Hot off the CD burner!

Sorrento is the latest incarnation in the career of Charlie Sorrento. It is a labor of love and a complete reflection of all of his talents:

Songwriter, vocalist, arranger,instrumentalist,

 and producer (with Eugene Czachor).

If you’re ready for great songs with infectious hooks and deep soulful grooves

This one’s for you! Check it out!

Availabe at CDBaby.com

 Bellevue Cadillac

Charles with a new pseudonym, "The Count", played keys and was Lead Vocalist for Bellevue Cadillac who’s fame was not only garnered by the great music (Neo-Swing)they played but had the distinction of being the band that turned down the wedding gig for John Kennedy Jr ("We were already Booked!").

Bellevue Cadillac were put on the ballot for 7 nominations from the national academy of recording artists for the 2007 grammy awards. The categories included: RECORD OF THE YEAR, ALBUM OF THE YEAR AND SONG OF THE YEAR FOR LOVE ALLWAYS, songs: 3 RULES, YOU JUST KNOW, AND HAVANA MOON(all Charlie Vocals), produced by TOM HAMBRIDGE (The Wall). (Weren’t nominated! "We didn't win a thing. Oh well! But what a privelege!). Through the years, Bellevue Cadillac has performed in concert and music festivals throughout New England with music legends, Ray Charles, James Brown, Percy Sledge, and Kool and the Gang, etc. Bellevue music has been heard in the movies, Shallow Hal, Me, Myself and Irene and on the TV shows, All My Children, and the Sopranos.

Colwell Winfield Blues Band

Charlie Sorrento was also the lead singer, composer and keyboardist for the legendary Colwell Winfield Blues Band who toured with Led Zeppelin's 1st American tour in 1969, played at the Filmore West and East, who had rave reviews in the April, 1969 Rolling Stone magazine record reviews. The Colwell Band sold over 250,000 albums on the their first album. They were one of the first Blues or rock bands, for that matter, to play at Symphony Hall, Boston, MA. They also played in concert with Aerosmith, The Doors, Lovin’ Spoonful, Big Mama Thornton, the Electric Flag. Muddy Waters and other great bands. Little known fact is the Colwell Winfield Blues Band was Van Morrisson's band for the album Moondance! In a 1985 article Van said, "I found a band that was able to play what I heard. I did the Woodstock Festival and the band on it was the Colwell Winfield Blues Band and that was most of the band that played on the album Moondance!!!"

OTHER BANDS AND ASSOCIATIONS

Charlie “Moose” Sorrento’ was vocalist/keyboardist and director with Capitol recording artists, Tavares, Warner Bros recording artists. He sang and played piano for Swallow, and Liberty recording artists, Peppermint Rainbow.

He has been associated with these other bands in and around the Boston and the East Coast area, as keyboardist/vocalist, arranger, director or lead singer: Lenny and the Pulsation (Lenny wrote the "Monster Mash"), Roxbury Crossing, TNT's, Buddy and the Premiers, The Evil Weavers, Adrian, The Pat Hollis Show, The New Direction Band (He also played guitar.), Paul C and the Spectators, Leslie and Friends, The Ben Blake Band, Little Big Pete and the Chiselers (with Peter Bell of James Montgomery Blues Band), Dario's Inferno, Cloudburst (with composer, Mitch Farber, arranger for Duke Ellington Orchestra), and Tito Mambo.

He has also had the pleasure of playing keys and singing with R & B legend, Dee Clark (who sang the hit song, "Raindrops") and The Platters (with countless hits). He also was involved as songwriter and vocalist/pianist for protest songs on a recording, "All in a Day's Work".  At Berklee, he directed and arranged for an acapella choir with mixed singers called Mass Transit. He has sung (and danced?!) in musical theatre genre as a singing waiter (loved those tips!) with the Onsetters at the Onset Inn, Onset MA (Cape Cod).