Bill Cuomo is an American producer, arranger, keyboardist and synthesizer player.He also works as Co-writer for Steve Perry and is with Beeb Birtles the founder of label Sonic Sorbet Records and his co-owner.
Following his graduation from University of California at Los Angeles in 1972, Bill began with demo recordings in Los Angeles, earning a reputation as a very capable piano player and idea guy. He soon began branching into major records; arranging, writing, and eventually producing and engineering. First notable break came with Mac Davis in 1974, touring and doing Mac’s show on NBC. Bill left Mac in late 1975 to join Bonaroo, a band signed to Warner Brothers and managed by the Doobie Brothers’ manager Bruce Cohn. Bill had his first radio hit with his song, “Sally Ann”. The “big breakthrough”came with long time friend and session co-worker, Kim Carnes. Following his original classical intro on “More Love”, he created the memorable arrangement and synth intro riff on “Bette Davis Eyes” which went on to be #1 for 9 weeks, #1 in 26 countries, and selling fourteen million singles, winning the Grammy for Record of The Year in 1981. That same year he arranged and played on Smokey Robinson’s #1 record, “Being With You”. He was then asked by Beatles’ producer George Martin to fly to Montserrat and record synthesizer overdubs on Little River Band’s “Time Exposure” LP. He began studio work beginning with Lynyrd Skynyrd and Johnny and Donnie Van Zant after moving to Nashville, Tennessee in 1989. He went on to record with such acts as Mark Knopfler (“Golden Heart”) Alabama (4 albums, including piano on “Forever is as Far as I’ll Go”), Faith Hill (first 2 CD’s), Trace Adkins, Kathy Mattea (“Walking Away a Winner” CD-all keyboards), John Berry, Restless Heart, John Michael Montgomery, and Steve Wariner’s “Burnin’ The Roadhouse Down” CD. Bill has also written, recorded and produced a number of gospel/pop-Christian hits. He co-wrote #1 hits for Kathy Troccoli, (“Sounds Of Heaven” & “Love One Another”) Larnelle Harris, and Pam Thum. Both Larnelle’s CD’s were Grammy nominees (“Beyond All The Limits” ’94, and “Unbelievable Love” ’95). He received a Dove award for the latter, awarded “Inspirational Album of the Year”. He was awarded American Songwriter Magazine “Christian Producer of the Year” in 1995. He has also worked closely with Yochanan Marcellino at Galilee Of The Nations Music/Provident, arranging and recording many Christian hits for artists such as Joel Chernoff. Zamir Levov and Ted Pearce. He currently works in a Spring Hill Tennessee facility, spending his time producing, writing, playing live and engineering.
1974 Bonaroo – Bonaroo 1974 Bonaroo – Sally Ann 1975 Baron Stewart – Bartering 1976 Kim Carnes – Sailin’ 1976 Rick Springfield – Wait For Night 1977 Arthur Wayne – Another Island 1977 John Stewart – Fire In The Wind 1977 The New Marketts – Step On It 1977 Walter Egan – Fundamental Roll 1977 Wayne Parker – Oklahoma Twilight 1978 Disco J.J.S. – Love Is V.S.O.P. American 1978 Sherbet – Sherbet 1978 The R.J. Keen Band – The R.J. Keen Band 1979 C.O.D. – Tears 1979 Danny O’Keefe – The Global Blues 1979 Halloween – Come See What It’s All About 1979 Highway – Highway 1 1979 Murl – Sail It Over The Ocean / Calling From A Star 1979 Pete Carlson – Off The Beaten Path 1979 Richard Clapton – Hearts On The Nightline 1979 Richard Stepp – Holiday In Hollywood 1979 Various – The Warriors (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 1980 In Transit – In Transit 1980 Randy Meisner – One More Song 1980 Kenny Rogers – Gideon 1981 Amanda Miguel – El Sonido Vol. 1 1981 Diego Verdaguer – Estoy Vivo 1981 Little River Band – Time Exposure 1981 Madeleine Marks – Madeline Marks 1981 Natalie Cole – Happy Love 1982 Herb Alpert – Fandango 1982 Lani Hall – Albany Park 1982 Kim Carnes – Voyeur 1983 Amanda Miguel – El Sonido Vol. 2 1983 High