Frontiers Records boss Serafino Perugino has paid a personal tribute to former Trillion, Angel, Le Roux, Survivor and Toto vocalist Dennis 'Fergie' Frederiksen, who died at the weekend. Fergie recorded and released his final two studio albums with the Italian label ('Happiness Is The Road' in 2011 and last year's 'Any Given Moment') while suffering fromFrontiers Records boss Serafino Perugino has paid a personal tribute to former Trillion, Angel, Le Roux, Survivor and Toto vocalist Dennis 'Fergie' Frederiksen, who died at the weekend. Fergie recorded and released his final two studio albums with the Italian label ('Happiness Is The Road' in 2011 and last year's 'Any Given Moment') while suffering from inoperable cancer that he had announced in 2010. Having featured on hit singles such as Survivor's 'American Heartbeat' (1982), Le Roux's 'Carrie's Gone' (1983) and Toto's 'Stranger in Town' (1984), Frederiksen took a few years out of the music industry, returning in the mid-1990s to release albums such as 'Frederiksen/Phillips' (a collaboration with Ricky Phillips) in 1995 and 'Equilibrium' (which featured Phillips, Neal Schon, Steve Porcaro, Jason Scheff and Dave Amato) in 1999. In 2002 he joined the band Mecca, while he also toured with the World Classic Rockers and the Voices of Classic Rock. Frontiers Records label president Serafino Perugino had the following to say about Fergie : "Fergie has always been special to us. Since day one we tried to sign him to the label and while we needed a few more years to finally start working together, all experiences with him have [...]
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