Nights (1978)

Joy Ride (1979)

Won't Let Go (1980)

Soundtracks

American Hot Wax (1978)

The Hollywood Knights (1980)

Foxes (1980)

Singles credited by BROOKLYN DREAMS with BRUCE SUDANO & DONNA SUMMER

"Bad Girls"

"Lucky"

“On My Honor"

"Can't Get to Sleep At Night"

"I'm A Rainbow"

BRUCE SUDANO

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SEPTEMBER 28TH 2021

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BRUCE SUDANO LEGENDARY SONGWRITER for DONNA SUMMER-DOLLY PARTON-MICHAEL JACKSON... SPECIAL GUEST ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS DEC 17TH 7PM PT/10PM ET BBS RADIO1

B  R  U  C  E

S  U  D  A  N  O

'LEGENDARY SONGWRITER'

member of ALIVE N KICKIN'

(1970 HIT SINGLE-TIGHTER,TIGHTER)

and R&B/DISCO group BROOKLYN DREAMS

MUSICAL PARTNER/COLLABORATOR 

with Late Wife 
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Exclusive Interview

Bruce Sudano has had his hand in some of the 20th century’s biggest hits, sung by mega talents from Michael and Jermaine Jackson to Dolly Parton and Donna Summer, his late wife. At this point, he could easily rest on his musical laurels. Instead, he recorded an album about life right here, right now, in this 21st Century World. And he filled it with hard questions, some well-aimed finger pointing and poignant observations about the human experience — for better and worse.

Sudano was 4 when he began making music, first on accordion, then on guitar and piano. He started getting paid for it at 12. By the time he was 20, he had a hit, “Ball of Fire,” co-written with his mentor, Tommy James (“Hanky Panky,” “Mony, Mony,” “I Think We’re Alone Now”), who recorded it with his band, the Shondells.

Sudano had co-founded the band Alive N Kickin’ in 1968; in 1970, James wrote and produced their top-10 hit, “Tighter, Tighter.” Five years after leaving that band, Sudano co-founded Brooklyn Dreams. That same year, 1977, he met Summer, who began writing with the band. They penned “Take It to the Zoo” for the Thank God It’s Friday film soundtrack, then the band appeared as the Planotones in the film, American Hot Wax. They hit No. 4 with Summer duetting on “Heaven Knows,” and in 1979, Summer and the band wrote the No. 1 pop and R&B hit “Bad Girls.” It became the title song to the most

popular album of her career.

In 1980, Sudano released his first solo album, which contained “Starting Over Again,” written with Summer about his parents’ divorce. Dolly Parton turned it into a No. 1 country hit. Fifteen years later, Reba McEntire took it to No. 19. In 1985, Sudano co-wrote the Grammy-nominated Michael and Jermaine Jackson duet, “Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming (Too Good to Be True).” After years spent managing Summer’s career, as well as playing and singing in her band, Sudano released another solo album, Rainy Day Soul. That 2004 release gave him three top 10 adult contemporary hits, and New Music Weekly’s Adult Contemporary Artist of the Year award. “It's Her Wedding Day,” a track from his third solo album, earned him the 2009 New Music Weekly Adult Contemporary Song of the Year award.
These days you can find him performing alongside an eclectic group of musicians. From the wildly successful band Johnnyswim to the iconic British band The Zombies, or jamming with young rockers Hollis Brown, Sudano is back on the road re-engaging with audiences. 

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www.thedonnasummermusical.com  The Donna Summer musical

www.donnasummer.com   Donna Summer official site

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BRUCE SUDANO APPEARS 

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