Gia Ciambotti
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Gia Ciambotti is an American
singer. She first came to prominence in the late 1980s as a member of the band The Graces
, with Charlotte Caffey
and Meredith Brooks
. The group released the album Perfect View in 1989 and had a Billboard Hot 100 hit with the single "Lay Down Your Arms
". The group disbanded in the early 1990s and in 1992 Ciambotti joined Bruce Springsteen
as a backing vocalist for his Bruce Springsteen and the "Other Band" Tour. Since then she has worked as a session singer for artists such as Lucinda Williams
, Natalie Cole
, Chicago
and others. She also performed with a group called Scarletts.
In 2004 she released her first album in collaboration with Ned Albright. Titled Snowflake, it is a collection of traditional and original lullabies for children. 2007 saw the release of her first proper solo album, Right As Rain. She is the daughter of bassist John Ciambotti.
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singer. She first came to prominence in the late 1980s as a member of the band The Graces
The Graces (band)
The Graces were a US band in the late 1980s and early 1990s featuring Charlotte Caffey, Meredith Brooks, and Gia Ciambotti. Formed in 1988, they released their debut album Perfect View on A&M Records in 1989. Their first single "Lay Down Your Arms" hit #56 on the Billboard Hot 100 but the album...
, with Charlotte Caffey
Charlotte Caffey
Charlotte Irene Caffey is an American rock and roll guitarist and songwriter, best known for her work in the Go-Go's in the 1980s, including writing "We Got the Beat."...
and Meredith Brooks
Meredith Brooks
Meredith Ann Brooks is an American singer/songwriter and guitarist. She is best known for her 1997 hit song "Bitch", for which she was nominated for a Grammy Award.- Early life :...
. The group released the album Perfect View in 1989 and had a Billboard Hot 100 hit with the single "Lay Down Your Arms
Lay Down Your Arms (The Graces song)
"Lay Down Your Arms" is a pop rock song which Charlotte Caffey, Ralph Schuckett and Ellen Shipley wrote and composed, and which Shipley produced, for The Graces's first album Perfect View . Caffey was the lead vocalist on the song, and it was released as the band's debut single...
". The group disbanded in the early 1990s and in 1992 Ciambotti joined Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...
as a backing vocalist for his Bruce Springsteen and the "Other Band" Tour. Since then she has worked as a session singer for artists such as Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams is an American rock, folk, blues and country music singer and songwriter. She recorded her first albums in 1978 and 1980 in a traditional country and blues style and received very little attention from radio, the media, or the public. In 1988, she released her self-titled album,...
, Natalie Cole
Natalie Cole
Natalie Maria Cole , is an American singer, songwriter and performer. The daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole, Cole rode to musical success in the mid-1970s as an R&B artist with the hits "This Will Be ", "Inseparable" and "Our Love"...
, Chicago
Chicago (band)
Chicago is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. The self-described "rock and roll band with horns" began as a politically charged, sometimes experimental, rock band and later moved to a predominantly softer sound, becoming famous for producing a number of hit ballads. They had...
and others. She also performed with a group called Scarletts.
In 2004 she released her first album in collaboration with Ned Albright. Titled Snowflake, it is a collection of traditional and original lullabies for children. 2007 saw the release of her first proper solo album, Right As Rain. She is the daughter of bassist John Ciambotti.