Joe Dolce (pronounced /ˈdoʊl.tʃeɪ/, originally /ˈdoʊlts/; born 1947 in Painesville, Ohio) is an American-born, Australian-resident singer/songwriter who achieved fame with the million-selling song "Shaddap You Face", recorded under his vehicle, the group named Joe Dolce Music Theatre and released in 1980. The song reached number one in 15 countries. The track famously kept Ultravox's Vienna off the number one singles spot in the U.K.
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Joe Dolce (pronounced /ˈdoʊl.tʃeɪ/, originally /ˈdoʊlts/; born 1947 in Painesville, Ohio) is an American-born, Australian-resident singer/songwriter who achieved fame with the million-selling song "Shaddap You Face", recorded under his vehicle, the group named Joe Dolce Music Theatre and released in 1980. The song reached number one in 15 countries. The track famously kept Ultravox's Vienna off the number one singles spot in the U.K.
He currently performs solo shows. He also frequently appears with his longtime partner, Lin Van Hek as part of their folk music-literary cabaret, Difficult Women which has been performing internationally since 1993.
Dolce is of Italian ancestry, and received the Advance Australia Award in 1981.
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