Musical audiences immediately respond to native New Yorker Carl Allocco's style which has been described as a hybrid of early 60's pop and 70's acoustic, with the lyrical intensity of Dylan. Evocative of the Beatles (with a voice reminiscent of John Lennon), Carl's musical career was launched in the mid-80's with original eclectic rock, recorded for RCA with the band Dreamer, and then with MCA in the late 80's with the band Carl and the Passion.
Managed in the 80's first by Tommy Mottola (Sony Records), then by Camille Barbone (Madonna) during the 90's, Carl has played and recorded with such musical legends as The Ramones, Rich Hilton (Nile Rodgers), Rick Danko (The Band), Russell Javors and Richie Cannata (Billy Joel), Scott Baggett (Jeffrey Steele, Al Anderson), Reeves Gabrel (David Bowie, Tin Machine) and Tom Dube (Aimee Mann).
Carl recorded his first solo CD, Gray, independently in Nashville under the pseudonym "Charlie Dog." With his unique, emotionally-fluent voice, Carl delivers his trademark insightful lyrical observations in the song "Somebody Like You", off Gray, which finished at the top of the 1999 John Lennon Songwriting Contest. Carl brought his music and raw, honest stage presence to live venues throughout the north and southeast.
Carl's second independent release, Goodbye Charlie Dog includes the inspirational track "Living", a celebration of life and its many changes. After the release of Goodbye Charlie Dog, Carl travelled to Holland, reflecting and writing under the Van Gogh sky until his move to Nashville in 2003. The CD Odds and Endings represents a collection of lost gems written and recorded over the last ten years, while Pure and Simple offers a collection of songs written in Nashville.
While Carl continues to write, record and perform his own music, since 1996 he has been a prolific songwriter with the Songs of Love Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to using music to lift the spirits of children with life-threatening diseases. Carl has written over 2800 songs for children through Songs of Love.

Carl Allocco's music can be downloaded at iTunes.

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