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The best known rendition, however, is sung by Joe Pizzulo and Leeza Miller on the 1983 self-titled album of Brazilian bandleader Sérgio Mendes. Weil and Mann had originally submitted "Never Gonna Let You Go" to American funk band Earth, Wind & Fire, but they decided not to record the song. [1] [page needed]
Sergio Mendes [1] is an album by Brazilian keyboardist Sérgio Mendes, released in 1983 on A&M Records.It was his first top 40 album in nearly a decade and a half, his second self-titled album, and was accompanied by his biggest chart single ever, "Never Gonna Let You Go", a song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and with a lead vocal performed by Joe Pizzulo and Leeza Miller that reached ...
Joe Pizzulo (born June 15, 1951) is an American vocalist best known as one of the lead singers on 1980s hit singles credited to Sérgio Mendes, including "Never Gonna Let You Go" [1] (from Mendes' self-titled 1983 album) and "Alibis" (from the 1984 album Confetti).
Confetti is an album by Sérgio Mendes, released in 1983.. Most of the songs of the album were written by established US pop composers and lyricists such as Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Don Freeman, and Tom Snow.
Brasil '86 is an album by Sérgio Mendes.The album is best known for four songs by different vocalists: "Daylight" sung by Siedah Garrett, "Your Smile" by Gracinha Leporace, "No Place to Hide" by Lani Hall, and "What Do We Mean to Each Other", a duet by Lisa Bevill and Joe Pizzulo, which charted at No. 19 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in 1987 (No. 16 on the Radio & Records AC chart).
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Never Gonna Let You Go" may refer to: Never Gonna Let You Go (Vicki Sue Robinson album) "Never Gonna Let You Go" (Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil song) (also recorded by Sérgio Mendes) "Never Gonna Let You Go" (Faith Evans song) "Never Gonna Let You Go" (Tina Moore song) "Never Gonna Let You Go" (Esthero song)
In the 1980s Mendes worked again with singer Lani Hall on the song "No Place to Hide" from the Brasil '86 album, and produced her vocals on the title song for the James Bond film Never Say Never Again. By the time Mendes released his Grammy-winning Elektra album Brasileiro in 1992, he was the undisputed master of pop-inflected Brazilian jazz.