Tonio K

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tonio K
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Jul 4, 1950(1950-07-04)
Age	74
Birthplace	United States of America
Country	United States
Birth City	United States of America
Horoscope	Leo

Tonio K Biography

Tonio K is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on July 4, 1950 in United States of America, United States of America, United States. Tonio K. (born Steven M. Krikorian, July 4, 1950) is an American singer/songwriter who has released eight albums. His songs have been recorded by Al Green, Aaron Neville, Burt Bacharach, Bonnie Raitt, Chicago, Wynonna Judd and Vanessa Williams, among many others. His song, “16 Tons of Monkeys,” co-written with guitarist Steve Schiff, was the featured tune in the 1992 Academy Award winning Short Film, Session Man. He worked with Bacharach and Hip-Hop impresario Dr. Dre on Bacharach’s At This Time, which won the Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Recording in 2005.

In 1978, Krikorian went solo with Life in the Foodchain on Irving Azoff’s Full Moon/Epic label. Adopting the moniker Tonio K., a reference to the writings of Kafka and Thomas Mann, he was hailed as America’s answer to Britain’s Angry Young Men (Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, Graham Parker) and the “funniest serious songwriter in America.” The record was produced by Rob Fraboni (The Band, Bob Dylan, Joe Cocker) and featured a supporting cast that included Earl Slick, Garth Hudson, Dick Dale and Albert Lee. It was also the first Pop/Rock record to feature the percussive sounds of an AK-47 firing live ammunition. The album debuted on L.A. radio station KROQ and garnered much critical acclaim. Steve Simels at Stereo Review proclaimed it “the greatest album ever recorded” which helped establish K. as an artist to watch.

After a move to Capitol Records in 1982, K. recorded a five-song 12-inch EP “La Bomba,” a live-in-the-studio album produced by Carter (Motels, Tina Turner, Paula Cole). Recorded in the famous Capitol Studio B, it featured K.’s touring band: George “Geo” Conner (guitar), Alfredo Acosta Alwag (drums), and Enrique “Eric” Gotthelf (bass). The song “Mars Needs Women” also appears on this EP.

Tonio K. film credits include “Nobody Lives Without Love,” co-written with musician/writer/producer Larry Klein (Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock) and featured on the multi-platinum-selling soundtrack to Batman Forever; the quasi-Disco semi-hit, “I’m Supposed To Have Sex With You,” from the Carl Reiner film Summer School; “Stop The Clock,” co-written with T Bone Burnett for the early Vince Vaughn/Joaquin Phoenix/Janeane Garofalo vehicle, Clay Pigeons; the above-mentioned “Graceland” from True Romance; and his song “The Tuff Do What?” from 1985’s movie Real Genius. 2002’s Van Wilder featuring Ryan Reynolds… song called Okay written with the band Swirl 360.

Tonio K.’s first known “cover” was a song called “Hey John,” recorded by Johnny Rivers in 1972, but never released. In addition to the cuts mentioned above, he was written with and for Brian Wilson, J.I. Allison, The Crickets, Al Green, Bette Midler, The Pointer Sisters, Tanya Tucker, Diane Schuur, Percy Sledge, Phoebe Snow, Jules Shear, The Runaways, Patty Smyth, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and Italian superstar Richard Cocciante. Recent covers include songs by Irma Thomas (“What Can I Do?” co-written with Burt Bacharach) on her Rounder Records CD, “Simply Grand” and several songs co-written with pedal steel prodigy Robert Randolph for his CD, “We Walk This Road,” produced by T Bone Burnett.

Tonio K Net Worth

Tonio K is one of the richest Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tonio K 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

As a teenager, Krikorian, along with friends Alan Shapazian, Steve Olson, Nick van Maarth, and Duane Scott, formed a surf-funk/psychedelic-punk band called The Raik’s Progress, which recorded a single for Liberty Records, released in

1966. Known for their Dadaist-inspired between-song routines, one reviewer described their performance while opening for Buffalo Springfield at San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium as being like “the Three Stooges playing strip poker with Iggy and the Stooges.” A full-length album by the band, Sewer Rat Love Chant, was eventually issued on Sundazed Records in 2003.

In the early 1970s, Krikorian recorded two albums with Buddy Holly’s original band, The Crickets. The group consisted of founding members J.I. Allison and Sonny Curtis, plus Rick Grech (Blind Faith, Traffic) and Albert Lee (Heads, Hands and Feet, Eric Clapton) and the Raik’s Nick van Maarth who would later join California rock ensemble Wha-Koo. Remnants (1973) and A Long Way from Lubbock (1974) were produced by long-time Holly and Cricket cohort, Bob Montgomery. In 2004, Krikorian reunited with the Crickets for a track on their star-studded (Eric Clapton, Graham Nash, Phil Everly) album, The Crickets and Their Buddies, singing lead on the Holly classic, “Not Fade Away.”

K.’s follow-up album, Amerika (Cars, Guitars and Teenage Violence), was released in 1980 by Full Moon (this time via Clive Davis’s Arista Records). Filled with literary and political references, the album was hailed as “Punk for academics” and once again pronounced by Simels to be “the greatest record ever recorded” (as was every ensuing Tonio K. disc).

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Facts & Trivia

Tonio Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Tonio K celebrates birthday on July 4 of every year.