Frank Romano

Frank Romano Biography

Frank Romano is an American born guitarist, songwriter and record producer, influenced by a number of musical styles and backgrounds, but rooted primarily in a fusion of Rock, R&B, Funk and Pop.

Career

Currently based in Nashville, TN, Frank grew up in a musical family in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio where he was the guitarist for the Cincinnati funk band, Freebass (now known as Freekbass), a group produced by Bootsy Collins.

Romano has toured and performed internationally with Rob Thomas, Mary J. Blige, Toni Braxton, and Kanye West, among others. He has appeared alongside many of these artists on numerous national television shows, performing on Jay Leno, the Late Show with David Letterman, The View, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, MTV, The Today Show, and Good Morning America. In 2005, he performed with Rob Thomas at the Live-8 Concert, in Philadelphia, PA and can also be seen playing guitar on Rob Thomas"?s DVD, "Live At Red Rocks"?.

Aside from touring, Romano continues to work in the studio as a songwriter, producer and session guitarist. He has worked on recordings with Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Akon, Usher, and Rob Thomas, and has collaborated with some prominent music producers.

Romano is represented by the worldwide publishing company, Reach Music. He has been recognized with seven ASCAP songwriter awards for his work on the songs, "I Need a Girl"? (Part 2) by P. Diddy. "Don"?t Change"? by Musiq Soulchild, Usher's, "There Goes My Baby" and two awards (2011 and 2012) for Nelly's hit, "Just A Dream".

