Lisa Hunt

Lisa Hunt is an American Byron Bay-based soul singer. Hunt rose to fame in Italy as an associated act and backup singer of Zucchero Fornaciari, touring with him from the late 1980s until the 2000s. She has been particularly praised for her collaboration on Zucchero's fifth album Oro Incenso & Birra, and for her subsequent performance in Zucchero's first live album Live at the Kremlin, particularly for her solo in the song "Madre dolcissima". Hunt recorded several songs with Fornaciari, including "Something Strong", from the soundtrack album Snack Bar Budapest. She has released a total four albums, the first, A Little Piece of Magic, with Polydor.

Although better known for her Funk, Soul and Rock style, Hunt also collaborated with several electronic dance music acts, and appeared on many house and electronic records. In January 2005, the single "The Joint is Jumpin'" featuring Hunt peaked at number 5 on the United States Billboard Dance Club Songs. In Italy, she is said to have performed one of the most intense interpretations of "Imagine". She began singing in the Afro American tradition of gospel music. Fornaciari presented himself and asked Hunt if she would like to sing in his band, taking her phone number. Hunt collaborated on Zucchero's fifth studio album Oro Incenso & Birra, and is best remembered for the single Madre dolcissima. She was also praised for her performance in Live at the Kremlin, Zucchero's first live album. Zucchero's was the first concert by an occidental artist in the Soviet Union after the fall of the wall.

In the 1990s, Hunt attempted for the first time to go solo. In 1989 she released "A Little Piece of Magic", which was released on January 12, 1990, in Italy.

In addition to her participation in the soundtrack of Snack Bar Budapest in the 1980s (with "Something Strong" featuring Hunt and Zucchero), Hunt has contributed vocals to the soundtrack of HBO's Subway Stories, and collaborated on HBO's adaptation of Goodnight Moon, featuring Lauryn Hill and Susan Sarandon.

Hunt has appeared in a number of off-Broadway musicals, including Dreamgirls, Robert Wilson's Medea and Ballad for Bimshire by Susan Watson Turner. It has been stated that the ballad of the latter show was "stirringly delivered" by Hunt.

Personal life Hunt has stated that her favorite city "in Italy and in the world" is Venice.

In February 2021 she was fined $5000 for "alleged COVID-19 breaches by patrons."

In December 1989 she married an Australian rock guitarist in her native New York City.

Discography

Studio albums + List of studio albums, with chart positions Title Details Peak chart positionsITA A Little Piece of Magic Released: 1989 Label: Polydor-Universal Formats: Digital download, vinyl, CD— Can You Feel It Released: 1997 Label: Nature Beat Music Formats: Digital download, vinyl, CD— Forever Soul Released: 2000 Label: Phatgirl Records Formats: Digital download, vinyl, CD— The Very Best of Forever Soul Released: 2003 Label: Phatgirl Records Formats: Digital download, vinyl, CD—

As a featured artist + List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications ITA AUT BEL (FL) BEL (WA) FRA GER NLD SWE SWI UK Snack Bar Budapest: Music from the Motion Picture FRA: Platinum SWI: Platinum Live at the Kremlin(Zucchero, with songs featuring Randy Crawford, Lisa Hunt, James Thompson and others) Released: 4 November 1991 Label: Polydor Formats: LP, cassette, CD — — — — — — — — — —Spirito DiVino(Zucchero, with songs featuring Clarence Clemons, Lisa Hunt, Sheila E. and others) Released: 27 May 1995 Label: Polydor Formats: LP, cassette, CD 1 — 15 14 4 17 29 — 3 — ITA: 11× Platinum and 2× Diamond SWI: Platinum BEL: Platinum EU: Platinum AUS"Madre dolcissima"(Zucchero featuring Lisa Hunt)1990 — 49 — Oro Incenso & Birra"Love Come Rescue Me"(Lovestation featuring Lisa Hunt)1992 — — — "Love is Drug"(Ekko featuring Lisa Hunt)1994 — — 22 "The Joint is Jumpin'" 200412 — — "The Joint is Jumpin' (J. Budz/ Blueroom/ Twisted Dee & Jayito Mixes)" 20055 — — "Unity" (John Rizzo featuring Lisa Hunt and Wanda Houston)200827 — —