Monica Jo Mancini (born May 4, 1952) is an American singer and the daughter of composer
Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini ( ; born Enrico Nicola Mancini; April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flutist. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, ...
.
Career
Monica Mancini grew up in
Northridge, California
Northridge is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles. The community is home to California State University, Northridge, and the Northridge Fashion Center.
Originally named List of minor biblica ...
.
Her father,
Henry was a popular, award winning composer and her mother, Virginia was a singer.
Monica listened to
the Beatles
The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The core lineup of the band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are widely regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatle ...
more than to her father's music. When she was fourteen, she sang professionally with the Henry Mancini Chorus, as did her mother and sister. She became a freelance studio singer in
Los Angeles
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. Her debut album, ''Monica Mancini'' (1998) was accompanied by a television special on
PBS. During her career she has worked with
Plácido Domingo
José Plácido Domingo Embil (born 21 January 1941) is a Spanish opera singer, conductor, and arts administrator. He has recorded over a hundred complete operas and is well known for his versatility, regularly performing in Italian, French, ...
,
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received List of awards and nominations re ...
, and
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Michael Jackson, one of the most culturally significan ...
.
Discography
* ''Monica Mancini'' (
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), commonly known as Warner Bros. (WB), is an American filmed entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California and the main namesake subsidiary of Warner Bro ...
, 1998)
* ''Dreams of Johnny'' Mercer (
Concord Jazz
Concord Jazz is a record company and label founded in 1973 by Carl Jefferson, the former owner of Jefferson Motors Lincoln Mercury dealership in Concord, California. The label was named after the city in the East San Francisco Bay area, and the ...
, 2000)
* ''Cinema Paradiso'' (Concord Jazz, 2002)
* ''Ultimate Mancini'' (2004)
* ''I've Loved These Days'' (Concord, 2009)
Personal life
Monica Mancini is married to musician and producer
Gregg Field.
A Collaboration Of Love And Music
References
External links
Official site
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1952 births
Living people
American women jazz singers
American jazz singers
21st-century American women