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Frank Romano

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Frank Romano
Background information
OriginCleveland, Ohio, U.S.
GenresHip hop, R&B, electronica
Occupation(s)Songwriter, record producer, musician
Instrument(s)Guitar, bass

Frank Romano is an American songwriter, record producer and guitarist, best known for instrumentation contributions to songs produced by Jim Jonsin.

Career

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Currently based in Nashville, Tennessee, Romano grew up in a musical family in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, where he was the guitarist for the Cincinnati funk band, Freebass (now known as Freekbass), a group produced by Bootsy Collins.[1]

Romano has toured and performed internationally with Rob Thomas, Mary J. Blige,[2] Toni Braxton, and Kanye West, among others. He has appeared alongside many of these artists on numerous national television shows, performing on Jay Leno, the Late Show with David Letterman, The View, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, MTV, The Today Show,[3] and Good Morning America. In 2005, he performed with Rob Thomas at the Live-8 Concert, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,[4] and can also be seen on Rob Thomas's DVD, Live At Red Rocks, contributing in his backing band on guitar.

Aside from touring, Romano continues to work in the studio as a songwriter, producer and session guitarist. He has worked on recordings with Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Akon, Usher, and Rob Thomas, and has collaborated with some prominent music producers.[5][6]

Romano is represented by the worldwide publishing company, Reach Music, and has signed a joint venture with Reach Music and BMG.[7] He has been recognized with seven ASCAP songwriter awards for his work on the songs, "I Need a Girl" (Part 2) [8][9] by P. Diddy. "Don't Change" by Musiq Soulchild,[10] Usher's, "There Goes My Baby" [11] and two awards (2011 and 2012) for Nelly's hit, "Just A Dream".[12][13]

