- His 1989 album "The Road to Hell" is his most famous and successful.
- He began learning to play guitar at the age of 21.
- Between 1978 and 2005, he spent 362 weeks on the British albums chart and 120 weeks on the singles chart.
- He plays guitar, piano, keyboards, accordion, harmonica, Hammond organ and mandolin.
- His father was Italian.
- He has six siblings - brothers Nick and Mike, and sisters Catherine, Geraldine, Paula and Camille.
- He has daughters Josephine, born on September 16, 1983 and Julia Christina, born on March 18, 1989.
- The song "Julia" from his 1993 album "Espresso Logic" was written and dedicated for her daughter, who was 4 years old at the time.
- Wrote the song Stainsby Girl after his wife,.
- Well-known by the hit "On the Beach", belonging to his 1986 homonym album.
- LIved in Low Lane Middlesborough.
- Using his family background and his love of music developed from that of films and his passion for motor racing and Ferarri cars he wrote and produced the film La Passione and starred in Michael Winners film Parting Shots playing a man who given 6 weeks to live decides that he's going to take a number of people with him.
- Born to Irish/Italian parents who ran a cafe and an ice cream factory.
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