Discography: Single, DVD & Studio Album Credits

Year	Title	Format	Artist	Credit
2000	"Aijuswanaseing"	Album	Musiq Soulchild	Guitar
2001	"Mars/Venus"	Album	Koffee Brown	Composer/Guitar
	"Sunny Days"	Album	Allure	Guitar
	"JLO"	Album	Jennifer Lopez	Guitar
	"Isley Brother's Eternal 1"	Album	Isley Brothers	Composer/Guitar
	"Paradigm"	Album (Vinyl)	Osunlade	Composer/Guitar
	"Rader Du/Blackman"	Album (Vinyl)	Osunlade	Composer/Guitar
	"Dr. Dolittle 2"	Album (Original Soundtrack)	Various Artists	Guitar
	"Rush Hour II"	Album (Original Soundtrack)	Various Artists	Guitar
	"Mahogany Stone"	Album	Angie Stone	Guitar
	"8 Days Of Christmas"	Album	Destiny's Child	Guitar
	"Child of the Ghetto"	Album (Vinyl)	G. Dep	Guitar
	"Diamant"	Album (Vinyl)	Osunlade	Composer/Guitar
	"Special Place"	Single	Kim Burrell	Composer/Guitar
2002	"Worthy Of"	Album: Justified+ (UK)	Justin Timberlake	Composer/Guitar
	"Dawn"	Album	Dawn Robinson	Composer/Guitar
	"Star Kitty Revenge"	Album	Joi	Composer/Guitar
	"International Affairs v2.0"	Album	Vikter Duplaix	Guitar (Rhythm)
	"DJ-Kicks"	Album	Vikter Duplaix	Guitar
	"Montell Jordan"	Album	Montell Jordan	Guitar
	"No Half Steppin'"	Album	Sharissa	Guitar
	"Hold It Down"	Album (Vinyl)	4 Hero feat. Lady Alma	Composer/Guitar
	"Home and Garden An Invitation - Osunlade Remix"	Album (Vinyl)	Osunlade Yoruba Soul Remixes	Guitar
	"Juslisen"	Album	Musiq Soulchild	Arranger/Composer/Guitar
	"Don't Change"	Single	Musiq Soulchild	Composer/Guitar
	"Half Crazy"	Single	Musiq Soulchild	Composer/Guitar
	"Juslisen (Special Edition)"	Album	Musiq Soulchild	Arranger/Composer/Guitar
	"Something Wikid This Way Comes"	Album	Midwikid	Guitar
	"We Invented The Remix"	Album	P-Diddy	Producer/Composer/Guitar
	"I Need A Girl (Part 2)"	Single	P-Diddy	Producer/Composer/Guitar
	"Kiss"	Album	Trin-i-tee 5:7	Guitar
	"Chapter 2: The Voice"	Album	Syleena Johnson	Composer/Guitar
	"Transporter"	Album (Original Soundtrack)	Various Artists	Guitar
	"Redemption"	Album	Benzino	Guitar
	"Floetic"	Album	Floetry	Guitar
	"Offering"	Album	Osunlade	Guitar
	"This Is Who I Am"	Album	Heather Headley	Guitar
	"Love Story"	Album	Vivian Green	Guitar
	"Drumline"	Album (Original Soundtrack)	Various Artists	Guitar
	"Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. 6"	Album	Various Artists	Producer/Composer/Guitar
2003	"Live In London"	DVD	Justin Timberlake	Composer/Guitar
	"Soulstar"	Album	Musiq	Composer/Guitar
	"And Then..."	Album	Joe	Producer/Composer/Guitar/Engineer
	"Ride With U feat. G-Unit"	Single	Joe	Producer/Composer/Guitar/Engineer
	"Conception: An Interpretation of Stevie Wonder's Songs"	Album	Various Artists	Guitar
	"Guess What/Guess Again"	Album	Syleena Johnson	Guitar
	"Swatch Together"	Album	Various Artists	Guitar
	"Excursions"	Album	Modaji	Guitar
	"Bone Deep"	Album	Jeff Bradshaw	Guitar (Acoustic)
	"Bone Deep (Japan Bonus Track)"	Album	Jeff Bradshaw	Guitar (Acoustic)
2004	"Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary...The Hits"	Album/DVD	Various Artists	Producer/Composer/Guitar
	"Hurt No More"	Album	Mario Winans	Composer/Guitar
	"Power of Soul (Tribute to Jimi Hendrix)"	Album	Musiq Soulchild	Guitar
	"Johnson Family Reunion"	Album (Original Soundtrack)	Patti Labelle	Guitar
	"Introducing Tortured Soul"	Album (Vinyl)	Tortured Soul	Guitar
	"Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds, Vol. 2"	Album	Jill Scott	Composer/Guitar
	"Time To Share"	Album	Toshi Kubota	Guitar
	"Turning Point"	Album	Mario	Composer/Guitar
2005	"The First Lady"	Album	Faith Evans	Composer/Guitar
	"Live-Aid"	DVD	Rob Thomas	Guitar
	"Bedda At Home"	Single (Shadowboxer Original Soundtrack)	Jill Scott	Composer
2006	"Uncovered/Covered"	Album	Kenny Lattimore & Chante Moore	Composer/Guitar
	"The Breakthrough"	Album	Mary J. Blige	Composer/Guitar
	"Left of Center"	Album	Javier	Producer/Composer/Guitar
	"Danity Kane"	Album	Danity Kane	Composer/Guitar
