List of Italian-American entertainers

This is a list of Italian American entertainers.

Composers and conductors

Fashion models

Theater directors

Movie directors and producers

Television personalities

Musicians

See also List of Sicilian-American jazz musicians.

Songwriters

  • Francesca Battistelli (born 1985), gospel music songwriter and performer
  • Michael Bradley, songwriter, singer, artist, former lead singer for the rock band Paul Revere & the Raiders; 3/4 Italian
  • Peter Cincotti (born 1983), singer-pianists and songwriter
  • Rivers Cuomo (born 1970), member of Weezer
  • Bob DiPiero, songwriter, Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame and 1998 Nashville Music Award Songwriter of the Year (has written numerous hits, including "American Made" and "The Girl's Gone Wild")
  • Rick DePiro jazz organist, jazz pianist, country singer-songwriter, record producer
  • Bob Gaudio, songwriter principally for Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
  • Christina Grimmie, singer and songwriter, known for her participation in the NBC singing competition The Voice
  • James V. Monaco, early American songwriter "You Made Me Love You"
  • Laura Nyro, songwriter, Italian father, Northern Irish mother
  • Patti Scialfa, father of Sicilian ancestry
  • Harry Warren (1893–1981), born Salvatore Guaragna, wrote more hit songs than anyone else in early 20th-century America

Singers

Stand-up comedians

Adult movie stars

Adult models

Professional wrestlers

Entertainers who cannot be categorized

References

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  5. ↑ Archived 2013-05-20 at the Wayback Machine."ITALIAN AMERICANS IN POPULAR MUSIC...Born Alfred Cucozza in Philadelphia in 1921, Mario Lanza, took his mother's name as his stage name and became the first vocalist to sell 2.5 million albums and the first singer to receive a gold disc for his recording of "Be My Love.""
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  7. ↑ Perry - "The 54-year-old rock guitarist grew up in Hopedale in an Italian-Portuguese family and said a passion for food is "in my blood.'’"
  8. ↑ Van Zandt - "I am Italian. Springsteen's mostly Italian, too. We're both Italians with Dutch names, one of the many things we have in common. My mother remarried when I was young, and my stepfather adopted me."
  9. ↑ "Nationality: Mexican/Italian"
  10. ↑ "TVG: So you're ready to become a Mafia princess? Mikalah: I am. I'm a good Italian girl!"
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