- His 1989 album "The Road to Hell" is his most famous and successful.
- He began learning to play guitar when he was 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.
- His daughter Josephine was born on September 16, 1983; his daughter Julia Christina was born on March 18, 1989.
- The song "Julia" from his 1993 album "Espresso Logic" was written for and dedicated to his daughter, who was 4 years old at the time.
- Wrote the song "Stainsby Girl" for his wife.
- Well-known for the hit "On the Beach" from his 1986 album of the same name.
- LIved in Low Lane, Middlesborough, which is in Yorkshire, Northeastern England.
- Using his family background and his love of music developed from that of films and his passion for motor racing and Ferrari cars, he wrote and produced the film "La Passione" and starred in Michael Winner's film "Parting Shots" as a man who is given 6 weeks to live and decides that he will 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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