In the early 1970s, he spent some time working in Detroit with Motown and also the Holland-Dozier-Holland production team on their Invictus and Hot Wax labels before returning to Hillsborough, New Jersey base where he established a recording studio, Venture Sound, in 1971.[5] In 1973 he co-produced and arranged Gladys Knight & the Pips'number onehit, "Midnight Train to Georgia" at Venture Sound, which was awarded a Grammy Award.[3] Camillo also co-wrote and produced the group's 1974 hit, "I Feel a Song" which was a Billboard R&B number one (#21 pop).
Camillo also assembled the studio group Bazuka, which scored a Top Ten hit in the US in 1975 with "Dynomite".[6] The track peaked at #28 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1975.[7]
In 1978, he co-founded a record label, Venture Records.[5] The label's biggest success came in 1982 with Canadian duo, Chéri, whose song, "Murphy's Law" reached #5 on the R&B and #39 on the pop chart.
Later in his career, Camillo turned to writing and scoring for films, including the horror film Welcome to Arrow Beach (1974), the Blaxploitation film Hangup (1974), and the action movies The Survivalist (1987) and Night Vision (1997). In 1994, he founded Venture Music Group, a licensing group, and served as its CEO.[3] He operated his own studio in New Jersey for over 30 years until his death.
Camillo died on August 29, 2018, at the age of 90.[1][8][2]
