Edward Brigati Jr. is an American singer and songwriter. Brigati shared vocal duties with other group members, and played tambourine, in the pop group The Young Rascals from 1964 to 1970. Prior to his stint with The Young Rascals, Brigati had been a member of Joey Dee and the Starliters. With the help of group founder Billy Amato and manager Sid Bernstein. The Rascals were the first all-white group signed to Atlantic Records. They, were practitioners of a genre of music coined 'blue-eyed soul'.
Brigati wrote the songs that made the Rascals' one of the more successful recording groups of their era. He helped compose "You Better Run", "I've Been Lonely Too Long", "Groovin'", "How Can I Be Sure", "A Beautiful Morning", and "People Got to Be Free". Brigati left the group in 1970 after their contract with Atlantic expired, and they chose to sign with Columbia. In 1976, Eddie and David Brigati recorded an album, Lost in the Wilderness, under the name Brigati. They also performed on in 1992. The Rascals were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 and in 2005, the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. On June 18, 2009, Brigati was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. On April 24, 2010, Brigati reunited with the other three members of the Rascals. They performed at the Kristen Ann Carr benefit. The quartet played a set that ran over one hour and featured several of their top hits from the 1960s. He reunited with his band-mates in 2012. The Rascals appeared at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, NY for six shows in December 2012 and for fifteen dates at the Richard Rogers Theatre on Broadway. The production was entitled 'Once Upon A Dream' and was produced by long-time Rascals' fans, Steven Van Zandt and his wife Maureen. They toured for seven months after Broadway. Tour dates included venues in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, Phoenix, Clearwater, Jacksonville, Atlanta, Boston, Wantagh, Homdel, Atlantic City and Toronto, Canada. On May, 8th 2017, Brigati debuted a cabaret show at the Cutting Room in New York City that was produced by Steven and Maureen Van Zandt. The show consisted of some Broadway tunes, some Brill Building hits as well as a song written for Brigati by Steven Van Zandt entitled 'Reintroduce Myself to Me'. After the month long residency at The Cutting Room, Brigati appeared at Tim McLoones Supper Club on August 4th. He will appear again at McLoones on October 19th. Brigati performed with the Rockit! Live Foundation at their August 26th, 2017 concert at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey.
Personal life
Brigati and his wife, Susan Lovell, reside in his home state of New Jersey.
