Lisa Concetta Dal Bello (born 22 May 1959), also known as Dalbello, is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She released three albums in the pop and pop/rock genre in her late teens, from 1977 through 1981 under her full name. In 1984, she re-emerged as Dalbello, with an edgier brand of

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Early life

Born to Italian and British parents, Dalbello grew up in

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, Ontario, and then with her family moved to

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, Ontario. At age 11, she began playing guitar and writing her own songs, performing at the

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and the Fiddlers' Green club in Toronto. The first song she wrote was reportedly a protest song called "Oh, Why?" Lying about her age, at 13 she joined a government-sponsored educational music program, Summer Sounds '71, which auditioned students at various southern Ontario middle and high schools, with the objective of selecting 30 singers, songwriters, musicians and performers who would receive the opportunity to spend the first month north of the city of Toronto at a summer camp. The students would collaborate creatively, forming small music groups and bands for which they rehearsed and built a full show that toured and performed at various events throughout Ontario for the second month.

Recording career

In her early teens Dalbello was featured on a record by St. Margaret Mary Church Singers, where she performed two covers of traditional church songs: "

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" and "

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". At the age of 14, Dalbello made her 1974 recording debut with a 4-song EP that was recorded for

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, Canada's national broadcaster. The record was produced by Jack Budgell. The EP featured four songs written and composed by Dalbello: "Mourning In The Morning", "The Old Man", "Come Sun Days" and "Human". In 1975 Dalbello was featured on a Christmas compilation by CBC Radio, in which she performs the traditional

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s "Deck The Halls" and "O Come All Ye Faithful" and a medley together with Dianne Brooks and Roy Kenner. These records were not commercially available, and airplay was legally restricted to the CBC only. Signing with MCA Records out of L.A. when she was 17, Dalbello's self-titled debut album in 1977 was produced by

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and featured the then-unknown Toto members

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and

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. She also collaborated with

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, who is featured on guitar. The album won a 1978 Juno Award for Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year. Despite her win, however, MCA dropped her from the label because the album's production had been too expensive."The Many Faces of Lisa Dal Bello"
'' Music Express'', 22 May 2014. During these sessions Dal Bello recorded a song for Jay Graydon called "You're My Day". Written by Graydon and Harry Garfield, the song is not featured on the album. The song was later released on a 2006 compilation album by Graydon, titled "Past To Present - The 70s".

played bass on her next album '' Pretty Girls'' released independently via Talisman Records. Pretty Girls received her second Juno nomination in 1979 in the category of Female Vocalist of the Year. The album was later reissued by

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. Later in 1979,

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covered the song "Pretty Girls"; released as a single, the track hit the US top 40. This marked Dal Bello's first international success as a songwriter. Dalbello, signed to Capitol Records, released her third album '' Drastic Measures'' in 1981. Dalbello collaborated with

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and Tim Thorney on the album. After ''Drastic Measures,'' she took a break from recording to re-evaluate her creative and personal priorities and to work on her poetry. Dalbello received a Juno nomination in 1980 for Female Vocalist of The Year and in 1983 was again nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year. She told ''

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'', "I felt there was no point in making records if I hadn't found a sense of how I fitted in musically, and how to express myself. I hadn't yet learned how to convey my musical ideas to the people I was working with." During this time,

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's former '' Ziggy Stardust'' guitarist

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saw her in a

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documentary on Canadian music while working at Phase One recording studio in Toronto and convinced her to record another album. That album, '' whomanfoursays'' (a

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for "human forces"), was co-produced by Dalbello and Ronson. It was also her first album recorded as Dalbello, and marked her transformation into an edgy rock artist. The transformation worked – the album was even more successful on the Canadian pop charts than her earlier albums had been. The album spawned the hit singles " Gonna Get Close to You", later covered by

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, and "Animal", which was covered by Heavens Gate. ''whomanfoursays'' garnered four Juno nominations: two for Dalbello herself as

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and Female Vocalist of the Year, one for Lenny De Rose for Recording Engineer of the Year and one for art director Heather Brown and photographer Deborah Samuels for Best Album Graphic. In 1985, Dalbello was nominated for a seventh Juno in the category of Female Vocalist of the Year. In 1986, Dalbello wrote and recorded the songs " Black on Black" and "I Do What I Do" for the ''

