Robert Cutarella
ROBERT CUTARELLA WIKIPEDIA Robert Cutarella is a veteran A&R executive, Music Publisher, Record Producer, Songwriter, Recording Artist and Educator. His career has spanned over 40 years working in different capacities at major companies ranging from Sony, MCA, EMI, Famous/ Paramount Music, Chappell/ Polygram (1) to owning and selling his Publishing Company, Zaymin/ Hit List Music to Polygram in the mid 90’s. He has worked with an A list of artists/ writers ranging from; Sting (2,12), Sir Elton John, Joss Stone (3,12), Les Paul (4,22,23,24) Johnny Rzeznik (5), Sir Paul McCartney, Smokey Robinson, The Bee Gees, Pink Floyd, Lynyrd Skynyrd (11),Alanis Morissette, Eric Clapton (6), Celine Dion (7,12), Desmond Child, Glen Ballard, Slash, Cyndi Lauper (12), Madonna (12), Lisa Fischer, Thom Bell and Linda Creed, Syreeta, Marcus Miller, Christopher Neil (8), Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn, and many others. Recently, he won two Grammy Awards as a producer and co wrote a number 1 single for Ben Platt that appeared on the tv show Songland. ROBERT CUTARELLA Genres Occupation(s)
Years Active Companies Associated Acts CAREER Included Rock, Pop, R&B, Dance, Jazz Recording artist, Music Publisher, Manager, A&R, Songwriter, Producer, Educator 1974-present Buddah, Chappell/ Polygram, Sony Paramount, MCA, Universal Les Paul, Celine Dion, Cyndi Lauper, Chaka Khan, Air Supply, Sting, Joss Stone Jeff Beck, Whitney Houston, Madonna, Sir Elton John, Sting, Billy Gibbons, Steve Miller, Joan Osborne, Buddy Guy, Michael Jackson, Patti LaBelle 1. Early Career
2. A&R Career
3. Music Publishing
4. Personal Life
5. Discography/ Publishing/ Production
6. Filmography
7. Educator
8. References
9. External Links
EARLY CAREER Robert’s beginnings in Brooklyn, NY were a far cry from the career he has created for himself today. He performed as a drummer/ vocalist since he was 9 years old. The different iterations of his bands played every type of music ranging from Jazz Standards to Rock n Roll. It wasn’t until 1974 that he decided to make music a full time career. As a drummer he had performed with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Joe Williams, Dion and the Belmonts, the Chiffons, Bruce Springsteen and many other artists. He transitioned to a writer/producer in 1975 and had a modest success with a song entitled, Foxy Trot, on Buddah Records (9). This was the genesis of his career in the Music Business. A&R CAREER Robert had been working at Chappell/ Polygram (10,11) music as the Director of Talent Acquisition for
the company for 6 years when he was chosen in 1983 to be the VP ofA&R for the legendary John Hammond (Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen) for his new Sony/Columbia label. The first few acts that Robert became involved with were Stevie Ray Vaughan(12) and his brother Jimmy Vaughan and the Fabulous T Birds. He then signed a deal with Johnny Z in 1983 who had a fledgling label named Megaforce Records. This label included, Metallica(12), Raven(13) and Anthrax at the top of their artist roster. Patrick Simmons, Vanessa Williams(12), John Palumbo (12), Donnie Iris, Radioactive, Matt Bianco and Gino Vanelli helped to fill out the rest ofthe roster, which was barely 2 years old. When the label was retired, Robert began a boutique publishing/ management company which managed the careers of Lynryd Skynryd (12), Paul Rodgers and more and had 5 hits in the publishing division including, Celine Dion’s Where Does My Heart Beat Now (7,8). Most of Robert’s career after 1986 has been spent in Music Publishing/ Management and Production.
