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Louis Andrew Grammatico (born May 2, 1950), known professionally as Lou Gramm, is an American singer and songwriter. He is best known as co-founder and lead vocalist of the rock band Foreigner from 1976 to 1990 and again from 1992 to 2003, during which time the band had numerous successful albums and singles.
Before he was rock star Lou Gramm, 15-year-old Louis Grammatico was one of 4,000 kids who descended on the Rochester Community War Memorial for a Rolling Stones show Nov. 1, 1965. Police shut it ...
Gates native Lou Gramm is having a big year.. Now 73, the former lead singer of the rock band Foreigner is returning to Rochester March 9 for a concert that he calls a "career retrospective."
Foreigner is a British-American rock band formed in New York City in 1976 by guitarist Mick Jones, vocalist Lou Gramm, drummer Dennis Elliott, keyboardist Al Greenwood, bassist Ed Gagliardi, and multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald, the last of whom was also a founding member of King Crimson.
Lou Gramm, Mick Jones and the rest of the living founders of Foreigner are rock survivors.. One of the best-selling classic rock bands of all time, Foreigner is poised to enter the Rock & Roll ...
Music critic Maury Dean stated that "Lou Gramm's craggy tenor spins around the note, rocking dynamite rhythms in note-bending ecstasy." [12] Hilburn described '"Hot Blooded" as touching on "the snarl of Bad Company, the wryness of Rod Stewart and the sensualness of the Rolling Stones" but complained the song lacked authenticity. [4]
With Gramm at the helm, Foreigner produced iconic hits such as "Cold as Ice," "Urgent," "Juke Box Hero," "Waiting for a Girl Like You," and "I Want to Know What Love Is," the latter reaching No. 1 ...
The single was released in November 1977. It reached number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978. [4] [2] It was also a hit in Canada, reaching #22.[5]Billboard described "Long, Long Way from Home" as a "sparkling rocker" with "urgent and soulful" vocals and a "hard driving hypnotic rhythm" propelled by the guitars and bass. [6]