Jeff Pescetto

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Jeff Pescetto
BornNovember 21, 1954
OccupationMusician

Jeffrey "Jeff" Pescetto (born November 21, 1954) is an American musical artist who is most notable for collaborating with David Foster on the 1990 recreation of John Farnham's Australian single, "You're the Voice". Pescetto lent the vocals to Foster's pianism on the latter's River of Love album.

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He has also written and sung songs for various movie soundtracks. His credits include Licence to Kill , Honey, I Shrunk the Kids , and Breakdown . He has also sung Tekken 5's opening song "Sparking" alongside Tom Leonard. He is also well known for being the singer of the theme songs to the 1980s Disney cartoon series Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers and DuckTales , both composed by Mark Mueller (Rescue Rangers theme was also produced by Alf Clausen). [1] [2]

In 1990, he co-wrote the album track "Rescue Me" along with Charles Olins and Steve Dubin for American singer Alisha, included on the album Bounce Back . [3]

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References

  1. IMDb Profile - Jeff Pescetto
  2. IMDb - DuckTales Soundtrack Listing
  3. "Alisha – Bounce Back (1990, CD)".
  4. "Jeffrey – Ready or Not (1984, Vinyl)".
  5. "Jeff Pescetto – Soul Reason (2002, CD)".
  6. "The Popdose Interview: Jeff Pescetto". 18 January 2011.