- Elisa Fiorillo
Elisa Fiorillo (born
28 February 1969 , in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania ,United States ) is asinger .Her
father was a classicalpianist , who was under the guidance ofVladimir Horowitz . Her biological background is vast as it includes German, Italian, Irish andCherokee . Fiorillo also has three brothers and is married to Michael Dease.At the age of fifteen she won the 1983 "
Star Search " talent show.In 1987, she was signed to Chrysalis Records. She first performed the song "Jackie" on the "Summer School" soundtrack and caught the eye of
John "Jellybean" Benitez who asked her to be the lead vocalist on two songs on his 1987 album "Just Visiting This Planet". One of the song, "Who Found Who", was a hit woldwide reaching the Top 20 in many countries in addition to great club success. At the same time, Elisa Fiorillo released her self-titled debut album that she promoted with the help of the pop single "How Can I Forget You" but she did not manage to get the same success.She released her second album "I Am" in 1990 recorded at Prince's Paisley Park recording studio after she had contributed, as a backing vocalist, to the soundtracks of "Grafitti Bridge" and "Batman". Several songs from the album were produced and written by Prince himself. The album scored a top 30 hit in the US with "On The Way Up".Elisa Fiorillo also appeared on Prince's album "Diamonds And Pearls" being the backing vocalist on two songs.
She then mainly did back-up singing. Fiorillo sang back-up for
Savage Garden on theSuperstars and Cannonballs tour and forBillie Myers among others. As a lead singer, she has appeared on "" singing "Don't Be Afraid".As well as singing she has also directed a few TV series, such as the 2001 "Mahô shôjo neko Taruto" as well as the 2002 TV series "Mao Dante".
Fiorillo also voiced the (English) parts of Ayamo Nakamura in the 2003 TV series "
Stratos 4 ". She voiced a part in "" as well.Fiorillo's latest
album is entitled "Labour Of Love" and is available to purchase from herwebsite , [http://www.elisafiorillo.com] . She turned to jazz in the 2000's.Discography
Albums
* 1987 "Elisa Fiorillo" (US #163)
* 1990 "I Am"
* 2002 "Teach Me Tonight"
* 2007 "Labor Of Love"ingles
References
External links
* [http://www.elisafiorillo.com] Official website
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