Discography: single, DVD and studio album credits

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Year Title Format Artist Credit
2000 "Aijuswanaseing" Album Musiq Soulchild Guitar
2001 "Mars/Venus" Album Koffee Brown Composer/Guitar
"Sunny Days" Album Allure Guitar
"JLO" Album Jennifer Lopez Guitar
"Isley Brother's Eternal 1" Album Isley Brothers Composer/Guitar
"Paradigm" Album (Vinyl) Osunlade Composer/Guitar
"Rader Du/Blackman" Album (Vinyl) Composer/Guitar
"Dr. Dolittle 2" Album (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Guitar
"Rush Hour II" Album (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Guitar
"Mahogany Stone" Album Angie Stone Guitar
"8 Days Of Christmas" Album Destiny's Child Guitar
"Child of the Ghetto" Album (Vinyl) G. Dep Guitar
"Diamant" Album (Vinyl) Osunlade Composer/Guitar
"Special Place" Single Kim Burrell Composer/Guitar
2002 "Worthy Of" Album: Justified+ (UK) Justin Timberlake Composer/Guitar
"Dawn" Album Dawn Robinson Composer/Guitar
"Star Kitty Revenge" Album Joi Composer/Guitar
"International Affairs v2.0" Album Vikter Duplaix Guitar (Rhythm)
"DJ-Kicks" Album Vikter Duplaix Guitar
"Montell Jordan" Album Montell Jordan Guitar
"No Half Steppin'" Album Sharissa Guitar
"Hold It Down" Album (Vinyl) 4 Hero feat. Lady Alma Composer/Guitar
"Home and Garden An Invitation – Osunlade Remix" Album (Vinyl) Osunlade Yoruba Soul Remixes Guitar
"Juslisen" Album Musiq Soulchild Arranger/Composer/Guitar
"Don't Change" Single Musiq Soulchild Composer/Guitar
"Half Crazy" Single Musiq Soulchild Composer/Guitar
"Juslisen (Special Edition)" Album Musiq Soulchild Arranger/Composer/Guitar
"Something Wikid This Way Comes" Album Midwikid Guitar
"We Invented The Remix" Album P-Diddy Producer/Composer/Guitar
"I Need A Girl (Part 2)" Single P-Diddy Producer/Composer/Guitar
"Kiss" Album Trin-i-tee 5:7 Guitar
"Chapter 2: The Voice" Album Syleena Johnson Composer/Guitar
"Transporter" Album (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Guitar
"Redemption" Album Benzino Guitar
"Floetic" Album Floetry Guitar
"Offering" Album Osunlade Guitar
"This Is Who I Am" Album Heather Headley Guitar
"Love Story" Album Vivian Green Guitar
"Drumline" Album (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Guitar
"Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. 6" Album Various Artists Producer/Composer/Guitar
2003 "Live In London" DVD Justin Timberlake Composer/Guitar
"Soulstar" Album Musiq Composer/Guitar
"And Then..." Album Joe Producer/Composer/Guitar/Engineer
"Ride With U feat. G-Unit" Single Joe Producer/Composer/Guitar/Engineer
"Conception: An Interpretation of Stevie Wonder's Songs" Album Various Artists Guitar
"Guess What/Guess Again" Album Syleena Johnson Guitar
"Swatch Together" Album Various Artists Guitar
"Excursions" Album Modaji Guitar
"Bone Deep" Album Jeff Bradshaw Guitar (Acoustic)
"Bone Deep (Japan Bonus Track)" Album Guitar (Acoustic)
2004 "Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary...The Hits" Album/DVD Various Artists Producer/Composer/Guitar
"Hurt No More" Album Mario Winans Composer/Guitar
"Power of Soul (Tribute to Jimi Hendrix)" Album Musiq Soulchild Guitar
"Johnson Family Reunion" Album (Original Soundtrack) Patti LaBelle Guitar
"Introducing Tortured Soul" Album (Vinyl) Tortured Soul Guitar
"Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds, Vol. 2" Album Jill Scott Composer/Guitar
"Time To Share" Album Toshi Kubota Guitar
"Turning Point" Album Mario Composer/Guitar
2005 "The First Lady" Album Faith Evans Composer/Guitar
"Live-Aid" DVD Rob Thomas Guitar
"Bedda At Home" Single (Shadowboxer Original Soundtrack) Jill Scott Composer
2006 "Uncovered/Covered" Album Kenny Lattimore & Chante Moore Composer/Guitar
"The Breakthrough" Album Mary J. Blige Composer/Guitar
"Left of Center" Album Javier Producer/Composer/Guitar
"Danity Kane" Album Danity Kane Composer/Guitar
"Showstopper" Single Composer/Guitar
"All I Got Is Love" Album J. Shin Composer/Guitar/Bass
"Mario Vazquez" Album Mario Vazquez Composer/Guitar
"The Return" Album Ruben Studdard Composer/Guitar
"Only Hits" Album Danity Kane Composer/Guitar
2007 "Saturday Night Special" Album Pretty Ricky Composer/Guitar
"Holla: The Best of Trin-I-Tee 5:7" Album Trin-i-tee 5:7 Guitar
"Nickelodeon Kids Choice" Album Danity Kane Composer/Guitar
"Rockstar Mentality" Album Shop Boyz Guitar
"Smooth Jazz Tribute" Album Musiq Soulchild/Smooth Jazz All Stars Composer
"Cyclone" Album Baby Bash Composer/Guitar/Sitar
"Nana" Single Composer/Guitar/Sitar
"Face Off" Album/DVD Bow Wow & Omarion Composer/Guitar
"Epiphany" Album T-Pain Composer/Guitar
"Church" Single Composer/Guitar
2008 "Something To Be Tour: Live at Red Rocks" DVD Rob Thomas Guitar
"Live In Paris" Album/DVD Jill Scott Composer
"Colby O" Album Colby O'Donis Guitar
"Unexpected" Album Michelle Williams Guitar/Bass
"Death of Adam" Album 88-Keys Guitar
David Archuleta Album David Archuleta Guitar
"Thr33 Ringz" Album T-Pain Composer/Guitar
"Thr33 Ringz (Deluxe Addition)" Album T-Pain Composer/Guitar
"Freedom" Album Akon Composer/Guitar
"Freedom: Asian Tour Addition" Bonus DVD Composer/Guitar
"Step Up 2" Album (Original Soundtrack) T-Pain Guitar
2009 "Guilt" Album MIMS Guitar
"This Is Us" Album Backstreet Boys Composer/Guitar
"This Is Us" Bonus DVD Composer/Guitar
"Remembered Well" Bonus Track (From Cradlesong) Rob Thomas Composer
