Vini Poncia

Vini Poncia (born Vincent Poncia Jr., 29 April, 1942, Providence, Rhode Island, USA) is an Italian-American musician, songwriter and record producer.
In 1956, Vini met Peter Anders while attending Mount Pleasant High School. In the 1960s, Poncia & Anders formed a songwriting team. After multiple music groups & projects, the two find their most success in the pop-rock band 'The Tradewinds'. In 1968, with Frankie Meluso (aka Mell) and Peter Anders, Poncia founded MAP (Mell Anders Poncia) City Records in New York City. Their company included a small recording studio brought from a 3 track studio to four tracks (on a Scully Machine) by their chief engineer, Peter H. Rosen, who recorded sixteen albums before the company dissolved in 1970. During the 1970s, Poncia became Ringo Starr's co-writer, and appeared on several of his solo albums. In 1978, he produced Peter Criss' 1978 solo album. At Criss's prompting, Poncia was brought in to produce Kiss's 1979 album Dynasty and co-wrote their hit song "I Was Made for Lovin' You" from the same album.
(Read more about the duo here...)
== Links to Peel ==
Vini recorded a Peel session for Top Gear with fellow musician Peter Anders in January 1968. Apart from one collaborative record play on 04 February 1968, neither of the musicians' other work appear to have been played on any of Peel's programmes.
== Sessions ==
1. Recorded (with Peter Anders): 1968-01-24. Broadcast: 03 March 1968.
* Virgin To The Nite / Sudden Creek / You Don't Know What To Do
== Other Shows Played ==
Anders 'n' Poncia
*04 February 1968: Virgin To The Nite (single – So It Goes) Kama Sutra KAS 212 
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Website
*Discogs
Category:Artists