A Little about Elisa:

At fifteen, Elisa Fiorillo won the 1985 Star Search talent show. In 1987 she signed with Chrysalis Records, first performing “Jackie” on the Summer School soundtrack. John “Jellybean” Benitez then asked her to sing lead on two songs on his 1987 album Just Visiting This Planet – one of them, “Who Found Who”, was a worldwide hit, reaching the Top 20 in many countries. Her self-titled debut album followed the same year.

She released her second album I Am in 1990, recorded at Prince’s Paisley Park studio after she contributed backing vocals to the Graffiti Bridge and Batman soundtracks. Several songs were written and produced by Prince, and the single “On The Way Up” was a Top 30 hit in the U.S. and Top 20 in Australia. Elisa also sang on two tracks on Prince’s Diamonds and Pearls.

Through the 1990s she worked mainly as a backing singer, touring with Savage Garden and Billie Myers. As a lead vocalist she sang “Don’t Be Afraid” on Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, and recorded a duet with Savage Garden frontman Darren Hayes, “Right Dead Back On It”. In 2009 she joined Prince’s band, The New Power Generation, and toured the world with him until his death in 2016, including appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

She has kept releasing her own music: Labour Of Love (2007) and, as The Dease & Reese Project with Nashville guitarist Tyler Reese, Life in 20 (2014) – 12 original songs produced by Jeff Silverman, with the single “All Over the World” released to radio.

Elisa has also directed TV (Maho shojo neko Taruto, 2001; Mao Dante, 2002) and voiced Ayamo Nakamura in the English version of Stratos 4 (2003).

Elisa is currently recording new music and performs live regularly in Las Vegas.