2010 "Raymond v Raymond" Album Usher Composer/Guitar
"There Goes My Baby" Single Usher Composer/Guitar
"Versus" Album Usher Composer/Guitar
"Rise Up" Album Cypress Hill Composer/Guitar/Bass
"Armada Latina feat. Marc Anthony" Single Cypress Hill Guitar/Bass
"Sex and the City 2" Album (Original Soundtrack) Cee-lo Guitar
"Ladykiller" Album Cee-lo Guitar
"Suddenly Yours" Album Allstar Weekend Producer/Composer/Guitar
"Just a Dream" Single Nelly Composer/Guitar
"5.0" Album Nelly Composer/Guitar
"Nelly Smooth Jazz Tribute, Vol. 2" Album Nelly Composer
"Erase Me feat. Kanye West" Single Kid Cudi Composer/Guitar/Bass
"Southern Hospitality" Single Hal Linton Composer/Guitar
"Now 36: That's What I Call Music" Album (Single) Various (Nelly "Just A Dream") Composer/Guitar
2011 "Gone" (From Album, "Where You At") Single Jennifer Hudson Guitar
"Castle's Made of Sand" (From Album, "Planet Pit" ) Single Pitbull Bass/Guitar
"Right There" ft 50 Cent (From Album, "Killer Love") Single Nicole Scherzinger Composer/Guitar/Bass
"Maybe I'm Amazed" American Idol: iTunes Singles James Durbin Guitar/Bass
"I Could Fall In Love" American Idol: iTunes Singles Karen Rodreiquez Guitar/Bass
"I'm The Only One" American Idol: iTunes Singles Lauren Alaina Guitar/Bass
"Alone" American Idol: iTunes Singles Jacob Lusk Guitar/Bass
"Tracks Of My Tears" American Idol: iTunes Singles Paul McDonald Guitar/Bass
"For Once In My Life" American Idol: iTunes Singles Scotty McCreery Guitar/Bass
"Daniel" American Idol: iTunes Singles Theia Guitar/Bass
"Bennie and the Jets" American Idol: iTunes Singles Haley Reinhart Guitar/Bass
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" American Idol: iTunes Singles James Durbin Guitar/Bass
"Have You Ever Seen The Rain" American Idol: iTunes Singles Casey Abrams Guitars/Bass
"Rolling in the deep" American Idol: iTunes Singles Haley Reinhart Guitars/Bass
"Harder to Breathe" American Idol: iTunes Singles Casey Abrams Guitar
"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" American Idol: iTunes Singles James Durbin Guitars/Bass
"Tonight you mine" American Idol: iTunes Singles (Duet) James Durbin & Jacob Lusk Guitars/Bass
"You've Got A Friend" American Idol: iTunes Singles Scott Mecreedy Guitars
"I Feel The Earth Move" American Idol: iTunes Singles (Duet) Haley Reinhart & Casey Abrams Guitars
"Can't Live" American Idol: iTunes Singles James Durbin Guitars
"Unchained Melody" American Idol: iTunes Singles Lauren Alaina Guitars
"The Earth Song" American Idol: iTunes Singles Haley Reinhart Guitars
"I Who Have Nothing" Shirley Bassey American Idol: iTunes Singles Haley Reinhart Guitars
"Young Blood" American Idol: iTunes Singles Scotty McCreery Guitars
"Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning) American Idol: iTunes Singles Scotty McCreery Guitars
"What is and what should never be" American Idol: iTunes Singles Haley Reinhart Guitars
"You Outta Know" American Idol: iTunes Singles Haley Reinhart Guitars/Bass
"Future vs. History" Album Jason Derulo Producer/Composer/Guitar
"4am" Single Melanie Fiona Guitar
"Role Model" ft. Justin Timberlake Single Freesol Composer
"No More" ft. Neyo Single LL Cool J Composer/Guitar
"Right There" ft. 50 Cent The Remixes, iTunes Single Nicole Scherzinger Composer
"Joe, Live from Japan" Album Joe Composer/Producer
"The Remedy" Album Jagged Edge Composer/Guitar
2012 "Hold On" Album: Tomahawk Technique Sean Paul Guitars
"Hardly breathing" Album: Two Eleven Brandy Guitars
"Paint This House" Album: Two Eleven Brandy Guitars
"Daddy's Good Girl" Album: My Life Monica Guitars
"A Man Who Has Everything" Album: My Life Monica Guitars
"It All Belongs To me" Album: My Life Brandy & Monica Guitars
"What Are We Doing Here" Album: Strange Clouds 'Deluxe Edition' B.O.B Composer/Guitars
"Dive" Album: Looking 4 Myself Usher Producer/Composer/Guitars
"Representin" Album: Ludaversal (release date: 2013) Ludacris feat. Kelly Rowland Composer/Guitars
"Long Live A$ap" Album: Long Live A$AP A$AP Rocky Producer/Composer/Guitars
2013 "Just The Way You Are/Just A Dream" (Mash-Up) Album: 2012 Pitch Perfect Soundtrack Various Composer
"M.O" Album Nelly feat. Florida Georgia Line Guitars
"Drink Freely" Album: Excuse My French French Montana Guitars
"Hell of a Morning" Album: Purple Heart Plies Guitars
"Gang Signs" Album: Dear Sallie Mae Tiara Thomas Guitars
"Popular" Album: Dear Sallie Mae Tiara Thomas Composer/Bass/Guitars
"Tell Me Something" Album: Dear Sallie Mae Tiara Thomas Guitars
"Little Dancer" Single Leroy Sanchez Producer/Guitars/Bass/Drums
"Beautiful Life" Single Sebastian Mikael Guitars/Bass
"Dive" Soundtrack: Baggage Claim Usher Producer/Composer/Guitars
2014 "A Million" Soundtrack: About Last Night John Legend Production/Composer/Guitars
"Cadillactia" Album Big Krit Guitars
"Aloha" Album Cisco Adler Guitars
2015 "Fool For You" Single Curtis Fields Composer/Guitars
"TTLO" Album Rico Love Guitars
"Golden Moments" Album Jill Scott Composer/Guitars
"I Adore You" Single Composer/Guitars
"Lie to Me" Album: The Great Unknown Rob Thomas Composer
"Merry Go Round" Album: General Admission Machine Gun Kelly (Interscope/Bad Boy) Guitars, Composer
2017 "Quit" Single Cashmere Cat ft. Ariana Grande Composer
"Damn Good Lover" Album: Buffalo Shelly Fairchild Composer
"Bandit Queen" Album: Bandit Queen (title track) Hannah Blaylock Composer

