Gary Pinto

Gary Pinto is an Australian singer, songwriter and musician.

Gary Pinto
BornMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
GenresPop, R&B
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, musician
Years active1990–present
Associated actsCDB
Websitegarypinto.com

Career

Gary Pinto is an Australian musician of Indian descent.[1] His parents were from Chennai and members of a minority Christian Indian Catholics. The family emigrated to Australia in 1973 where Gary was born.[2]

Gary Pinto was a lead singer of the Australian R&B and dance group CDB alongside his brother Brad Pinto,[2] as well as Andrew De Silva and Danny Williams. Jude Nicholas joined the group when De Silva left. The band formed in 1991 had two albums, Glide with Me and CDB and a number of singles, most notably "Hook Me Up", "Hey Girl (This Is Our Time)", both Top 20 hits for them and "Let's Groove", a cover of an Earth, Wind & Fire song.[3] The CDB release of the song reached No. 2 on the Australian Singles Chart.

The band split up in 1999 Gary Pinto has moved on to perform as a solo artist. He has since worked co-writing and/or performing with artists including Guy Sebastian, Anthony Callea, Mr Timothy, Christine Anu, Jimmy Barnes, Jade MacRae, Taylor Dayne[1] and the German pop band Monrose.

In August 2010, he released his solo album Take Back Our World with contributions from Diesel, Dave Darling, Brad Pinto and Meredith Brooks.. The album also contains the bonus track "Saint Mary Mackillop", a song he co-wrote as the 2010 official song for the canonisation of Mary Mackillop.[4]

As-U-R Music Ministry

Gary Pinto co founded As-U-R Music Ministry with his brother Brad Pinto and manager Tracey Duff a music ministry for youth. It runs workshops in Catholic Primary Schools and concert/testimonial workshops in Catholic Secondary Schools. It also works with Catholic Youth Services (CYS), youth groups, the Catholic Education Office and various parishes to bring Catholic religious music and families back to church.

Pinto co-wrote "Receive the Power" with Guy Sebastian, a song for the World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney. It was performed live during the event by Guy Sebastian and Paulini Curuenavuli. The song was released in two versions, one in English (by Guy Sebastian and Paulini) and an international version verses in Italian (performed by Robert Galea), Spanish (by German Silva) and French (by Amelia Farrugia) and chorus in English. Gary Pinto performed "Receive the Power" and "Behold The Cross" during the same event.[5]

For World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid, Pinto released a joint EP, Firm in the Faith, with John Burland.[6]

Discography

Albums
Title Details
Take Back Our World
  • Released: 2010

References
  1. "CapuchinFriars site: A Multicultural Celebration of Faith – The Gary Pinto Band". Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  2. Larry Schwartz (22 January 2010). "Jai Ho! This is Australia Day". The Age. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  3. "Cover versions of Let's Groove by Earth, Wind & Fire | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com.
  4. "A Saint in Song". ABC The Rhythm Divine. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "John Burland official website". Archived from the original on 8 February 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
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