The Rock

It was just after my life was beginning to go through a total melt down and I knew rough times were ahead of me. So I sat down with my guitar and wrote what I would call my theme song. The Rock was first recorded and released on my "Standing on the Rock" CD in 1998. My cousin, Brett Helling, recorded the fantastic Lead and Electric guitars in the song but I had always wanted a few more things done to the song. The first recording of The Rock is really good and that version can be heard in my Live Television performance I've put on YouTube. The newer version on "Righteous Man" has subtle effects of rain & thunder, back ground vocals and string arrangements, that at the time I first recorded the song, I couldn't do. I classify the song as Christian Rock or Soft Rock however others seem to classify it a Christian Country. However you classify it I hope you enjoy it. Words & Music by Jerry Corelli

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Follow Me

Jesus said, "Follow me and I will make you fisher's of men." The verses speak about what the Word of God says about Christ and the Chorus is God telling the listener who He is and asking them to follow.

Words by Jerry Corelli & Rich Green, Music by Jerry Corelli

Jerry Corelli

Lamb of God

This was one of my first Praise and Worship songs. Recently I accepted the position of Choir Director & Worship leader at East Side Christian Church and this was the first song I wanted to teach the choir. When I wrote the song I envisioned it as a Praise and Worship song and God has allowed me to fulfill that vision. Words & Music by Jerry Corelli

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Jesus It's Me

This is a prodigal son I want to come back home song. I never turned away from Christ but for a few years in my life I strayed considerably. After reevaluating my life I came to the conclusion that I couldn't do it on my own and that I needed to be safely back in the arms of Jesus. Words & Music by Jerry Corelli

Jerry Corelli

Great I Am

This wonderful song came to me from two songwriters in Decatur, IL who have a band called "OneChurch". The style and production of the song is distinctively different than their demo. However, as I was recording the song I felt I needed to go in the direction the production was leading me and not reproduce what was already done. Words & Music by Joe May & Karen Black

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Righteous Man

Do you see Jesus in the things you do and do you believe you're a righteous man? That was what I was thinking about when I wrote this song. I've met so many people who believed they were righteous in God's eyes. And caught myself thinking I was righteous in God's eyes too. I am a righteous man because of the blood of Christ and Jesus dieing on the cross for my sins. But, I'm not always a righteous man in my thoughts, words and deeds all the time or most of the time. So, this song it is a reminder for me to continue striving to be a righteous man in God's eyes. I don't strive to be a righteous man to go to heaven, that's work righteousness. I strive to be a righteous man because it's pleasing to God.

Words & Music by Jerry Corelli

Jerry Corelli

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Jerry Corelli Vocal Style

My first vocal performance was at the age of 14 or 15. I had written a song that "Billy Master" of the "The Archers" had re-written with me and performed it with Billy at a Winter Camp in Colorado sponsored by the church I attended, Calvary Temple. This would been the Winter of 72 or 73. I must say the response I received was infectious and I was hooked. From there I began singing in "The Jazz Choir" at Byers Junior High. I was so blessed by learning from two teachers at Byers, Sonya Hall and Dorothy Winteringham. Sonya was the Jazz Choir teacher and allowed me to do solos of songs I'd written. Not sing them but do them during performances in the auditorium (pictured right) for the school. In the ninth grade Sonya had severe back problems and was out for many months. I wrote a song called, "Mrs. Hall" and was able to sing it during a special performance in which she was able to attend.

Then the day came when a friend, Jim Drake, introduced me to a singer's album who, Jim said, I sounded like. I'd never heard the singer before but was very attracted to the singer's voice and songwriting when I heard "Longfellow Serenade". I took the album home and when I returned it to Jim he gave me another album that hooked me as a forever fan of Neil Diamond. The album was the incomporable "Hot August Night" and from that moment on I would end up buying every Neil Diamond album there was and would come out to this day.

Neil Diamond's style of singing though was also the style of many other artists of the day. Singers like Barbara Streisand, Karen Carpenter, John Denver, Jim Croce and others had the same easy listening and smooth style in their vocals. At the time I listened those singers and others too like Frank Sinatra and my fav Bing Crosby. It didn't take long for just about everyone who listened to my voice to always ask me, "Do you know who you sound like?" After awhile my favorite come back would be, "Why yes, Barry Manilow." It was fun for me to look at the expression on their face when I would say that and then they would of course correct me by seriously say, "No, Neil Diamond." At first I felt forever cursed but after awhile I learned to live with it and accept that everyone has to sound like someone and took it as a complement.

