Dalbello

Her self-titled debut album in 1977 won her a Juno Award for Most Promising Female Vocalist Juno. Her 1978 followup, Pretty Girls, strangely, also won her a Juno for Best New Female Vocalist.

After Dalbello's third album, in 1981, she took a break from recording to complete her studies at York University. However, Mick Ronson saw a CBC documentary on her and convinced her to record another album.

That album, whomanfoursays (a homonym for "human forces"), was coproduced by Dalbello and Ronson. It was also her first album recorded as Dalbello, and marked her transformation into an edgy rock artist. However, the transformation worked -- the album was even more successful on the Canadian pop charts than her dance albums had been. The album spawned the hit singles "Gonna Get Close To You" and "Animal".

Ronson and Dalbello planned to record a second album, but Ronson pulled out because of an ongoing feud with Dalbello's record label. Instead, Dalbello continued working on her own, and released the album She in 1987. That album's singles, "Tango" and "Black on Black", were Dalbello's biggest hits.

Dalbello left her label after that album, and began collaborating with Ronson again in 1991. However, Ronson died of cancer in 1993.

Dalbello released Whore in 1996. She has not released another album since then.

Dalbello has also written songs for a number of other artists, including Patti Labelle, Helix, Julie Masse and Nena. She also recorded radio and TV jingles and voices for the TV cartoon Sailor Moon.

As well, Heart have covered "Black on Black".

Discography

as Lisa Dalbello

• Lisa Dalbello (1977)
• Pretty Girls (1979)
• Drastic Measures (1981)
  

  as Dalbello

• Whomanfoursays (1984)
• She (1987)
• Whore (1996)