Jack Perricone

Jack Perricone, co-founder of Berklee College of Music’s Songwriting department, has enjoyed a distinguished career as songwriter, composer, and arranger. His work includes such hits as “Run, Joey, Run,” which reached Billboard’s 1975 Top 5, and Angela Bofill’s “What I Wouldn’t Do (For the Love of You).” His songs have appeared on the Pop, Country, and R&B charts, and have been recorded by David Geddes, Lou Rawls, Jerry Butler, K.T. Oslin, and many others.




A woman writing melody on guitar

What is Melody in a Song?

Learn the basics of writing melody with the help of Jack Perricone’s book Melody in Songwriting: Tools and Techniques for Writing Hit Songs.