Gino Vannelli
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From a musical family, his father was a big band musician. Gino Vannelli played drums at a young age and after finishing high school studied musical theory at McGill University.
He eventually went to Los Angeles, California where he signed with Herb Alpert's A&M Records;, releasing his first album with them in 1973. His 1978 song, "I Just Wanna Stop" earned him a Grammy Award nomination. He won Canada's Juno Award for "Best Male Artist" in 1976 and 1979.