Zito, Richie Music Business
Richie Zito was a sought-after session guitarist throughout the 1970s, recording with artists including Neil Sedaka, Rick James, Barbara Streisand, the Beach Boys, Donna Summer, Tina Turner, Lionel Richie and the soundtracks for Flashdance, Top Gun and Scarface before joining Elton John’s band in 1980. During the next two decades Zito produced 38 singles that reached Billboard’s Hot 100, including two number-one records, "The Flame” (Cheap Trick) and “When I See You Smile” (Bad English). Other successes included Eddie Money’s “Take Me Home Tonight”, Sam Kinison’s “Wild Thing”, Joe Cocker’s “You Can Leave Your Hat On”, and Heart’s multi-platinum “Brigade”. In1990, Zito won recognition as Billboard’s “Producer of the Year” and the following year formed Zito/RCA Records. Additional credits included Cher’s double-platinum Greatest Hits, Poison’s platinum Greatest Hits and his role as Music Supervisor for the feature film Wise Girls. 2006 saw Zito’s first solo CD release, Avalon, and the launch of a new label, Your Music America, with Larry Lee and Zito at the helm backed by WMC Mortgage CEO Amy Brandt. At MI, Richie teaches Original Song Pre-Production.
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