Inergy – Groove Patrol 1983 Matthew Wilder – I Don’t Speak The Language 1983 The Manhattans – Forever By Your Side 1984 Barbara Mitchell – Get Me Through The Night 1984 Dolly Parton – The Great Pretender 1984 Herbert Léonard – Commencez Sans Moi 1984 Janice Marie Johnson – One Taste Of Honey 1984 Marisela – Sin El… 1985 Johnny Hallyday – Rock’N’Roll Attitude 1985 María Conchita Alonso – O Ella O Yo 1985 Ry Cooder – Music From The Motion Picture “Alamo Bay” 1985 Various – Music From The Motion Picture “That Was Then… This Is Now” 1985 Whitesnake – Slide It In 1986 Survivor – When Seconds Count 1987 Farrenheit – Farrenheit 1987 Pointer Sisters – Hot Together (EP) 1987 Whitesnake – Whitesnake 1989 Jet Red – Jet Red 1989 F Machine – Here Comes The 21st Century 1989 Marc Lavoine – Les Amours Du Dimanche 1990 Alabama – Pass It On Down 1990 Cee Cee Chapman – Cee Cee Chapman 1990 Dan Seals – On Arrival 1990 Tom Kimmel – Circle Back Home 1991 Ashley Cleveland – Big Town 1991 Earl Thomas Conley – Yours Truly 1991 Jimi Jamison – When Love Comes Down 1991 Les Taylor – Blue Kentucky Wind 1991 Marty Stuart – Tempted 1991 Paulette Carlson – Love Goes On 1991 Jerry And Tammy Sullivan – A Joyful Noise 1992 Alabama – American Pride 1992 Rick Cua – The Way Love Is 1992 Various – Legacy II: A Collection Of Singer Songwriters 1993 Alabama – Cheap Seats 1993 Angelo & Veronica – Angelo & Veronica 1993 Deborah Allen – Delta Dreamland 1993 Faith Hill – Take Me As I Am 1993 John Berry – John Berry 1993 Pam Thum – Pam Thum 1993 Steve Wariner – Drive 1993 The Barra MacNeils – Closer To Paradise 1993 The Remingtons – Aim For The Heart 1993 Michael Passons – Desert Road 1994 Disappear Fear – Disappear Fear 1994 John Michael Montgomery – Kickin’ It Up 1994 Kim Boyce – By Faith 1994 Michelle Wright – The Reasons Why 1994 Orrall & Wright – Orrall & Wright 1994 Pam Thum – Faithful 1994 Peter Hofmann – Country Roads 1994 Various – Giant Country Christmas Volume 1 1994 Various – Red Hot + Country 1995 Ashley Cleveland – Lesson Of Love 1995 Don McLean – The River Of Love 1995 Faith Hill – It Matters To Me 1995 Jesse Colin Young – Crazy Boy 1995 John Michael Montgomery – John Michael Montgomery 1995 Johnny Hallyday – Paroles D’Hommes 1995 Lari White – Don’t Fence Me In 1995 Various – Mother & Child (A Christmas Celebration Of Motherhood) 1996 Bad Company – Stories Told & Untold 1996 Mark Knopfler – Golden Heart 1996 Michelle Wright – For Me It’s You 1996 Paul Brandt – Calm Before The Storm 1996 Suzy Bogguss – Give Me Some Wheels 1996 Trace Adkins – Dreamin’ Out Loud 1996 Tracy Dawn – (You Deserve) To Be Loved (Single) 1997 Greg Lake – The Greg Lake Retrospective – From The Beginning 1997 Lynyrd Skynyrd – Twenty 1997 Merrell Fankhauser – Maui 1998 Jimmy Lawrence – The World Is Round 1998 Olivia Newton-John – Back With A Heart 1998 Restless Heart – Greatest Hits 1998 Steve Perry – Greatest Hits + Five Unreleased 1998 Steve Wariner – Burnin’ The Roadhouse Down 1998 Van Zant – Brother To Brother 1999 Lynyrd Skynyrd – Edge Of Forever 1999 Beeb Birtles – Driven By Dreams 1999 Shana Petrone – Something Real 2000 Lynyrd Skynyrd – Christmas Time Again 2000 Merrell Fankhauser – The Man From Mu 2000 Various – Die Besten Aus Dem Wilden Westen – The “Two-Thousend & One” – Edition 2001 Van Zant – Van Zant II 2001 Various – Down In Dixie: The Best Of Southern Rock 2004 Danny O’Keefe – Classics 2004 SONiA – No Bomb Is Smart 2004 Walter Egan – Fundamental Roll & Not Shy 2012 Various – And We All Shine On – A Tribute To John Lennon From Music City 2013 Merrell Fankhauser – Area 51 Suite 2013 Randy Crawford – Nightline + Abstract Emotions 2013 Suzy Bogguss – Give Me Some Wheels + Nobody Love, Nobody Gets Hurt 2014 Phyllis St. James – Ain’t No Turnin’ Back 2014 Michael Austin – Dancing In The Sky 2020 SONiA – Love Out Loud
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