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He is a singer-songwriter and harp virtuoso of Italian
ancestry born in Painesville, Ohio
but a long term resident of Australia. He came
to fame with the song "Shaddap
You Face
" in 1980 which became a worldwide
success. He is also the writer
of the much recorded country/bluegrass song "My Home Ain't in
the Hall of Fame". His song "Hill of
Death" won the 2004 Australian Gospel Songwriting Award for
"Best Gospel" and he was a finalist in 2005. That same year he also won the Sonicbids
competition for the song "Gift (One Iraqi Child)" which appears
on the CD Peace Songs for a Better
World and also "Did You Get Stupid from Being Ugly (Or Ugly from
Being Stupid?)" which appears on the CD Protest Songs for a Better World. His co-written song
"Intimacy" appeared in the film The Terminator and he was the founding member of the music
cabaret Difficult Women. As a classical music composer
he composed and orchestrated the one hour oratorio for string orchestra,
brass trio and choir Joan on Fire
which was premiered buy the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra.
Joe Dolce Music
Theatre Recordings
Shaddap
You Face
(Joe Dolce)
Ain't In
No Hurry
(Joe Dolce)
Sources:
- http://www.joedolce.net/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Dolce
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