Linda Jo Rizzo
Linda Jo Rizzo ( born April 1, 1957/58 in New York City ) is a living in Germany American singer, pianist, composer and entertainer with Italian roots. As a young adult she worked as a model. Rizzo is also common among the alias Mona Lisa or as LJ Or Linda Jo Rizzo.
- 2.1 Singles
- 2.2 albums
Biography
Rizzo grew up in her hometown. Her grandparents on both sides came from Sicily.
Model years
At age 18, she worked in New York for the first time as a photo model, then first three years as a model for print and television advertising in Milan for Amica, Laura Biagiotti, etc., then two years in Lisbon for Mulher de Hoje, Schweppes, etc..
Music, entertainment and gastronomy
In Milan, Rizzo tied as a background vocalist for Adriano Celentano first contacts with the music scene. At age 23, she returned to New York to study food science at college. When she was 25 years old, Bobby Orlando was at a dinner with music producers that Rizzo also knew from her modeling time in Milan, pay attention to it. Orlando they immediately hired as a singer for his girl group " The Flirts ", where she sang on the album Born to Flirt (1983 ) with, and for the first time in 1984/85 toured Europe. The Flirts - Passion single reached the Top 10 in Germany and in Switzerland. By his own admission she can not remember exactly which songs they sang in the studio for Orlando. Some of them were for the flirting, others for future projects.
In 1984, on tour with the flirts, Rizzo decided to go to Germany. After the separation of the flirts and the demolition of the contact to Orlando, they toured successfully from 1985 solo as a singer and entertainer by the United States and Europe. In 1988 she settled in Munich, where she will be presented at the Oktoberfest, among others since 1999 as a " guest star " of the Hippodrome marquee. From 2000 to 3 August 2008 she led the music restaurant " Piazza Linda " with live music daily. It was therefore even compared to the Schwabing Gisela. To leave the premises, she presented together with many other international artists, the first commemorative CD Linda Jo Rizzo & Friends.
Rizzo published and produced over 20 records and CDs with some well-known producers such as Fancy, Glen P. Stone, Joe Kleindienst, Mino Siciliano and La Bionda. She works as an entertainer at large and small events across Europe, has appeared in numerous television shows and appeared as a support act or co-star alongside stars like Dieter Bohlen, CC Catch, George McCrae, Carl Douglas, Bonnie Tyler, Al Bano, Umberto Tozzi, Jürgen Drews, Haddaway and many other well known musicians.
Discography
Singles
Albums
Filmography
- 2007: Astro Euros ( actress and composer, writer Jürgen GH Hopp man)