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Frank Filipetti is an American record producer, audio engineer and mixer, who was born in Bristol, Connecticut, United States. Filipetti has seven Grammy Awards and ten nominations for his work on The Color Purple, The Book of Mormon, Wicked, Monty Python's Spamalot and Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida.^[1] He was an early supporter of digital recording.^[2]

His credits include mixes for such number one singles as Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is" and The Bangles' "Eternal Flame." Filipetti engineered and produced Survivor's 1988 album, Too Hot to Sleep. Filipetti also recorded and mixed albums for Carly Simon, Barbra Streisand, Vanessa Williams, George Michael, 10,000 Maniacs, Korn, McAuley Schenker Group, Frank Zappa and James Taylor, whose Hourglass Filipetti produced, engineered and mixed winning two more Grammy Awards in 1998 for Best Engineered Album and Best Pop Album.

A proponent of surround sound, Filipetti has made nine 5.1/DVD projects, including works for Billy Joel, Carly Simon, James Taylor and Meat Loaf. He has recorded and mixed numerous live albums, including the Pavarotti and Friends series, 1999's Minnelli on Minnelli: Live at the Palace, James Taylor's Live at the Beacon and most recently, Elton John's One Night Only. He also recorded original cast albums for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum featuring Nathan Lane, the Grammy-winning Annie Get Your Gun and 2000's Tony Award-winning Aida, among others.

Filipetti lives in Waterford, CT.

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^ "Grammy Award". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
^ "Frank Filipetti, March 2001". Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2006-12-25.

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[1] "Grammy Award". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2022-12-28.

[2] "Frank Filipetti, March 2001". Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2006-12-25.

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-'''Frank Filipetti''' is a 7x Grammy-winning music producer, engineer and mixer who was born in [[Bristol, Connecticut]]. Frank won 5 of those Grammys for [[The Color Purple]],  [[The Book of Mormon]], [[Wicked (musical)|Wicked]], [[Monty Python's Spamalot]] and [[Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida]]. He was one of the first engineers to embrace digital.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mixguides.com/consoles/tips_and_techniques/frank-filipetti-0301 |title=Frank Filipetti, March 2001 |access-date=2006-12-25 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120711175307/http://mixguides.com/consoles/tips_and_techniques/frank-filipetti-0301 |archive-date=2012-07-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His credits include mixes for such number one singles as [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]]'s "[[I Want to Know What Love Is]]" and "[[I Don't Want to Live Without You]]" (which he also produced), the 1983 [[Kiss (band)|KISS]] album, ''[[Lick It Up]]'' and [[The Bangles]]' song, "[[Eternal Flame (song)|Eternal Flame]]." Filipetti engineered and produced [[Survivor (band)|Survivor's]] 1988 album, ''[[Too Hot to Sleep]]''. Filipetti also recorded and mixed albums for [[Carly Simon]], [[Barbra Streisand]], [[Vanessa L. Williams|Vanessa Williams]], [[George Michael]], [[10,000 Maniacs]], [[Lauren Kinhan]], [[Korn]], [[Frank Zappa]] and [[James Taylor]], whose ''[[Hourglass (James Taylor album)|Hourglass]]'' Filipetti produced, engineered and mixed, winning [[Grammy Award]]s in 1998 for Best Engineered Album and Best Pop Album.
+'''Frank Filipetti''' is an American record producer, audio engineer and mixer, who was born in [[Bristol, Connecticut]], United States. Filipetti has seven [[Grammy Award]]s and ten nominations for his work on ''[[The Color Purple (musical)|The Color Purple]]'',  ''[[The Book of Mormon (musical)|The Book of Mormon]]'', ''[[Wicked (musical)|Wicked]]'', ''[[Monty Python's Spamalot]]'' and ''[[Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grammy Award |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/frank-filipetti/12419 |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> He was an early supporter of [[digital recording]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mixguides.com/consoles/tips_and_techniques/frank-filipetti-0301 |title=Frank Filipetti, March 2001 |access-date=2006-12-25 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711175307/http://mixguides.com/consoles/tips_and_techniques/frank-filipetti-0301 |archive-date=2012-07-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+His credits include mixes for such number one singles as [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]]'s "[[I Want to Know What Love Is]]" and [[The Bangles]]' "[[Eternal Flame (song)|Eternal Flame]]." Filipetti engineered and produced [[Survivor (band)|Survivor's]] 1988 album, ''[[Too Hot to Sleep]]''. Filipetti also recorded and mixed albums for [[Carly Simon]], [[Barbra Streisand]], [[Vanessa L. Williams|Vanessa Williams]], [[George Michael]], [[10,000 Maniacs]], [[Korn]], [[McAuley Schenker Group]], [[Frank Zappa]] and [[James Taylor]], whose ''[[Hourglass (James Taylor album)|Hourglass]]'' Filipetti produced, engineered and mixed winning two more Grammy Awards in 1998 for Best Engineered Album and Best Pop Album.
-A proponent of surround sound, Filipetti has made nine 5.1/DVD projects, including works for [[Billy Joel]], [[Carly Simon]], [[James Taylor]] and [[Meat Loaf|Meatloaf]]. He has  recorded and mixed numerous live albums including the Pavarotti and Friends series, 1999's ''Minnelli on Minnelli: Live at the Palace'', James Taylor's ''Live at the Beacon'' and most recently, [[Elton John]]'s ''[[Elton John One Night Only – The Greatest Hits|One Night Only]]''. He is also recorded original cast albums for ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'' featuring [[Nathan Lane]], the Grammy-winning ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'' and 2000's [[Tony Award]]-winning and Grammy-nominated ''[[Aida (musical)|Aida]]'', among others.
+A proponent of surround sound, Filipetti has made nine 5.1/DVD projects, including works for [[Billy Joel]], [[Carly Simon]], [[James Taylor]] and [[Meat Loaf]]. He has recorded and mixed numerous live albums, including the Pavarotti and Friends series, 1999's ''Minnelli on Minnelli: Live at the Palace'', James Taylor's ''Live at the Beacon'' and most recently, [[Elton John]]'s ''[[Elton John One Night Only – The Greatest Hits|One Night Only]]''. He also recorded original cast albums for ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'' featuring [[Nathan Lane]], the Grammy-winning ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'' and 2000's [[Tony Award]]-winning ''[[Aida (musical)|Aida]]'', among others.
-Filipetti lives in [[West Nyack]], [[New York (state)|New York]].
+Filipetti lives in [[West Nyack|Waterford, CT]].
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