Bill Curreri

Bill Curreri is a 21st century Renaissance man who grew up in Greenwich Village during the socially turbulent 1960s. After successful careers in advertising and academia, Bill returned to his unfiltered roots and first love... music. His 2012 debut CD, “Long Time Gone” generated considerable acclaim and radio play both in the United States and abroad. Bill’s follow-up album have been well-received around the world, and generated cross-over radio play among both Top 40 and Adult Contemporary stations.

Bill was raised in a tight-knit Italian-American immigrant family in the historic era of 1950s and ‘60s Greenwich Village, New York. As the Neapolitan folk music of his ancestors played in the background of his grandparents’ third-floor tenement apartment, the streets of Greenwich Village were coming alive with the early sounds of rock and folk.

Even at a young age, it was becoming clear that Bill was a talented singer and lyricist. During his teenage years, Bill, his brother, Bob and a group of friends formed a band called The Village Merchants that played regularly at legendary venues throughout the New York City area. Bill continued to perform and write music during his college years at NYU and ultimately formed the band Stillwater.

At age 27, Mercury Records offered Bill and the band a recording contract on the strength of a tape that they had recorded in the studio. Bowing to family pressures and a promising career in advertising, Bill reluctantly said no to the deal.