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'' soundtrack. Although included in the film, Dalbello's recording of "I Do What I Do" was not on the soundtrack album, which instead featured a recording by John Taylor of

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; her recording of "Black on Black" did, however, appear in both the film and the soundtrack album. Dalbello also worked with other artists including

's John Taylor,

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, the band

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, Glass Tiger and their producer

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. Ronson and Dalbello planned to record a second album, however, Ronson was passed over by both her record label and her manager at that time, Roger Davies, over Dalbello's strong objections. Dalbello then submitted four self-produced song demos to her U.S. label and manager, only to have them rejected because they wanted a real producer. Accordingly, in 1986, it was reported that Rupert Hine had finished producing a new album for Dalbello. However, regardless of the status of the Hine-produced album, partly out of frustration and partly as a practical joke, Dalbello re-submitted her self-produced song demos—crediting the producer as "Bill Da Salleo", which was nothing more than a simple

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of her name. To her surprise, her label and manager excitedly called her up saying that they loved the new demos and believed "Bill" was the perfect producer for the project. The Hine-produced album was subsequently scrapped, and remains unissued. However, Dalbello would contribute guest vocals to Hine's "virtual band" project Thinkman, appearing on the title track of their 1986 debut album, ''The Formula''. Dalbello continued to produce her new album under the "Da Salleo" pseudonym, managing to keep both her label and manager from visiting the sessions by booking the studio time late at night. She broke the "news" of "Bill's premature death" to her Canadian A&R person Deane Cameron just prior to delivering the album to the label, and shortly after Cameron called her out of concern that the label had no signed production agreement between Bill Da Salleo and themselves. When the ruse was revealed, Cameron, a maverick in Canadian music circles who was the first record label A&R person to have signing autonomy from his U.S. label counterpart out of L.A., reportedly laughed out loud, proclaiming that Dalbello had "truly kicked the L.A. A&R offices' asses." However, with the knowledge that Bill Da Salleo was actually Dalbello, her manager began to question the strength of the album's production and commercial viability. It was suggested that half the album be scrapped and new songs be recorded with a new producer and other songwriters. The album was delayed 18 months as a result. EMI released the album '' she'' in 1987. The album's singles, "Tango" and "Black on Black", were Dalbello's biggest hits. The success of ''she'' allowed her to tour extensively, particularly through Europe. After the album's release, Dalbello ended her contract with Capitol Records and decided to relocate to Los Angeles in 1990. During her time in L.A., Dalbello spent four years expanding her musical contacts and writing songs for other artists such as

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and

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, and co-writing with successful songwriters

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, Bruce Roberts,

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and

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. In 1991 Ronson and Dalbello discussed collaborating again. However, everything was put on hold because of a downturn in Ronson's health. Ronson died of liver failure in 1993. In 1994 Dalbello's former manager, Roger Davies, asked her if she wanted to record another album. Through Davies' efforts, a recording deal with EMI Electrola, which is based in Germany, was forthcoming. Dalbello moved back to Toronto to complete work on her new album. She released ''

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'' in 1996, which received favorable reviews from critics upon its release. After the album's release she returned to Europe to tour for the rest of that year.

Recording guest appearances

In addition to having appeared on Rush guitarist

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's solo album '' Victor'', contributing the lead vocal to the song "Start Today", and having recorded duets with

's John Taylor and

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(" Miss Sun" from his 1980 album "Hits"), her vocals have appeared on records for

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, Toto,

(for whom she wrote an entire translation album '' It's All in the Game'') and Canadian artists Rough Trade,

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and Glass Tiger.

Cover versions of her music

successfully took "Pretty Girls" into the US and Canadian Top 40 in 1979.

covered "Wait for an Answer" and did a version of "Black on Black" called "Black on Black II".

covered " Gonna Get Close to You". Both Hauteville and Meliesa McDonell covered "Immaculate Eyes".

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covered "Devious Nature". Heavens Gate covered "Animal". Her song " Don't Get Mad Get Even" was recorded in 1983 by the Canadian heavy metal band

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for their third album '' No Rest for the Wicked'', and by The Lydia Taylor Band for their EP ''Bitch''.

