Billy & Bobby Alessi
make up a recording act known as The
Alessi Brothers, or Alessi (a.k.a. Barnaby
Bye). Alessi has sold over 8 million
records worldwide.
Alessi has recorded 7 albums on major
labels as well as 3 independent releases
and most recent on the Home Of Jazz label,
a live DVD "All Our Life" and their latest
CD with 12 new songs, "Pure Alessi". The
Alessi Brothers have enjoyed sales in the
US as well as all over the world. Alessi
toured with
Andy Gibb on
his Shadow Dancing Tour, which was the
highlight of Gibb's career.
Over the years Alessi has arranged,
produced, and/or written releases for many
artists including
Sir Paul McCartney,
Deborah Gibson, Frankie Valle, Richie
Havens, Olivia Newton John,
and
Christopher Cross.
Alessi's songwriting and performing has
been placed in such films as, "The Main
Event," starring
Barbra Streisand
and Ryan O'Neal, and "Ghost Busters",
starring Bill Murray and Sigourney Weaver
which earned them a
Grammy nomination.
Both Billy and Bobby Alessi currently
enjoy the excitement and status of writing
many of the hottest jingle campaigns in
the United States. They recently created
spots for Ford ("Caught You Lookin"), Twix
("Chewy Chewy...it's all in the mix"), and
the Slim Fast campaign featuring country
star, Joey Dee
Messina.
Billy maintained the Diet-Coke theme for
14 years running and has worked with such
greats as Sir
Elton John, Michael McDonald
and Whitney
Houston.
Other successes include "Kentucky-Fried
Chicken", "Dr. Pepper", Sears, "Have We
Got Something to Show You" and "7-Up", all
household hooks known by everyone!
Bobby has also achieved great recognition
in this industry by winning the National
ADDY award
campaign for Greyhound with
B.B. King
and a CLEO
Award for
Lifesavers with
LadySmith Black
Mambazo.
Other familiar themes include J.C. Penny
and the worldwide Blockbuster Video
campaign. Also, Alessi sang background
vocals for
Sting on a
new Disney soundtrack for "The Emperor's
New Groove."
The album Alessi released in 1982 on
Warner Brothers Records was originally
titled "Roughen It", and for good reason.
As Billy states, "We're lovers of music
and can't help but write songs." With
that, a compilation of "rough" demos found
its way to Michael Ostin at Warner
Brothers who felt it would be the perfect
material for
Quincy Jones'
new imprint, Qwest Records. With Michael
and pop star
Christopher Cross
at the helm, the songs would become
thoroughly produced and released as the
album, "Long Time Friends", featuring a
duet with
Patty Austin
and Billy Alessi.
Released in 2003 the Alessi album, "Hello
Everyone", has a different focus than
anything approached before by this musical
duo. This creative feat was a
self-produced, self-fulfilling project.
"Our goal", explains Bobby, "is to let the
music speak for itself." The sound and
timbre are described as "pure Alessi",
melodic and progressive with strong focus
on vocals. Saxophone great, Bob Magnuson,
as well as guitarist, Jeff Southworth (Hall
and Oates),
are featured players on the track "All My
Life". All material was composed by both
Billy and Bobby, and shipped across the
world.
"Just Like That" released in 2007 has
remained on the RTL radio France playlist
for more than a year and has sold out of
the first pressing. The second pressing is
now available.
The Alessi Brothers are preparing
to release a Live DVD that was recorded at
the Wakker Home Of Jazz in April of 2009
and will be released along with their new
album "Pure Alessi".
With a worldwide fan base of 10 million
people, The Alessi Brothers explain, "This
kind of love makes you want to make more
records." The talents, "Alessi", are like
their melodies, timeless and ever
expanding into our future.
Music
CD &
DVD Combo Ltd. Edition
Dreamscape would like to thank Rick
Lodie Geelens as the composer of the music used on the title
page.
