Peter Eric Zizzo (born February 22, 1966) is an American songwriter, music producer, musician and writer. Zizzo is also a stage and television actor, having appeared in the Showtime series Billions in 2021. Zizzo has written hits for artists such as Celine Dion,[1] Avril Lavigne, Jennifer Lopez, Marit Larsen, O.A.R, Jason Mraz, Donna Summer, Diana Ross, M2M, Cliff Richard, Clay Aiken, Howie Day, Kate Voegele, Jackie Evancho, Pixie Lott, Vanessa Carlton, and many others. He has been considered instrumental in developing the careers of artists Avril Lavigne, Vanessa Carlton[2] in the US, and Pixie Lott in the UK. Recordings of his songs have collectively sold in excess of 100 million copies worldwide.
Born in New York to musical parents, Zizzo was initially a teen rock guitar prodigy, featured in Guitar Player magazine. As a songwriter, he got his first cut, "March", by The Weather Girls, at age 18. He attended college at Tufts University, graduating with a Bachelor's in English. Shortly thereafter, he won BMI's "Best New Songwriter" award on the heels of his first hit, the dance track "Whispers" by Corina. Zizzo found more success working alongside top 1980s producer Ric Wake on records by Celine Dion and Jennifer Lopez. It was through Wake's company that he signed his first developing artist, Billy Porter, whose A&M debut Untitled was largely written and produced by Zizzo, and featured "Love Is On The Way", the central ballad from the hit film The First Wives Club. Porter went on to win a Tony award for his starring role in Broadway's Kinky Boots.
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In his role of Artist Development, Zizzo discovered, developed, produced, and helped launch prominent artists such as Avril Lavigne, Vanessa Carlton, Pixie Lott, and more recently, People's "One To Watch, 2017" Hailey Knox. Zizzo has also spoken and led seminars at South by Southwest and other music industry events. Zizzo's songs and productions have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. In 2010, Zizzo's production and writing on BeBe and CeCe Winans' "Still" won a Grammy for Best Gospel Album.
Zizzo has also written and produced songs for several shows on Nickelodeon, including Middle School Moguls, Winx Club, The Fresh Beat Band, and the title music for Blue's Clues & You! (a reboot of Blue's Clues). His work on The Fresh Beat Band in 2013 won him an Emmy Award for best musical composition. He was nominated again the following year for Outstanding Original Song for "Spring Has Sprung", from the show Peter Rabbit.
Zizzo is also an author of short fiction and has written several screenplays, one of which, Timmy Tilson, placed in the finals in The Creative World Awards international screenplay competition.
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the UK Recordings of his songs have collectively sold in excess of 100 million copies worldwide Peter ZizzoBirth namePeter Eric ZizzoBornFebruary 22 1966 1966 02 22 age 57 OriginNew York City U S GenresPoprockOccupation s Record producersongwriterwritermusicianInstrumentsGuitarkeyboardsYears active1988 presentLabelsUniversal Music PublishingBMG Music Publishing Zizzo has also produced songs for Nickelodeon and the Nick Jr Channel including the shows Middle School Moguls The Fresh Beat Band Blue s Clues amp You and the Nickelodeon revival of Winx Club For Winx Club he composed many of the episodic songs as well as the single We Are Believix 3 which was sung by Victorious star Elizabeth Gillies In 2013 Zizzo won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for his music on The Fresh Beat Band 4 Contents 1 Early life 2 Entrepreneurial ventures 3 Partial discography 4 Acting career 5 ReferencesEarly life editBorn in New York to musical parents Zizzo was initially a teen rock guitar prodigy featured in Guitar Player magazine As a songwriter he got his first cut March by The Weather Girls at age 18 He attended college at Tufts University graduating with a Bachelor s in English Shortly thereafter he won BMI s Best New Songwriter award on the heels of his first hit the dance track Whispers by Corina Zizzo found more success working alongside top 1980s