Influence

Because of her powerful voice and aggressive persona, as well as her career path of starting out as a conventional mainstream dance-pop singer before reinventing herself as an idiosyncratic alternative rock artist, comparisons have been drawn between Dalbello and

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. However, she refused to take credit for paving the way for other female rockers like Morissette. As she explained to Jane Stevenson of the ''

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'', "someone like Alanis has a sense of angst, a sense of unrest within herself and that's coming from her personal experiences which are different from mine." Dalbello credited women rockers such as

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(of the

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(of

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) and

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as paving the way for her and others.

Songwriter and producer for other artists

Dalbello has not released another album since 1996 and has primarily focused on producing and writing for other artists such as

, and

, whom she also produced. Some of the artists and writers she has co-written with are her friends

and

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and Nancy Wilson of Heart, as well as

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, Damhnait Doyle and

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Television commercials and documentary voice work

Throughout her recording career, Dalbello has been a session vocalist and voiceover artist on TV and radio commercials in North America, for which she now also writes and arranges music. In 1982 she sang the theme to the ABC TV movie '' The Sins of Dorian Gray''. Her voice work also expanded into areas of documentary work, as well as character voices for the TV anime series ''

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'', her most known roles where those of the Negamonsters and Droids used by the villains of the series. She performed the song "Always" for the Cheer detergent commercial "Coming Home" that aired in 2003, which was so popular and garnered so many inquiries, that Cheer commissioned her to do a full length version which they made available for download from their website. Also in 2003, she performed the corporate "Built for Life in Canada" song for

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; the song was a downloadable MP3 from the Canadian Ford website and was available to download until early 2004. Her song " Faith in You (With All Your Heart)" was used to promote the launch of the

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automobile in North America; commercials featuring it played in movie theatres and on television. From 2002 to 2008, she was the brand announcer voice for the Canadian cable news network

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, and her voice was heard introducing CBC News anchor

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on the network's flagship nightly news and current affairs program, '' The National''. She also was featured on ''Degrassi: The Next Generation Theme'', the theme song for the first three seasons of the television series '' Degrassi: The Next Generation''. In late 2011 Dalbello recorded three 30-second songs, "Every Moment", "Lift You Up", and "Something Good", for

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chain of steakhouse restaurants in Canada and the United States. In late 2012, the Juno Awards' online series, Juno TV, interviewed Dalbello, who shared her thoughts on her early career. The interview aired in June 2013, and was also one of her first recorded appearances in over 15 years.

Personal life

Dalbello currently resides in Toronto, Ontario.

Awards and nominations

* 1978 Juno Award Nomination & Win for Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year * 1979 Juno Award Nomination for Female Vocalist of the Year * 1980 Juno Award Nomination for Female Vocalist of the Year * 1982 Juno Award Nomination for Female Vocalist of the Year * 1984 Juno Award Nomination for Female Vocalist of the Year * 1984 Juno Award Nomination for Producer of the Year * 1985 Juno Award Nomination for Female Vocalist of the Year

Discography

* '' Lisa Dal Bello'' – EP (1974, CBC Radio Canada) * '' Lisa Dal Bello'' (1977, MCA) * '' Pretty Girls'' (1979, Talisman) * '' Drastic Measures'' (1981, Capitol) * '' whomanfoursays'' (1984, Capitol) * '' she'' (1987, Capitol-EMI) * ''

'' (1995, EMI-Spin) * '' Live at Rockpalast'' (2015, Repertoire)

Collaborations with other artists

* 1980 : '' Eastern Wind'' by

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- Backing vocals on three songs. * 1983 : ''

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'' by

— Backing vocals. * 1985 : '' Feuer und Flamme'' by

— Dalbello rewrote the English translation of lyrics for the album except, for three bonus songs. * 1986 : ''The Thin Red Line'' by Glass Tiger — Additional background vocals. * 1993 : ''

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'' by

— Additional background vocals. * 1996 : '' Victor'' by

— Lead vocals on one song; credited as "Dalbello". * 1998 : '' Toto XX'' by Toto — Backing vocals on one song. * 1999 : '' Kimosabe'' by

— Backing vocals.

Filmography

* ''

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