Joe Pesci: an extraordinary actor who wanted to be a musician and even recorded Beatles covers

 Legendary Oscar-winning actor Joe Pesci has some notable hallmarks, including his small stature, bird mouth and rugged features, but Pesci wasn't always like this.

In fact,

His future was in music.

While growing up in Newark, New Jersey, Pesci became involved in the

scene that was popular in the 1950s.

The actor was friends with a local star named Francesco Stephen Castelluccio.

Although Castelluccio was almost a decade older than him,

.

Joe Pesci.

The actor who wanted to be a musician in the sixties.

By this time, Castelluccio had changed his name to Frankie Valli and, with Gaudio, would form, in 1960,

The path through the music of Joe Pesci

Also in the 1960s,

.

For a brief stint, the Casino actor was guitarist for

, who had previously scored a US number one hit with the song

.

Finally,

.

But he had a particularity, since he changed his name to Joe Ritchie.

Under his new identity, the actor recorded an album of pop standards titled

Joe Pesci with Robert DeNiro in "The Irishman."

Released on Brunswick Records, the record is more in keeping with the kind of Brill Building pop music that was still filtering out of New York at the time.

Joe Pesci's love for the

Beatles

Little Joe Sure Can Sing!

includes three songs written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney:

,

and

.

Pesci was obviously a McCartney fan.

The Fool On The Hill

The album is rounded out by other standards of the time, such as

and

, by The Bee Gees.

Pesci never quite gave up her singing career.

Once his success in the movies was consolidated, he returned to the studio to record

, a jazz album in which he also raps the songs

and

Pesci even released an album,

, in 2019. 

 Joe Pesci: an extraordinary actor

Pesci earned an Oscar nomination in 1980 for his performance in

, won a supporting actor award for

in 1991, and appeared in blockbuster films like

.

"The Irishman" by Martin Scorsese.

The movie where Joe Pesci had a part.

His last major role was in 2006 in

, one of the movies directed by Robert De Niro.

She also later starred in the poorly received

opposite Helen Mirren in 2010.

He was about to appear in the biopic, 2018's

, even claiming to have put on 70 pounds to play mob hitman Angelo Ruggiero, but the role was cut and Pesci sued the production for $3 million.

The actor retired from the industry in 1999 to focus on his musical career and had a part in The Irishman. 

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