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I saw my friend Vito Luprano,who held on to this story for years before he finally wrote it down. He played a huge role in one of the biggest artist makeovers in pop music, but his book isn’t about celebrating that. It’s more about what he lost along the way: two marriages that couldn’t handle the pressure, feeling pushed out of the career he helped create, and panic attacks after years of feeling overlooked and underappreciated.

He told me that writing the book helped him reconnect with himself. That’s rare in this industry, where most people just keep going and never look back.

If you like memoirs that don’t hide the tough stuff, this one is honest in a way I really respect. You can find it on Amazon.

I've known Vito Luprano, the person who signed Celine Dion when she was turning 18 years old for a long time, and I don't think most people realize how much of Celine's English-language success traces back to him. He's the one who figured out how to get her to sing English songs before she was fully comfortable with the language, using demos that were so detailed she could just follow along, she just had to put a little touch of her own. That approach helped her first English album (Unison) sell 3 million copies.

He worked with her through 21 albums, helping sell nearly 300 million records around the world. He was the one who came up with the concepts of all her albums  "Taking Chances" after a meeting that seemed unproductive. It took him 12 hours overnight to come up with the title, concept and first single for the album.  

He has finally written a book about the entire journey, sharing both the highs and the stories that never made it into press releases. It's available on Amazon now. If you like seeing what happens behind the scenes in the music industry, not just the big moments, I think you'll really enjoy it.