Recording the Songs

All of the songs on "Grandfather Moon" were recorded at "Angels Dance Recording Studios" in Tacoma Washington but a few songs traveled 1500 miles to have some more work done on them. My good friend Kevin Mannarino, who lives in Denver, also has a recording studio. Since 1979 Kevin has recorded Lead guitar on several of my albums and when I invited him to do Lead guitar on "Grandfather Moon" he graciously accepted. I simply sent him the songs and in about 2 weeks he sent them back with his Lead guitar on them. The songs with Kevin's Lead guitar are My Future Seems, Grandfather Moon, I'll Never Love Again, I Can't Believe I'm Yours, I Found You, All I've Got Is Me, If I Didn't Have You, Marriage Seed and This Woman In Love With Me.

What'd I Even Come Here For

"What'd I Even Come Here For" was written by a good friend of mine who, along with being a really good songwriter, happens to also be a truck driver. This song reflects the feelings we have when we think about going back to the good ol' days. Then when we do go back to the place, or places, of your past we find that things aren't the way they were and can never be that way again. Inevitably we as ourselves, "What'd I Even Come Here For". Words & Music by Rich Green

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Will You Marry Me

The first wedding song I wrote was "Marriage Seed" and a few years later "Will You Marry Me" came along. It can be seen as a wedding song but I wrote it as a song of proposal. When I first began writing songs there was no VH1 or MTV and when you wrote a song you played your imaginary video to the song in your head. Now a days it seems many songs are written with the video first and then the words. This is the only song on "Grandfather Moon" that was fully recorded before the project and was mixed and added to the CD to fit with the other songs.

Words & Music by Jerry Corelli

Jerry Corelli

This Woman In Love With Me

In this song I wanted to describe the little things my wife does in our everyday romance that shows me how much in love we are. It may sound like, from the song, that she doesn't have a career. However, she does have a career and still finds time to show her love just like in the song.

Words & Music by Jerry Corelli

Jerry Corelli

So This Is How Love Feels

In this song I wanted to describe how love felt to me. My favorite line in the song is, "So this is how love feels, a never ending vineyard that begins with just one seed". I know that's how love is with me and my wife. I feel that our love continues to grow as we continue to discover new things about each other. Our love continues to grow like a never ending vineyard.

Words & Music by Jerry Corelli

Jerry Corelli

You're My Island

This was one of the first songs I wrote for my wife "Liv". I felt, and still do, that I was a ship searching for an island, the island being her true love. It was also the first song one of my back up singers, Natalie, sang. Words & Music by Jerry Corelli

Jerry Corelli

Marriage Seed

A few years ago I received a call from a bride to be who attended my church. She went to a later service than my wife and I so we hadn't met. However, she had been told that I sang one of my songs at a previous service, and since the soloist for her wedding had to cancel at the last minute, her mother suggested she should ask me to sing. When she called she suggested I sing the song I sang for the church. But since she'd never heard the song she couldn't now it wasn't really a song for a wedding. I then asked her if she didn't mind me writing a wedding song. Her response was to say the least surprised. "You could do that?" I recall her asking. After our phone conversation I went into the studio and in about an hour "Marriage Seed" was completed. It's been one of my favorites and the favorite of many listeners who hear my songs. Words & Music by Jerry Corelli

If I Didn't Have You

One day I sat down and wrote out things that would not exist if they didn't have something else. For example, a sentence would not be a complete sentence if it didn't have a verb. A piano would not be a piano without keys or a guitar without strings. Or what would grass be, or look like, if it wasn't green? I then began thinking that is how I'd be without my wife "Liv". I'd be an opera singer who never sings. Words & Music by Jerry Corelli

Jerry Corelli

All I've Got Is Me

When I wrote this song I was first thinking of everything I could give a soulmate. When it finally came down to it I realized the only thing I could give was myself. The giving of one's self completely is more of an act of love than the giving of any material thing, or things.

