Benny Esposito

Note: This is not the same artist as Beniamino Esposito on the Ricordi label and known from the band Popularia (cf. there) Benny Esposito, born 31 October in Sant Anastasia, Naples, Italy. As a child, played drums and then studied classical guitar with Mario Gangi. After playing in a band as a teen, he met a manager who arranged for Benny to play guitar and sing in a band with Barbara Boncompagni and other musicians. This led to national exposure as a member of the backing band for Umberto Bindi. Benny then became a composer and producer, with two productions in 1984: Felice D'Auri, his own discovery, for whom he wrote and arranged 10 songs; and the group Eneiro, which he helped manage. Benny's first record of his own was "7323214" (1990), produced by his friend Ronnie Jones. He later moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, releasing several CDs and collaborating with various famous Brazilian composers like Carlos Colla, Paulo Sérgio Valle, Paulinho Rezende, Reinaldo Arias, et al.