Paul Steven Zollo (born August 9, 1958) is a singer, songwriter, author, journalist and photographer.
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Musical career
Zollo is a songwriter and singer. He was the leader of the Hollywood band The Ghosters, who were named "The Best Unsigned Band in Los Angeles" in 1993 by the Los Angeles Free Press The Ghosters released one self-titled album featuring Zollo's songs.
In 2000, he embarked on a solo career and released his first solo CD Orange Avenue, which features a duet with Art Garfunkel on the song "Being In This World".
In 2014 Zollo released his second solo album, "Universal Cure", produced by Zollo, on the Trough Records label.
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Journalist
Zollo was the editor of SongTalk magazine for many years, and went on to become Managing Editor of Performing Songwriter magazine. He's also contributed to many magazines, including Variety, Billboard, Rolling Stone, Musician, Oxford Press, Playback, Gorgeous, Boulevard, Music Connection, Campus Circle and others.
In September 2004 Zollo was named Senior Editor of American Songwriter magazine headquartered in Nashville, though Zollo lives and works in Los Angeles.
Personal life
His father Burt Zollo was also a writer, the author of three books (The Dollars & Sense of Public Relations, [McGraw Hill]; Prisoners, A Novel, [Chicago Academy Press] and State & Wacker, A Novel [iUniverse]) and many essays and articles for magazines. A colleague of Hugh Hefner at Esquire magazine, he contributed to the first issues of Playboy under the pseudonym "Bob Norman," including the inaugural Marilyn Monroe issue.
Bibliography
- The Beginning Songwriter's Answer Book (1990)
- Songwriters On Songwriting
- Songwriters On Songwriting (Expanded Edition) (2003)
- Hollywood Remembered (An Oral History of Its Golden Age) (2002)
- Conversations with Tom Petty (2005)
- Sunset & Cahuenga (A Novel)
- The Schirmer's Complete Rhyming Dictionary. (2007)
- More Songwriters On Songwriting (2016)
- Angeleno: Caras de Los Angeles (A Book of Photo Essays)
Discography
- The Ghosters (1992)
- Orange Avenue (2000)
- Universal Cure (2014)
References
External links
- Paul Zollo on Flickr
- zollo on myspace
- online magazine bluerailroad.com
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