Jerry Corelli

I Found You

As a music Publisher I receive thousands of demos a year from songwriters. When "I Found You" came from Deborah Beraducci I heard something wonderful in the words that she had written. The song needed some tweaking so I asked Deborah if I could work on the song as a co-writer. She graciously agreed and it became the first song I recorded on "Grandfather Moon". Words & Music by Jerry Corelli & Deborah Beraducci

Jerry Corelli

I'll Never Love Again

Even as I was writing this song I knew somehow, somewhere I'd fall in love again. But at the moment I was writing this song I felt that love was never really going to come and stay in my life again. I think it's how most people feel just after a relationship ends. Words & Music by Jerry Corelli

Jerry Corelli

Leave Me Alone

I had just ended a relationship and as it goes sometimes it's painful. A friend suggested we go out to a Karaoke bar and have fun. We hadn't been there more than 30 minutes and he spotted two women he thought would come over to our table. I wasn't looking to meet anyone so after he made his suggestion I thought to myself, "Leave me alone, just pretend that I'm not here." Instantly I grabbed a napkin and started writing the song. I wrote most of the song there at the bar and the finished it later.

Jerry Corelli

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Grandfather Moon

My best friend Kevin Mannarino and I will from time to time send each other recorded letters. We've known each other since we were 13 years old, both have recording studios and send recorded letters, or videos instead of writing a letter. Anyway, awhile back I was thinking of a title called "Grandfather Moon" but didn't have any music or lyrical inspiration for the rest of the song. Then one day I get a recording from Kevin, along with lines and phrases for songs, and there it was, "There's a silence in the night,...". Kevin had ended the sentence with a different word but for me Grandfather Moon fit right there at the end. The song title had been sitting around for months but once I got that first line from Kevin it took an hour or so to finish the song. Thanks Kevin! Words & Music by Jerry Corelli & Kevin Mannarino

Jerry Corelli

My Future Seems

I wrote this song after going through a divorce. It was beginning feel like I was predestined to live my life alone and without a soul mate to share it with. Writing songs like "My Future Seems" is therapeutic and helps me a great deal to bounce back into life. When I listen to the song I realize life's not over and there will come a day when I'll meet that special someone. Which I finally did, my wonderful wife Elizabeth "Liv".

Jerry Corelli

I Can't Believe I'm Yours

Finally, the day came when the perfect woman walked into my life. I must say it was love at first site and deep down inside I knew she was my soul mate. This song was the last song written and recorded for "Grandfather Moon". I first began writing the song in my studio with the music first and for about a month I would work on it and revise it while I waited for the words to come. Then the day came when the words "I Can't Believe I'm Yours" came to mind and in a few days it was finished. For me, this song is in the top ten of all the songs I've written. This song is to and for my wife "Liv". Thank you for your inspiration, devotion and endless love. I truly can't believe I'm yours.

Jerry Corelli

Grandfather Moon Reviews

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Passionate, Romance-Filled Easy-Listening CD!
author: RadioIndy.com

“Grandfather Moon” by Jerry Corelli is an upbeat, easy-listening CD bringing the strong talent of Jerry and his distinctive, baritone timbre. This CD is a work of well-crafted love songs, conveying the ups and downs of being in relationships through straight-forward, poetic lyricism. The depth of feeling Jerry is capable of putting into his music is best displayed on the somber, yet sincere ballad “I’ll Never Love Again.” Moreover, Jerry’s feeling of joy is contagious on the string-infused “I Can’t Believe I’m Yours.” The female background vocal arrangements on this tune do a great job of accentuating the lead vocals. Furthermore, “Marriage Seed” demonstrates the superb musicianship present on this CD through its graceful keyboard intro. What's more, the clarity of sound allows these tunes to shine in their true glory. Fans of passionate, easy-listening love songs will find great joy in these romance-filled tunes.




author: Kevin Mannarino
This CD will take you wherever your Heart is at this time, The strong feelings that I am sure inspired the writing comes to life with the warm rich vocals. It's nice for a change to hear tracks that are so different from each other instead of a CD that is boring from track to track. I will enjoy this CD again and again.




author: Cheri
I love the sound and the word's-it's been awhile since I've heard some real music without all the curseing and rap.So this is like a breath of fresh air to the heart and ear's-oh by the way no bad to rap just like to hear some fresh new music now and then and this is IT........LOVE IT