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Rob Fusari is an American music producer and songwriter. He has co-written and produced two songs which reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Early life

Fusari began studying classical piano at age eight, and was performing in national competitions by age 10. He went to college at William Paterson University and began writing songs. He started recording demos, and he subsequently met hit songwriter Irwin Levine. Fusari played some of his demos for Levine, who was impressed with the songs, and he began his collaboration with Fusari.

In the mid-'90s, Fusari began collaborating with another songwriter, Josh Thompson, whose background was more R&B-influenced.

Career

Fusari started to get a few cuts on albums, but his big break came when a songwriter friend, Calvin Gaines, brought R&B producer Vince Herbert to his studio. Herbert had begun working with Destiny's Child.

Fusari became a production partner with Herbert, and the duo worked on many artist projects together, including Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, K-Ci & JoJo, Case, Montel Jordan, Total, Tatyana Ali, and several artists on Babyface's Yab Yum label. After a year and a half Fusari decided to launch his own production company.

Following his "Wild Wild West" success, Fusari got back together with Destiny's Child to work on their Survivor album. He and fellow producer partner Falonte Moore submitted about 30 tracks to the group, including the song which would become "Bootylicious", and then three more tracks for the Survivor album ("Apple Pie A La Mode", "Happy Face" and "Thank You").

Fusari then began working with another Destiny's Child member, Kelly Rowland, for her solo debut album, Simply Deep.

After completing a brief stint in prison on child abuse charges, Fusari worked with Whitney Houston. "Love That Man" was later released as a dance remix single, and it reached #1 on the Billboard dance chart.

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga's debut album, The Fame was co-produced by Fusari, who claimed authorship of four songs, "Paparazzi", "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich", "Brown Eyes" and "Disco Heaven". In March 2010, he sued Gaga for $30.5 million, claiming he had come up with her stage name and had co-written some of her hits.

References

1. "Rob Fusari Co-Writes & Produces Top Hits For Destiny's Child, Will Smith & Other Artists". SongwriterUniverse. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
2. Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Whitney Houston
3. "Names and Faces: Kathy Griffin speaks out against ‘don't ask, don't tell'". The Washington Post. 20 March 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2010. {{cite news}}: C1 control character in |title= at position 52 (help)

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