Angelo Petraglia (born May 5, 1954) is an American record producer and songwriter. He was a member of the new wave band Face to Face and is best known for his work with

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Early life

He was born in

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and grew up in

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. His father was a janitor and his mother was a bookkeeper. By the time he’d reached the third grade, he was playing guitar, inspired by

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’s brief promotional appearances at the end of

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. He studied visual art at

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Songwriting career

Petraglia has produced albums and co-written songs with

. He, along with Larry Gottlieb and Kim Richey, received a Grammy nomination as the songwriters for

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’s hit "

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". Petraglia also wrote and produced Patty Griffin’s song "One Big Love" for her critically acclaimed record '' Flaming Red'' (1998). "One Big Love" was later recorded by

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and cut on her Grammy award winning record '' Red Dirt Girl'' (2000). He also co-wrote a song on

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's self-titled debut album. He has written songs for Warren Zanes (

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and Kim Richey. He has also written songs for

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, Lee Ann Womack, Brooks and Dunn, and

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. Petraglia performs
Why Can't I Say Goodnight
with Kim Richey, a song he wrote with Richey for ''

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''. The song is performed by

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(Gunnar) and Clare Bowen (Scarlett) in the show.

References

1954 births Living people Grammy Award winners Record producers from New York (state) Songwriters from New York (state) People from the Bronx New England College alumni {{US-songwriter-stub