Richie Zito

Richie Zito
Birth nameRichard Zito
Born (1952-08-21) August 21, 1952 (age 72)
Brooklyn, New York
OriginLos Angeles, California
Genres
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • musician
Instruments
Years active1970s–present
Websiterichiezito.com

Richie Zito (born August 21, 1952) is an American songwriter, composer and record producer from Los Angeles. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Zito has experienced success as a prolific session musician, being featured on a wide array of other artists' recordings, including work with Joe Cocker, White Lion, Poison, Mr. Big, Neil Sedaka, Yvonne Elliman, Charlie Sexton, Eric Carmen, Art Garfunkel, Leo Sayer, Diana Ross, Marc Tanner, Elton John, Cher, The Motels, as well as The Cult, Eddie Money, Heart, Juliet Simms, Bad English and Prism.

In addition to this, Zito has produced 38 singles that have been featured in the charts. He was named Billboard's Producer of the Year in 1990.[citation needed] Zito also co-composed the score for the 1986 Japanese anime film Project A-ko with Joey Carbone. Zito's production style was retrospectively described as "panoramic and cosmic" by Doug Stone of AllMusic regarding his work with Cheap Trick on their 1988 album Lap of Luxury.[1]

  1. ^ Doug Stone. "Richie Zito | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved July 26, 2014.