Zappacosta (born Alfie Zappacosta in 1953 at Sora, Italy) is a Canadian
singer/songwriter.
Career Zappacosta's first band was Surrender, a five-piece that recorded
three albums in the late 1970's into the early 1980's. In 1984 he recorded
his first self-titled solo album which contained the hit singles "Passion"
and "We Should Be Lovers". As a result, he subsequently won the Juno Award
for "Most Promising Male Vocalist".The next year he lent his vocals to the
Canadian charity production "Tears Are Not Enough", singing the lines
"Maybe we could understand the reasons why" in the fifth stanza.
His second album A-Z was released in 1986 and featured the hit singles
"When I Fall (In Love Again)" and "Nothing Can Stand In Your Way".
Following this, a Zappacosta song "Overload" was added to the Dirty
Dancing soundtrack, one of the biggest selling soundtracks of the 80s.
A third album Quick!
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