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Federico `` Freddy '' Curci -LRB- born June 18 , 1962 -RRB- is a Canadian album-oriented rock vocalist and songwriter .. album-oriented rock. album-oriented rock. vocalist. vocalist. songwriter. songwriter. He was lead singer for the band Sheriff and later founded and became frontman for the band Alias , a position he retains to this day .. Sheriff. Sheriff ( band ). Alias. Alias ( band ). Curci 's vocals earned the Sheriff song `` When I 'm with You '' the Number 1 spot in 1989 and the Alias power ballad `` More Than Words Can Say '' the Number 2 spot in 1990 on the Billboard charts .. Sheriff. Sheriff ( band ). Alias. Alias ( band ). More Than Words Can Say. More Than Words Can Say. Billboard. Billboard ( magazine ). BMI presented Curci with the Million-airs award for `` More Than Words Can Say . ''. More Than Words Can Say. More Than Words Can Say. BMI. Broadcast Music Incorporated. According to BMI 's web site , only 1,500 songs have achieved Million-air status -LRB- one million air plays -RRB- among the 4.5 million songs by 300,000 BMI represented artists .. BMI. Broadcast Music Incorporated. One million performances is the equivalent of approximately 50,000 broadcast hours , or more than 5.7 years of continuous airplay .. In January 2009 , Alias announced the release of their long delayed second album .. Alias. Alias ( band ). This album titled Never Say Never sat unreleased for 18 years .. Never Say Never. Never Say Never ( Alias album ). The second album was recorded in 1992 to follow Alias 's debut album , but it was never released due to the rapidly evolving music scene of that time where Grunge was the new rage and metal was out .. Alias. Alias ( band ). A few of the songs from this `` lost '' album were re-recorded and appeared on Curci 's solo album Dreamer 's Road , but the rest remained unreleased .