Gary Pinto
{{short description|Australian singer, songwriter and musician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2011}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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| genre = Pop, R&B
| occupation = Singer, songwriter, musician
| years_active = 1990–present
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| associated_acts = CDB
| website = {{url|garypinto.com/}}
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Gary Pinto is an Australian singer, songwriter and musician and was the lead singer of dance group, CDB.
Early life
Gary Pinto is an Australian musician of Anglo-Indian descent.{{Cite web|url=http://www.capuchinfriars.org.au/wyd/sydney_celebration_pinto.shtml|title=CapuchinFriars site: A Multicultural Celebration of Faith – The Gary Pinto Band|access-date=1 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325064648/http://www.capuchinfriars.org.au/wyd/sydney_celebration_pinto.shtml|archive-date=25 March 2012|url-status=dead}} His parents were from Chennai and members of a minority Christian Indian Catholics. The family emigrated to Australia in 1973 where Gary was born.{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/music/jai-ho-this-is-australia-day/2010/01/21/1263663130664.html|title=Jai Ho! This is Australia Day|date=22 January 2010|work=The Age|access-date=1 July 2011|author=Larry Schwartz}}
Career
=1991–1999 and 2006–present: CDB=
{{main|CDB (group)}}
CBD were formed by Gary Pinto alongside his brother Brad Pinto, Andrew De Silva and Danny Williams. The group released their debut studio album, Glide with Me in 1995 and won the ARIA Award for Highest Selling Single in 1996. The band split up in 1999.
=1999–present: Solo=
Pinto moved on to perform as a solo artist and has since worked working with artists such as Guy Sebastian, Anthony Callea, Christine Anu, Jimmy Barnes, Jade MacRae and Taylor Dayne.
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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.as-u-r.com/ |title=As-U-R Music Ministry|access-date=1 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602091418/http://www.as-u-r.com/ |archive-date=2 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}
In August 2010, he released his debut 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/rhythmdivine/stories/2010/3033390.htm|title=A Saint in Song|date=15 October 2010|publisher=ABC The Rhythm Divine|access-date=1 July 2011}}
For World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid, Pinto released a joint EP, Firm in the Faith, with John Burland.{{Cite web |url=http://www.johnburland.com/ |title=John Burland official website |access-date=1 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208002644/http://johnburland.com/ |archive-date=8 February 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{better source|date=August 2019}}
=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.
Discography
=Albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of albums ! Title ! Details |
| scope="row" | Divine Mercy Chaplet (with Robert Galea and Natasha Pinto) |
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| scope="row" | Glorify: A Contemporary Mass Setting for Young People (with Robert Galea and Natasha Pinto) |
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| scope="row" | Sam Cooke: The Music
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=Singles=
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|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS {{cite Ryan|page=219}} |
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| scope="row"| "What the Day Brings"
| 2001 | 81 | {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "Higher" {{small|(with Jimmy Barnes)}} | 2002 | 80 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|1=https://www.garypinto.com}}
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Category:Australian people of Indian descent
Category:Australian male singers
Category:Australian male musicians
Category:Australian male songwriters