	"Showstopper"	Single	Danity Kane	Composer/Guitar
	"All I Got Is Love"	Album	J. Shin	Composer/Guitar/Bass
	"Mario Vazquez"	Album	Mario Vazquez	Composer/Guitar
	"The Return"	Album	Ruben Studdard	Composer/Guitar
	"Only Hits"	Album	Danity Kane	Composer/Guitar
2007	"Saturday Night Special"	Album	Pretty Ricky	Composer/Guitar
	"Holla: The Best of Trin-I-Tee 5:7"	Album	Trin-i-tee 5:7	Guitar
	"Nickelodeon Kids Choice"	Album	Danity Kane	Composer/Guitar
	"Rockstar Mentality"	Album	Shop Boyz	Guitar
	"Smooth Jazz Tribute"	Album	Musiq Soulchild/Smooth Jazz All Stars	Composer
	"Cyclone"	Album	Baby Bash	Composer/Guitar/Sitar
	"Nana"	Single	Baby Bash	Composer/Guitar/Sitar
	"Face Off"	Album/DVD	Bow Wow & Omarion	Composer/Guitar
	"Epiphany"	Album	T-Pain	Composer/Guitar
	"Church"	Single	T-Pain	Composer/Guitar
2008	"Something To Be Tour: Live at Red Rocks"	DVD	Rob Thomas	Guitar
	"Live In Paris"	Album/DVD	Jill Scott	Composer
	"Colby O"	Album	Colby O'Donis	Guitar
	"Unexpected"	Album	Michelle Williams	Guitar/Bass
	"Death of Adam"	Album	88-Keys	Guitar
	David Archuleta	Album	David Archuleta	Guitar
	"Thr33 Ringz"	Album	T-Pain	Composer/Guitar
	"Thr33 Ringz (Deluxe Addition)"	Album	T-Pain	Composer/Guitar
	"Freedom"	Album	Akon	Composer/Guitar
	"Freedom: Asian Tour Addition"	Bonus DVD	Akon	Composer/Guitar
	"Step Up 2"	Album (Original Soundtrack)	T-Pain	Guitar
2009	"Guilt"	Album	MIMS	Guitar
	"This Is Us"	Album	Backstreet Boys	Composer/Guitar
	"This Is Us"	Bonus DVD	Backstreet Boys	Composer/Guitar
	"Remembered Well"	Bonus Track (From Cradlesong)	Rob Thomas	Composer
2010	"Raymond v Raymond"	Album	Usher	Composer/Guitar
	"There Goes My Baby"	Single	Usher	Composer/Guitar
	"Versus"	Album	Usher	Composer/Guitar
	"Rise Up"	Album	Cypress Hill	Composer/Guitar/Bass
	"Armada Latina feat. Marc Anthony"	Single	Cypress Hill	Guitar/Bass
	"Sex and the City 2"	Album (Original Soundtrack)	Cee-lo	Guitar
	"Ladykiller"	Album	Cee-lo	Guitar
	"Suddenly Yours"	Album	Allstar Weekend	Producer/Composer/Guitar
	"Just a Dream"	Single	Nelly	Composer/Guitar
	"5.0"	Album	Nelly	Composer/Guitar
	"Nelly Smooth Jazz Tribute, Vol. 2"	Album	Nelly	Composer
	"Erase Me feat. Kanye West"	Single	Kid Cudi	Composer/Guitar/Bass
	"Southern Hospitality"	Single	Hal Linton	Composer/Guitar
	"Now 36: That's What I Call Music"	Album (Single)	Various (Nelly "Just A Dream")	Composer/Guitar
2011	"Gone" (From Album, "Where You At")	Single	Jennifer Hudson	Guitar
	"Castle's Made of Sand" (From Album, "Planet Pit" )	Single	Pitbull	Bass/Guitar
	"Right There" ft 50 Cent (From Album, "Killer Love")	Single	Nicole Scherzinger	Composer/Guitar/Bass
	"Maybe I'm Amazed"	American Idol: iTunes Singles	James Durbin	Guitar/Bass
	"I Could Fall In Love"	American Idol: iTunes Singles	Karen Rodreiquez	Guitar/Bass
	"I'm The Only One"	American Idol: iTunes Singles	Lauren Alaina	Guitar/Bass
	"Alone"	American Idol: iTunes Singles	Jacob Lusk	Guitar/Bass
	"Tracks Of My Tears"	American Idol: iTunes Singles	Paul McDonald	Guitar/Bass
	"For Once In My Life"	American Idol: iTunes Singles	Scotty McCreery	Guitar/Bass
	"Daniel"	American Idol: iTunes Singles	Theia	Guitar/Bass
	"Bennie and the Jets"	American Idol: iTunes Singles	Haley Reinhart	Guitar/Bass
	"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"	American Idol: iTunes Singles	James Durbin	Guitar/Bass
	"Have You Ever Seen The Rain"	American Idol: iTunes Singles	Casey Abrams	Guitars/Bass
	"Rolling in the deep"	American Idol: iTunes Singles	Haley Reinhart	Guitars/Bass
	"Harder to Breathe"	American Idol: iTunes Singles	Casey Abrams	Guitar
	"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow"	American Idol: iTunes Singles	James Durbin	Guitars/Bass
	"Tonight you mine"	American Idol: iTunes Singles	(Duet) James Durbin & Jacob Lusk	Guitars/Bass
	"You've Got A Friend"	American Idol: iTunes Singles	Scott Mecreedy	Guitars