Awards

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  • 2002 ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Award for work on: "Don't Change" by Musiq Soulchild [14]
  • 2003 ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Award in the R&B/Hip-Hop Category for work on: "I Need A Girl (Part 2) by P. Diddy & Ginuwine feat. Loon, Mario Winans & Tami Ruggeri[15]
  • 2003 ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Award in the Rap Category for work on: "I Need A Girl (Part 2) by P. Diddy & Ginuwine feat. Loon, Mario Winans & Tami Ruggeri[15]
  • 2004 ASCAP Pop Music Award for work on: "I Need A Girl (Part 2) by P. Diddy & Ginuwine feat. Loon, Mario Winans & Tami Ruggeri[16]
  • 2010 ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Award in the R&B/Hip-Hop Category for work on: "There Goes My Baby" by Usher[11]
  • 2011 ASCAP Pop Music Award for work on: "Just A Dream" by Nelly[12]
  • 2012 ASCAP Pop Music Award for work on: "Just A Dream" by Nelly[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Forward Hall to Get Hit With The Funk". Freekbass.com. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
  2. ^ "Frank Romano: guitarist,songwriter & producer". Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  3. ^ "Atlantic Records: Catch Rob Thomas on the Today Show Concert Series". New York City, NY. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  4. ^ "Live 8 Concert: Rob Thomas at Live 8". Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
  5. ^ "USATODAY.com – A critic gets an earful". Usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  6. ^ "Producers Corner: Jim Jonsin". Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  7. ^ "Reach Music Publishing: Producers/Songwriterst". Retrieved December 14, 2012.
  8. ^ "2003 ASCAP R&S Awards: Complete List of Winners". Retrieved October 21, 2010.
  9. ^ "2004 ASCAP Pop Music Awards Winners List". Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
  10. ^ "Atlantic Records: Musiq Soulchild Biography". Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  11. ^ a b "2010 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards Winners List". Ascap.com. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  12. ^ a b "ASCAP Celebrates the Songwriters Behind Pop Music's Biggest Hits at Annual Awards Ceremony in Hollywood". Archived from the original on September 3, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  13. ^ a b "ASCAP Publishers of the Year". Ascap.com. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  14. ^ "Atlantic Records: Musiq Soulchild Biography". Atlanticrecords.com. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  15. ^ a b "2003 ASCAP R&S Awards: Complete List of Winners". Ascap.com. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  16. ^ "2004 ASCAP Pop Music Awards Winners List". Ascap.com. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2021.