Gary Private

Born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York 2nd gen Italian/American Gary Private started out as a drummer playing the N. Y. club circuit (Max's Kansas City, CBGB's, Coventry, Peppermint Lounge) etc; with many NYC bands (Legs Latreau, Dancer, Arrival) continuing on to front his own band. Signing a recording contract as singer/songwriter, G. Pvt. went on to record with Select Records. Soon after a requested performance at Studio 54 (NYC) for Calvin Klein's birthday party, he was signed by Atlantic Records which then released a remake of the Four Tops song "Reach Out, I'll Be There. " The next record on Atlantic was Secret Love, which featured original songs written by Private. Following this, (4 albums and 7 singles) Private was featured on Dick Clark's American Bandstand twice, Playboy's Girls of Rock-N-Roll, Disney's Flight of the Navigator, daytime soap "One Life To Live", TeenBeat magazine, Details Magazine and Billboard Magazine's Top Album and Single picks. Gary has worked with some of the greatest musicians in the world: T. M. Stevens on bass, David Bowie's Stan Harrison on Sax, Arno Hecht on sax, Steely Dan's "Elliott Randall" on guitar, Meatloaf's Bob Kulick on guitar and probably the greatest all time Rock-N-Roll bass player Kenny "Double A" Aaronson. Also played with great local NYC musicians: John Gitano of "The American Relics" (who also was the leader of ("Legs Latreau"), The amazing Elliott (the Grand Wazoo) Glenn (RIP) on every instrument imaginable, Steve (Ress) Restaino who is an amazing guitarist, Gus (Gussy Kidd) Sasso on drums and my backup singer Richard Younger. Produced by Steve Tyrell w/Barry Mann,Fred Munao, David Kitay and Rick Knowles. Recently from 2017 to 2021 Warner Brothers Music released "32" compilation albums featuring these artists Foreigner, Elvis Costello, Lou Reed, Duran Duran, INXS, Yes, Bad Company, Alice Cooper, Todd Rundgren, Dionne Warwick,Percy Sledge,Aretha Franklin, Vanilla Fudge, Jesus & Mary Chain, Foghat, B-52's, Marc Cohn,The Monkees, Ramones, The Human League, Seal, A-Ha ,Jellybean, Spandau Ballet, Kylie Minogue, Chaka Khan, Ric Ocasek, Al Jarreau, Marshall Crenshaw, Simply Red, Dusty Springfield, Tina Turner, The Cars, Roger Daultry, Steely Dan, Rod Stewart, Chicago, Pretenders, The Doobie Brothers, Michael McDonald, Jon Anderson, Boz Scaggs, Walter Becker, Talking Heads, Warren Zevon, Lou Gramm, Mary Wells, Wilson Pickett, Grand Funk Railroad, The Rascals, Richie Havens, Cilia Black, Brownsville Station, Appollonia, Christopher Cross, Twisted Sister, X, Faster Pussycat, Bette Midler, DEVO, Jimmy Webb, AXE, DOKKEN, Mick Jones, J Geils Band, Winger, The Blues Brothers, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Alanis Morissette, The Smiths. ) with at least one song on every album by Gary Private available on Itunes, etc. . . In the company of these artistsSAG/AFTRA actor: Appearing in films as a featured, co-star, supporting or lead actor with talents such as: James Spader, Quentin Tarantino, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Tom Berenger, Tom Sizemore, William Forsythe, Michael Biehn, David Proval, Michael Madsen, D. B Sweeney, Tony Lip, Carlo Rota, Nick "Green Book" Vallelonga, Frank Stallone, Francesco Quinn, Timothy Murphy, Stana Katic, Diane Verona, James Russo, Kelly Hu, Jim Belushi, Ron Gilbert, Tommy Tiny Lister, Eric Roberts, Robert Miano, James Cromwell, Tony Denison, Cory Feldman etc. . Gary has done numerous sound tracks and voice overs, commercials (ex: Orbit Gum, Betty Crocker, etc) More credits available upon request. Co-Produced the documentary A. K. A.