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| '''Peter Lemongello''' (born February 11, 1947) is an American singer from ,best known for his double album '''''Love '76''''', the first albums to be sold exclusively through television advertising. | '''Peter Lemongello''' (born February 11, 1947) is an American singer from ,best known for his double album '''''Love '76''''', the first albums to be sold exclusively through television advertising. | ||
| After spending years as a ] career, with several appearances on national TV (including 25 times on ]), Lemongello hit upon the idea of creating an album to be sold exclusively on TV.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1711180/ IMBd Direct</ref> | After spending years as a ] career, with several appearances on national TV (including 25 times on ]), Lemongello hit upon the idea of creating an album to be sold exclusively on TV.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1711180/ IMBd Direct</ref> | ||
| ==Love '76== | |||
| Peter Lemongello is the first person to sell over a million records through a television ] campaign,<ref>http://www.charlesrapp.com/Details.aspx?mId=136 Charles Rapp Enterprises – Peter Lemongello Retrieved May 5, 2007</ref> and was also the first entertainer to underwrite a television direct advertising campaign selling shares in the project to private investors.<ref>http://mailman.xmission.com/pipermail/exotica/2002-September/006055.html Exotica@mailman.xmission.com Exotica.com</ref> | |||
| Using a city-by-city marketing strategy, he and his partners began their '''''Love ‘76''''' advertising campaign with an around the dial TV Blitz in the New York Market, January 1, 1976 targeting all six New York metropolitan channels 70 to 100 times a week. Sales of the ] skyrocked him to fame,and the campaign entered Los Angeles and ]<ref>“The $390,000 Man” Time; Monday, May. 31, 1976</ref> and the album began to sell in the millions, attracting widespread media attention. | |||
| The artist attracted the attention of ], who signed Lemongello in April 1976. By choice, Lemongello ended his self promotional efforts and released his second album,"Do I Love You",in early 1977. Shortly after it's release, Private Stock Records went out of business. Lemongello concentrated on live performances, appearing at ], ] and ] for the Performing Arts. | |||
| ==Today== | |||
| Lemongello has continued his career in ], billed as Branson's "Italian Crooner". Most recently Peter has adopted ] and appears frequently across the country. | |||
| Today Peter currently lives in Boca Raton, FL with his wife Karen, and his son Peter Jr. Peter Lemongello Jr. always sings on stage during his father's shows and has sung Can't Help Falling In Love (Duet with his father), The Wanderer (Solo by Peter Jr.), and currently sings Sweet Caroline (Duet with his father), and Jailhouse Rock (Solo by Peter Jr.). | |||
| ==Parodies== | |||
| Lemongello was spoofed in the episode of ] that originally aired May 22, 1976, with ] playing a singer named Peter Lemon Mood Ring, who changed colors with every song. It was widely appreciated, and Chevy Chase continued the spoof in the Universal Feature Film, "Fletch Lives" in the late 1980s. | |||
| The '''''Love '76''''' commercial was parodied by recording artist ] in May 2009. captures the scene of two stereotypical show business managers coercing ] to appear in a TV advertisement for his new album, ''Torrent'', so that he can recreate the success of Peter Lemongello, ] and ]. The commercial itself is a scene-by-scene recreation of the original Lemongello spot that first aired on television in 1976. | |||
| What Lemongello accomplished is still talked about, studied in college marketing courses and referenced as the best method of circumventing the established industry by going directly to the public to create a career, in advertising agencies across the country even today, some 35 years later. | |||
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| Peter Lemongello | |
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| Birth name | Peter Thomas Limongello |
| Born | February 11, 1947 , Long Island, New York, United States |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, entrepreneur |
| Instrument | vocals |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Labels | Private Stock Records |
Peter Lemongello (born February 11, 1947) is an American singer from ,best known for his double album Love '76, the first albums to be sold exclusively through television advertising. After spending years as a cabaret career, with several appearances on national TV (including 25 times on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson), Lemongello hit upon the idea of creating an album to be sold exclusively on TV.
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1711180/ IMBd Direct