Bruce Charles Sudano (born September 26, 1948) is an American musician and songwriter noted for creating songs for artists such as Michael Jackson, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, and his wife, the Grammy Award-winning singer Donna Summer.

[5] He spent much of his time rehearsing and was soon playing live shows at popular New York City nightclubs.

[1] While working his way through college at St. John's University, where he earned a BA in theater, Sudano learned to craft songs with James at Allegro Studios.

[1] In 1969, while only twenty, Sudano scored his first hit on the music charts with the song "Ball of Fire", which he co-wrote with his mentor.

[7][8] Alive N Kickin' did a promotional tour of the United States as the opening act for Chicago and Frank Zappa.

[6] However, Sudano left the band in 1972 and moved to Los Angeles, where he wrote and performed folk songs as a solo singer.

[4] The trio scored a modest hit with the single "Music, Harmony and Rhythm", which they performed on American Bandstand.

[4] They scored a top 5 hit when they appeared on the single "Heaven Knows", with Esposito and Summer singing a duet.

[4] Sudano also co-wrote the songs "Lucky" and "On My Honor" with Summer and Harold Faltermeyer, as well as "Can't Get to Sleep at Night", with Bob Conti.

[citation needed] When Millennium Records changed their distribution to RCA, the Brooklyn Dreams contract was transferred to Casablanca.

[5] Sudano was signed as a solo artist by RCA and released his first record, Fugitive Kind, in 1981.

[1] During the same period, Sudano co-wrote four songs on Summer's She Works Hard for the Money album.

[11] Footage from younger daughter Amanda's wedding to her Johnnyswim bandmate Abner Ramirez was included in the song's music video.

While playing shows throughout 2014 with his newly formed Candyman Band, he continued writing and incorporated the new material into the sets.

[citation needed] In May 2017, Sudano released 21st Century World, a record that features the most culturally and politically charged songwriting of his career,[citation needed] touching on topics from self-serving government, extremism and demonization, the loss of common sense, the epidemic of single motherhood, and the illusion of social media, to hypocrisy and the meaning of Christianity.