producer Ric Wake on records by Celine Dion and Jennifer Lopez It was through Wake s company that he signed his first developing artist Billy Porter whose A amp M debut Untitled was largely written and produced by Zizzo and featured Love Is On The Way the central ballad from the hit film The First Wives Club Porter went on to win a Tony award for his starring role in Broadway s Kinky Boots Entrepreneurial ventures editIn his role of Artist Development Zizzo discovered developed produced and helped launch prominent artists such as Avril Lavigne Vanessa Carlton Pixie Lott and more recently People s One To Watch 2017 Hailey Knox Zizzo has also spoken and led seminars at South by Southwest and other music industry events Zizzo s songs and productions have sold over 100 million copies worldwide In 2010 Zizzo s production and writing on BeBe and CeCe Winans Still won a Grammy for Best Gospel Album Zizzo has also written and produced songs for several shows on Nickelodeon including Middle School Moguls Winx Club The Fresh Beat Band and the title music for Blue s Clues amp You a reboot of Blue s Clues His work on The Fresh Beat Band in 2013 won him an Emmy Award for best musical composition He was nominated again the following year for Outstanding Original Song for Spring Has Sprung from the show Peter Rabbit Zizzo is also an author of short fiction and has written several screenplays one of which Timmy Tilson placed in the finals in The Creative World Awards international screenplay competition Partial discography editYear Artist Album Singles Charts Certifactions Awards Credits2012 Elizabeth Gillies Winx Club Nickelodeon Revival We Are Believix Producer writer2011 The Fresh Beat Band A Friend Like You single A Friend Like You 1 on iTunes Kids Chart 5 Album Producer writer arranger2009 Pixie Lott Turn It Up Jack The Way The World Works UK Top 5 Album 2 platinum 600 000 Producer writer arranger2009 BeBe amp CeCe Winans Still Things feat Marvin Winans Never Thought US 14 Billboard Top 100 US 1 Gospel Album US 2 R n B Album Best Contemporary R amp B Gospel Album 2011 Producer writer arranger2009 Blake Lewis Heartbreak on Vinyl The Point US 7 Dance amp Electronic Album 2006 Stephanie McIntosh Tightrope Overcome 4 AUS Gold 35 000 units sold Producer co writer2005 Toby Lightman Little Things Devils amp Angels The River Don t Wanna Know Top 15 Hot AC Top 40 Pop Producer writer arranger2002 Avril Lavigne Let Go Nobody s Fool Why International Releases 18 Million Worldwide RIAA Diamond Award Producer writer arranger2000 M2M Shades of Purple Don t Say You Love Me US Top 20 Radio US Sales 1 Certified Platinum 2 Million Worldwide Producer writer arranger1999 Jennifer Lopez On The 6 Promise You ll Try 7 Million Worldwide Producer writer arranger1997 Celine Dion These Are Special Times Don t Save It All For Christmas Day 14 Million Worldwide Writer arranger1996 Celine Dion Let s Talk About Love Love Is on the Way Top 40 33 Million Worldwide RIAA Diamond Award 5 Writer arranger1994 Celine Dion The Color of My Love Misled single BMI Award Only One Road single Top 10 US Top 5 UK 16 Million Worldwide Writer arrangerActing career editIn 2009 Zizzo played a character named after himself in the Steven Soderbergh film The Girlfriend Experience starring adult film star Sasha Grey The film was written by Zizzo s lifelong friends Brian Koppelman and David Levien who also named a character after him in the poker classic Rounders 6 References edit Music written by Peter Zizzo Archived from the original on May 12 2008 Retrieved October 16 2008 UMPG Signs Peter Zizzo Information taken from show credits Show credits Music and lyrics 2012 The 40th Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Award Winners PDF National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences emmyonline org June 14 2013 Retrieved June 20 2013 RIAA Gold amp Platinum Searchable Database July 25 2013 Recording Industry Association of America Archived from the original on July 25 2013 Retrieved September 8 2017 The Girlfriend Experience IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peter Zizzo amp oldid 1157070262, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
