Jill Colucci (born 1949) is an American

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and

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. She initially rose to prominence in 1988, singing the main scores to the film ''

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''. She sang the ABC promo campaigns ''Something's Happening'' (the 1987 version with

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and the 1989 edition solo) and ''America's Watching ABC'' (1990 version only). She also performed "The Funny Things You Do", which was the main theme song of ''

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'' during the era of

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. Colucci's prolific credits even extended to

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, where she was the original vocalist of the auto maker's "I Love What You Do For Me" campaign in 1989 and she also performed the title theme song of the short-lived NBC-TV series '' Brand New Life'' (1989–90). The following year, as she continued to sing for ABC, she sang for The Disney Channel's ''Celebrate Me Home'' promotions. She also sang for promotional videos for the

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entitled "Apple ] Colucci has also co-written four country music">Forever" in 1984. Colucci has also co-written four country music hits: "I'm Gonna Be Somebody" and "Anymore (Travis Tritt song), Anymore" by Travis Tritt, "No One Else on Earth" by Wynonna Judd, and "He Would Be Sixteen" by Michelle Wright. She also won the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Song of the Year award for Judd's song. In 1993, she released a CD called ''No Regrets'', which also included her versions of those four songs and several other tracks that she had written for other artists. Colucci first entered into the music industry at age five, when she was still with her family singing along to

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albums. While acting with her brother, the two of them began to perform, with her singing and her brother playing the accordion. By age seven, Colucci was the winner of the

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talent competition on ''The Gene Carroll Show''.

References

External links

Official website
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