Nicholas Joseph Pitera (born March 7, 1986)[1] is an American singer, animator and YouTuber.[2] As of 11 May 2009[update], Pitera worked as a 3D Modeler at Pixar Studios.[2] Pitera sang the Triple Dent Gum jingle in Pixar's Inside Out. He was also known as the singing voice of Clarence from 2013 Clarence.[3]
Career
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Nick Pitera is a baritone.[4] Pitera gained his popularity for his extensive vocal range and his unusual feminine falsetto, as he first demonstrated in his most popular video, a cover of "A Whole New World", from the movie Aladdin where he sang both Aladdin and Jasmine's parts.[2]
In 2011, Pitera released "One Man Disney Movie" using a "'Brady Bunch'-style grid" to perform "an eight-minute-plus mashup of songs from various big-screen musical fairy tales, from "Beauty and the Beast" to "Enchanted," taking on the roles of the heroes, heroines, villains, sidekicks and their furry choirs."[2]
In 2012, Pitera released a medley cover of Andrew Lloyd Webber songs entitled "One Man Phantom of the Opera."[5]
He released his first self-written original single album called "Better Days" on iTunes and Amazon on December 4, 2012.[7] He released an EP of five original songs in 2015.
For his work on Onward, Pitera was jointly nominated in 2021 for a VES Award in the category Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature.[8] He also performed "TripleDent Gum Jingle" song with Andrea Datzman for Inside Out 2.[citation needed]