MUSIC PUBLISHING Before Robert had his first job in Music Publishing, he was writing/ producing and releasing his first record as a part of a pop duo. His initial Music Publishing job came about because his reputation for matching artists and songs had spread through the community. Chappell Music became his initiation into the world of Music Publishing. After having two big hits with Air Supply – Every Woman in the World and Barry Manilow- I Made it through the Rain, Robert became a staple on Clive Davis’s call list whenever he needed great songs for his artists. This led to hits with Whitney Houston- I Believe in You and Me, Melissa Manchester- No One Can Love, and a host of other Arista artists. During his tenure at Chappell, Robert grew to become the Director of Artist Development and was involved in the company signings of artists/ writers including; Pink Floyd, The Police, Culture Club, ABC, Sir Elton John as well as others. Working the existing songs in the catalog, Robert had over a thousand songs recorded by the time he went to work for John Hammond and had hits with Diana Ross, Dolly Parton, Frank Sinatra, Bette Midler, Aretha Franklin, Sheena Easton, Chaka Khan, The Manhattans and
more. In 1986, Robert opened Zaymin/ Hit List Music, which was a small publishing venture that had 4 writers signed. The catalog would go on to possess around 300 songs of which a good 200 were earning income. Eventually, the company had Celine Dion’s first hit, “Where Does My Heart Beat Now”(7,8) as well as two others in her native French language along with Alice Cooper’s (12) platinum cd, “Poison”, Jennifer Rush’s top five cd in Germany with “Higher Ground” as the leadoff single, Grover Washington Jr’s gold cd “Time out of Mind”, .38 Specials platinum cd with “Second Chance”, The Temptations gold cd with a Grammy Nomination and more. During the same time period, Robert was co managing six artists on Atlantic Records, including Lynyrd Skynrd (12), Johnny Van Zant (12), Paul Rodgers (12) and more. He then took a position at MCA Music in New York as the Director of Talent Acquisition. During his time there, he worked closely with Alanis Morissette, Glen Ballard, Mark Stevens, Angie Stone, Ali Dee and their international writers as well.
Robert was responsible for multi platinum records with Madonna (12), Celine Dion (7,12), Michael Bolton, Eternal, Cyndi Lauper(12) and a host of others. Currently, Robert has been represented in the top twenty on the Billboard charts 3 times over the last few years as a writer and producer (13, 14, 15) . PERSONAL LIFE Robert was married from 1972-1975. He has been single since then and living in Los Angeles DISCOGRAPHY Notable Publishing andA&R Successes • Air Supply • Air Supply’s Greatest Hits • Barry Manilow- Barry • Barry Manilow’s Greatest Hits • Barry Manilow on Broadway • The Essential Barry Manilow • Chaka Khan What’cha Gonna Do For Me • Chaka Khan I Feel for You • Helen Schneider with a Kick • Diana Ross
• Whitney Houston • Whitney Houston The Greatest Hits • The Preachers Wife • Melissa Manchester Emergency • SagaWorld’sApart • Pat Benatar Get Nervous • Sir Elton John A Single Man • Michael Jackson Thriller • Beck Odelay • Alice Cooper Poison • Celine Dion Unison (6,7) • Celine Dion • Celine Dion Falling into You • CelineDionAL’Olympia • Michael Bolton Timeless • Cyndi Lauper 12 Deadly Cyns (12) • Eternal • Madonna Erotica (12) • Madonna This Used to be My Playground (12) • Linda Rondstadt Lush Life • Linda Rondstadt For Sentimental Reasons • Barbra Striesand The Broadway Album • Frank Sinatra She Shot me Down • Pink Floyd The Wall • Robin S Show Me Love
• The Police Synchronicity • The Police Ghost in the Machine • Dolly Parton Burlap and Satin • The Temptations Together Again • Johnny Van Zant Brickyard Road (12) • .38 Special Rock N Roll Strategy • Jennifer Rush The Wings of Desire • Wynton Marsalis Hot House Flowers • Soundtrack Forrest Gump (12) • Lynyrd Skynrd 1991(12) • Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas Flood (12) • Stevie Ray Vaughan Couldn’t Stand the Weather (12) • The Fabulous T Birds Tuff Enuff • Gino Vanelli Black Cars • John Palumbo Blowing up Detroit • Les Paul and Friends American Made/ World Played (2,3,4,5,12) • • Les Paul A Tribute to a Legend (2,4,12) • Ben Platt “Everything I did to get to You”, TV show Songland and number 1 on Apple I Tunes NOTABLE PRODUCTIONS • Les Paul and Friends American Made World Played (Multiple Grammy Awards)-Capitol (2, 3, 4, 5,12) • Les Paul A Tribute to a Legend-Koch (2, 4,12) • Yoshiko Kishino Fairytale- GRP/MCA (16) • Yoshiko Kishino Photograph (Won Awards and Chart Success in Japan)- GRP/MCA (16) • GRP Tribute to the Beatles I Got No Kick Against Modern Jazz- MCA (16) • Lost Voices Tribute to Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin & Jim Morrison Polygram (20) FILMOGRAPHY • Little People-TLC Appeared as a Record Producer. • The Real Housewives of Orange County-Bravo Appeared in 5 Episodes as a Record Producer during Season 1 and 2. • Chasing Sound-Documentary/ American Masters Appeared as a Record Producer. • Picture This-MGM DVD Featuring Ashley Tisdale Appeared as a Record Producer/ Music Supervisor. • Les Paul and Friends Live from the Universal Amphitheater AXS TV DVD Appeared as a Record Producer.
