Hello All, Thank you for subscribing to my mailing list.. Much Appreciated!! Enjoy my music.. My Bio: About Vincent Ippolito Vince Ippolito grew up in Chicago has been in the recording industry for over 50 years. He started playing drums at the age of eleven. In 1967 he formed and led the band "Purple Cucumber" which became "PC Limited", then "Happy Day". By the age of seventeen he was playing on Rush street in Chicago and in clubs and concerts throughout the midwest. At the age of eighteen he signed his first recording contract with Mercury/Smash Records. As his career progressed his band signed with UNI/MCA Records and Elektra Records through out the years. He and his band performed with groups such as ABC News anchor Joel Daly & The Sundowners, Chicago, Ray Stevens, Roy Clark, Bob Seeger, Janis Joplin, Bobby Sherman, Chuck Berry, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Charlie Rich, The Kingston Trio, Styx, Bobby Sherman, The Bellamy Brothers and Ronnie Milsap to name a few. In 1970 he ventured out into producing commercials for Radio and T.V. with Bruce Bendinger and Roger Pauly. Since then he co- produced and played drums on T.V. and Radio commercials for The Chicago Transit Authority, Blue Cheer,7up,Uncle Bens Rice, Oldsmobile, Nova Celluar, Popeyes Chicken, (with Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, & Dr. John, and the Neville Bros.), Archway Cookies, Kraft Co., Ferrara Pan Candy (Chgo, Black Hawks),Tom Dreesen & Tim Reid, Leonas Restaurants, Consumer Electronics Show, Chicago Bulls, Betty Crocker, Bisquick, WHAS Radio & T.V., Eddy Schwartz Theme song for WGN radio, out takes for Wally Philips radio show WGN, Dick Biondi (Hall of Fame), NFL Films Chicago Bears "Monsters of The Midway" (on YouTube). He is a member of American Federation of Musicians and served In The United States Air Force. Vince has had the pleasure of recording with Donny Hathaway, Richie Cole, Dr. John, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, and Phil Upchurch. Also having the opportunity to produce music at Chess Studio's, Universal Studio's, (with Freddy Breitberg & Murray Allen,) Elektra Studio's in L.A, Gary Loizzo Pumpkin Studios, Cadillac Studio's in L.A., Ultrasonic Studios and Allen Toussaint in New Orleans. He co-produced a jazz album for Kirsten Gustafson on Atlantic Records which featured original songs and liner notes by Sammy Cahn. Vince has produced, all of his wife's Michele Ippolito's albums. "Mystic Moods", "In The Clouds" "Drifting In Dreams" He and Michele compose and produce their own music. They have built a State of the Art Digital recording studio in Illinois in the country with a 40'x50' tracking room. They enjoy living in the country!! Currently Vince released two singles “I.V.” and “Everybody’s Goin’ Home” Recorded At: Various Studios: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS: Chicago SOUND STUDIOS: Chicago CADILAC ALLAN TOUSANT: New Orleans PUMPKIN STUDIOS W/ Gary Loizzo: Oak Lawn AUDIO FINISHERS: Chicago COLUMBIA STUDIOS: Chicago ELDERADO Burbank, CA CHESS STUDIOS: Chicago Streerterville Chicago Elektra Studios: California Recorded with Donny Hathaway: Perfomed with: Bands: Big Brother and The Holding Company/ with Janis Joplin and Bob Segar Paul Revere Bobby Sherman Chicago Three Dog Night Chuck Berry Leon Russell Styx Ronnie Milsap The Bellamy Brothers The Kingston Trio Commercials: Popeyes Chicken W/Dr. John: Popeyes Chicken W/Fats Domino: Popeyes Chicken W/Jerry Lee Lewis: Archway Cookies: Chicago Transit Authority W/ Don Cornelius Betty Crocker Peak Anti Freeze with Mike Ditka W.H.A.S. TV and Radio ID’s Blue Cheer Eddie Schwartz theme song. W.G.N. RadiosUncle Ben’s Rice Illinois Lottery W.H.A.S. TV and Radio ID’s Blue Cheer Detergent K.F.C. Chicago Bulls Robert Hall Pepsi Biscuit Glade Ferrara Pan Candy Glade CD-2 Flintstones Accent C.E.S. Show And Others! Sincerely, Vince Ippolito