Gino Vannelli

Gino Vannelli is a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician and composer.

He released his first album in 1973 and a year later, "People Gotta Move" made it to No. 22 on the Billboard Top 100. In February 1975, Vannelli performed on Soul Train and he would tour as the opening act for Stevie Wonder.

In 1978, "I Just Wanna Stop" earned Vannelli an American Grammy Award nomination and was a number No. 1 single in Canada. Vannelli's album "Brother To Brother" was released in 1979 and he won Canada's Juno Award for Best Male Artist. Other Vannelli recordings of the 1970s include "Crazy Life," "Powerful People," "Storm at Sunup," "The Gist of the Gemini" and "A Pauper in Paradise".

In April 1981, "Living Inside Myself" was on Billboard's Top 100 at number 6. Gino annd his brother, Joe, shared the Juno Award for Recording Engineer of the Year in 1986 for "Black Cars". The prestigious Juno Award was again shared by the Vannelli brothers in 1987 for Recording Engineer of the Year for "Wild Horses" and "Young Lover".

In 1990, the album Inconsolable Man was released with the songs "The Time of Day" and "Sunset on L.A.". In 1993, Martine St. Clair recorded "Wheels of Life" as a duet with Vannelli as well as a French-language version called "L'Amour Est Loi". On Vannelli's next CD release, Yonder Tree, he pays homage to Walt Whitman in "Walter Whitman, Where Are You?"

In March 2007, Vannelli performed in Las Vegas to sold-out shows, and, in November 2007, Vannelli gave three sold out performances in New Orleans, Louisiana. The concerts were a humanitarian effort with proceeds benefiting local charities. Vannelli continues to tour globally.