(1950-03-28)March 28, 1950 Los Angeles, California, United States
Died
June 5, 2010(2010-06-05) (aged 60) Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation(s)
Guitarist, record producer, vocalist
Musical artist
Anthony F. Peluso (March 28, 1950 – June 5, 2010) was an American guitarist and record producer. He was lead guitarist for pop duo Carpenters from 1972 to 1983.
Peluso played the fuzz guitar solo on the Carpenters' song "Goodbye to Love". He also contributed a disc jockey impersonation that opens the duo's cover of "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" and was the deejay who links the medley of oldies tracks on Side 2 of the Carpenters album Now & Then.
and the Metropolitan Opera (debut 1936, Gilda, Rigoletto). Tony's father was Thomas A. Peluso, composer and conductor (1899-1963). He began his own musical...
in 1972. On the Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters documentary, TonyPeluso stated that this was one of the first power ballads, if not the first...
right winger with 38 NHL games Nathy Peluso (born 1995), Argentine singer, songwriter, dancer and pedagogist TonyPeluso (1950–2010), American guitarist and...
overdubs. The task of playing the updated sound was given to musicians TonyPeluso, Michael Lovesmith, and Steve Barri. Together with drummer Mike Baird...
Lisa Peluso (born July 29, 1964) is an American soap opera actress. Peluso was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Mary Peluso. Her first...
voice responds. The DJ is voiced by longstanding Carpenters' guitarist TonyPeluso, who can be seen in that role at the start of the video for the track...
player in, and instead asked TonyPeluso, whose band Instant Joy had supported the Carpenters on an earlier tour. Peluso was a typical rock guitarist...
is the guy who played the solo on the Carpenters' "Goodbye to Love" [TonyPeluso]. That solo really stuck with me. And it's interesting, because ... it...
prototype of the power ballad, driven by the hard rock guitar sound of TonyPeluso. British heavy metal band Judas Priest wrote many power ballads, starting...
Love" (Matt Sherrod, Paul Sherrod, Sir Spence) – 4:13 "Love Me" (Fil Brown, Tony Robinson) – 5:03 "Tracie's Hideout" (Matt Sherrod, Paul Sherrod, Sir Spence)...
Joey Lawrence was released in February 1993. Produced by Steve Barri, TonyPeluso, Terry Lupton, and Ian Prince. Lawrence co-wrote some material, including...
single, "My Blue Angel", mixed and produced by the American producers TonyPeluso and Steve Barri. Although not making any headway as intended in America...
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