• Appeared on the MTV of Lisbon, Portugal as a Record Producer. EDUCATOR • Guest Speaker for UCLA’s Music Business Program • Chairman of the Musician’s Institute in Los Angeles • Creator of Curriculum for Musician’s Institute, Los Angeles • Guest Lecturer for Mercy College, New York • Developer of Continuing Ed Program of Music for Mercy College • Guest Lecturer for NYU,Clive Davis School of Music • Guest Lecturer at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (21) • Guest Lecturer at the Songwriters Hall of Fame • Guest Lecturer at FIDM Los Angeles • Guest Lecturer at FIT New York (18) • Curriculum developer for FIT Evening program (19) • Guest Lecturer at Manhattan School of Music • Guest Lecturer at ASCAP • Guest Panelists for Songwriters Hall of Fame • Songwriting Instructor for 15 years for the Songwriters Hall of Fame • Curicullum developer for Institute of Audio
Research • Guest Panelist for The Orange County Songwriters Association
References
REFERENCES 1. Billboard Magazine March 10,1979, Executive Turntable Robert Cutarella named Professional Manager, Chappell Music 2. Mix Magazine 7/7/05 More of Les Les Paul Tribute Album 3. Les Paul Wiki Singles Love Sneaking Up on You Les Paul, Joss Stone, Sting 2005 4. Les Paul Wiki Albums Les Paul and Friends, American Made, World Played 5. Les Paul Wiki Album Les Paul and Friends, American Made, World Played 6. ICE Magazine June 2005 pg 4 Cutarella says “ We Recut the Tracks around Sam Cooke’s original vocals.....” 7. Where Does My Heart Beat Now Wiki Celine Dion, Billboard March 1990. Number 4 on the charts 8. Where Does My Heart Beat Now Wiki Christopher Neil Producer 9. Record World March 10,79 Cutarella to Chappell- Foxy Trot and Joe Thomas 10. Variety March 28, 79 Publishing Notes Cutarella to Chappell 11. Cashbox March 10,79 Executives on the Move Robert Cutarella to Chappell 12. Music Connection July 2015 pg 46-47 Producers Sound off On Studios and Recording by Bernard Baur. Bob Cutarella 13. IMDB IMDB Cutarella Hot Moves 1984 14. Billboard’s Dance Club Charts March 4, 2017 Say Something Keith Cullen 15. Billboard’s Dance Club Charts DeGrazio ( Producer, Writer) 16. Billboard’s Dance Club Charts (Producer, Writer) 17. Discogs Robert Cutarella Yoshiko Kishino 1995, 1996 (Producer, Writer) 18. Women’s Wear Daily Sept 2, 2004 Studying the Stars Robert Cutarella 19. FIT Meet the Makers, 2003, 2004, 2005 Music Business Robert Cutarella 20. Billboard 1998 Lost Voices New Releases 21. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum &CWRU Present The 13th Annual American Music Masters The Wizard of Waukesha LES PAUL Nov 10-15 2008 pg 30 Bob Cutarella Panelist Feb 13, 2016 Sacrifice Aug 29 2015 Shockwaves 22. All Music 2005 Les Paul American Made, World Played 2008 Les Paul A Tribute to a Legend Robert Cutarella 23. Rolling Stone Magazine June 16, 2005 Les Paul Going Strong 24. Jazz Times June 2005 Les Paul interview Bob Cutarella
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