	"I Feel The Earth Move"	American Idol: iTunes Singles	(Duet) Haley Reinhart & Casey Abrams	Guitars
	"Can't Live"	American Idol: iTunes Singles	James Durbin	Guitars
	"Unchained Melody"	American Idol: iTunes Singles	Lauren Alaina	Guitars
	"The Earth Song"	American Idol: iTunes Singles	Haley Reinhart	Guitars
	"I Who Have Nothing" Shirley Bassey	American Idol: iTunes Singles	Haley Reinhart	Guitars
	"Young Blood"	American Idol: iTunes Singles	Scotty McCreery	Guitars
	"Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)	American Idol: iTunes Singles	Scotty McCreery	Guitars
	"What is and what should never be"	American Idol: iTunes Singles	Haley Reinhart	Guitars
	"You Outta Know"	American Idol: iTunes Singles	Haley Reinhart	Guitars/Bass
	"Future vs. History"	Album	Jason Derulo	Producer/Composer/Guitar
	"4am"	Single	Melanie Fiona	Guitar
	"Role Model" ft. Justin Timberlake	Single	Freesol	Composer
	"No More" ft. Neyo	Single	LL Cool J	Composer/Guitar
	"Right There" ft. 50 Cent	The Remixes, iTunes Single	Nicole Scherzinger	Composer
	"Joe, Live from Japan"	Album	Joe	Composer/Producer
	"The Remedy"	Album	Jagged Edge	Composer/Guitar
2012	"Hold On"	Album: Tomahawk Technique	Sean Paul	Guitars
	"Hardly breathing"	Album: Two Eleven	Brandy	Guitars
	"Paint This House"	Album: Two Eleven	Brandy	Guitars
	"Daddy's Good Girl"	Album: My Life	Monica	Guitars
	"A Man Who Has Everything"	Album: My Life	Monica	Guitars
	"It All Belongs To me"	Album: My Life	Brandy & Monica	Guitars
	"What Are We Doing Here"	Album: Strange Clouds 'Deluxe Edition'	B.O.B	Composer/Guitars
	"Dive"	Album: Looking 4 Myself	Usher	Producer/Composer/Guitars
	"Representin"	Album: Ludaversal (release date: 2013)	Ludacris feat. Kelly Rowland	Composer/Guitars
	"Long Live A$ap"	Album: Long Live A$AP	A$AP Rocky	Producer/Composer/Guitars
2013	"Just The Way You Are/Just A Dream" (Mash-Up)	Album: 2012 Pitch Perfect Soundtrack	Various	Composer
	"M.O"	Album	Nelly feat. Florida Georgia Line	Guitars
	"Drink Freely"	Album: Excuse My French	French Montana	Guitars
	"Hell of a Morning"	Album: Purple Heart	Plies	Guitars
	"Gang Signs"	Album: Dear Sallie Mae	Tiara Thomas	Guitars
	"Popular"	Album: Dear Sallie Mae	Tiara Thomas	Composer/Bass/Guitars
	"Tell Me Something"	Album: Dear Sallie Mae	Tiara Thomas	Guitars
	"Little Dancer"	Single	Leroy Sanchez	Producer/Guitars/Bass/Drums
	"Beautiful Life"	Single	Sebastian Mikael	Guitars/Bass
	"Dive"	Soundtrack: Baggage Claim	Usher	Producer/Composer/Guitars
2014	"A Million"	Soundtrack: About Last Night	John Legend	Production/Composer/Guitars
	"Cadillactia"	Album	Big Krit	Guitars
	"Aloha"	Album	Cisco Adler	Guitars
2015	"Fool For You"	Single	Curtis Fields	Composer/Guitars
	"TTLO"	Album	Rico Love	Guitars
	"Golden Moments"	Album	Jill Scott	Composer/Guitars
	"I Adore You"	Single	Jill Scott	Composer/Guitars
	"Lie to Me"	Album: The Great Unknown	Rob Thomas	Composer
	"Merry Go Round"	Album: General Admission	Machine Gun Kelly (Interscope/Bad Boy)	Guitars, Composer

Awards

2002 ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Award for work on: "Don't Change" by Musiq Soulchild
2003 ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Award in the R&B/Hip-Hop Category for work on: "I Need A Girl (Part 2) by P. Diddy & Ginuwine feat. Loon, Mario Winans & Tami Ruggeri
2003 ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Award in the Rap Category for work on: "I Need A Girl (Part 2) by P. Diddy & Ginuwine feat. Loon, Mario Winans & Tami Ruggeri
2004 ASCAP Pop Music Award for work on: "I Need A Girl (Part 2) by P. Diddy & Ginuwine feat. Loon, Mario Winans & Tami Ruggeri
2010 ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Award in the R&B/Hip-Hop Category for work on: "There Goes My Baby" by Usher
2011 ASCAP Pop Music Award for work on: "Just A Dream" by Nelly
2012 ASCAP Pop Music Award for work on: "Just A Dream" by Nelly

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