Joe Esposito

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Joe Esposito is an American singer-songwriter best known for his powerful 1980s pop and rock ballads featured in popular film soundtracks.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Joe Esposito canonical 3

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1970s ⓘ
associatedAct Brooklyn Dreams ⓘ
Donna Summer ⓘ
associatedWith Flashdance (1983 film) ⓘ
linked to: Flashdance

The Karate Kid (1984 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Karate Kid
basedIn United States ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
decadeOfProminence 1980s ⓘ
fieldOfWork film music ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
genre pop ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ
hasCollaboratedWith Brooklyn Dreams ⓘ
Donna Summer ⓘ
hasCreativeWorkType song ⓘ
soundtrack contribution ⓘ
hasGenre soundtrack music ⓘ
hasMusicalAttribute ballad style ⓘ
powerful vocals ⓘ
hasNotableRole vocalist on film soundtrack songs ⓘ
knownFor 1980s film soundtracks ⓘ
performing "Lady, Lady, Lady" in Flashdance ⓘ
performing "You're the Best" in The Karate Kid ⓘ
linked to: The Karate Kid

power ballads ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
notableWork Heavenly Lady ⓘ
I Need More ⓘ
Lady, Lady, Lady ⓘ
Lady, Lady, Lady (from Flashdance) ⓘ
Success ⓘ
You're the Best ⓘ
You're the Best (from The Karate Kid) ⓘ
linked to: You're the Best

You’re the Best Around ⓘ
occupation band member ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
partOf Brooklyn Dreams ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn ⓘ
New York City ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hearts on Fire → songwriter → Joe Esposito ⓘ
Bruce Sudano → coWroteWith → Joe Esposito ⓘ