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Italo Disco
ALPHAVILLE (GERMANY) Band line-up: Marian Gold (song, born in Herford on 26 May 1958 / 1,82m) Frank Mertens (sound expert, born 26 October 1961) Bernhard Lloyd (rhythm computer, born 2 June 1960 / 1.95m) Band named after Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 science fiction movie Alphaville (1965).  Big In Japan (1984) Non Italo disco hits: Sounds Like A Melody, Forever Young (1984) http://www.alphaville.de/ http://www.alphaville.dk/av/templates/news.asp?articleid=1 ANTHONY'S GAMES (ITALY) Sunshine love (1984) BAD BOYS BLUE (International trio, based in GERMANY) Andrew Freddie Thomas (born 25 May 1963, from San Francisco) Trevor Oliver Taylor (born 11 January 1958 in Montego Bay, Jamaica) & John Edward McInerney (born 7 September 1957 in Liverpool) You're a woman (1985) Pretty Young Girl (1985) Non Italo disco hit: I Totaly Miss You (1993) http://www.eurodancehits.com/bbb.html BALTIMORA (NORTHERN IRELAND) Born Jimmy McShane on 23 May 1957 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Died due to AIDS related reasons on 28 March 1995. Named after Nina Simone's song Baltimore. Tarzan Boy (1985) http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/artists/baltimora.htm BLUE SYSTEM (GERMANY) Dieter Bohlen project. The other two members were Joachim Vogel & Frank Otto. My Bed Is Too Big (1987) http://www.moderntalking.ru/dietersolo/bsystem/projects_eng.htm BRANDO Rainy Day (1983) BROWN, KELLY Only You Can C.C. CATCH (NETHERLANDS / GERMANY) Dieter Bohlen project, started as a band with 3 male dancers and a female singer. The boys left after a while and C. C. Catch became the singer Caroline Catharina Mueller. She was born on 31 July 1964 in Oss, Holland by a German father & Dutch mother. I Can Lose My Heart Tonight (1985) 'Cause You Are Young (1986) Heartbreak Hotel (1986) Strangers By Night (1986) http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/4741/cccatch.html CARRARA (ITALY) Disco King (1984, vocal & instrumental version) Shine On Dance (1984) CHARITODIPLOMENOS, COSTAS (HELLAS) Born on 5 May 1955 in Athens. Costas was by far the biggest name in Hellenic dance music during the 80's & the first to introduce the Italo sound & house music in Hellas. From the late 80's and till the late 90's he got involved with the domestic music scene, writing, producing & singing songs with Hellenic lyrics for himself and many other Hellenes. Lost In The Night (1984) Besides this song (that is considered the most succesful international dance song by a Hellenas) Costas managed to score a series of hits, starting with his first LP Itchika (1983, Keep Tight, Give Me Your Love, Loving You Is A Miracle, Fill My Glass & What You Gonna Do) & his second LP Do it (1984/5, 10.000 Days, Love Me like I do & New York) COLLINS, JAYNE (ENGLAND) Born on 22 August 1964 in London. Madonna's Eyes (1985) CRETU, MICHAEL (ROMANIA / GERMANY) Born on 18 May 1957 in Bucharest, Romania, immigrated to Germany 1975. Married to Sandra. He was also behind Moti Special & Enigma. Samurai (1985) http://www.sandranet.com/michael/cretu.htm DREAM SEQUENCE Outside Looking In (1982) ELECTRA Quando, Quando (1985) FAIR CONTROL (GERMANY)  Symphony Of Love (1986) A project of Hannes Schöner FANCY (GERMANY) Disco King from Muenchen. Born Manfred Segieth on 7 July 1946 in Muenchen. He had many German hits in the 70's under the name Tess Teiges. Slice Me Nice (1984) Chinese Eyes (1984) _s.jpg) Bolero (Hold Me In Your Arms Again) (1985) http://members.chello.pl/r.siwiec/fancy.html http://www.fancy-fanclub.de/html/fancy.html http://www.hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Fancy&titel=Bolero+(Hold+Me+In+Your+Arms+Again)&cat=s FRANCIS, MIKE (ITALY) Born Francesco Puccioni on 26 April 1961 in Florence, Italy. Survivor (1984) http://www.wohnort.demon.co.uk/francis/biog.html GAZEBO (ITALY) Born on 18 February 1960 in Beirut, Lebanon. Real name: Paul Mazzolini. Named after the 1959 comedy The Gazebo, starring Glenn Ford. Masterpiece (1982) I like Chopin (1983) Lunatic (1983) Love in your eyes (1983) Telephone Mama (1984) http://www.eurodancehits.com/italodanceartists/gazebo2.html http://members.chello.pl/r.siwiec/gazebo.html http://www.international-artists.com/artists.shtml?show=62 http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?key=982&cat=s You can also visit my Gazebo page. GIORGIO MORODER featuring PAUL ENGEMANN (ITALY - USA) Giorgio was born on 26 April 1940 in Ortisei, Val Gardena, Italy. His protegee Paul was born on 15 October 1957 in Provo, Utah. Paul was also a member of Holly Knight's group Device in 1986. He had a major hit in Germany with Reach out, a song written for the Los Angeles Olympic Agons (The song topped the German chart on 13 September 1984). Shannon's eyes (1985) http://home.tiscali.se/musicworld/moroder.html HARROW, DEN (ITALY) Born Stefano Manuel Carry (or Stefano Zandri) on 4 June 1962 in Boston, Massachusetts. He never actually sung on his records. His voice was usually dubed by other singers. (see Tom Hooker interview). Mad Desire (1985)  Future Brain (1985) Bad Boy (1985) Charleston (1986) Catch The Fox (1986) Don't Break My Heart (1987) http://www.denharrow.it/ http://www.eurodancehits.com/italodanceartists/denharrow2.html http://www.music-control.ch/italo/harrow You can also visit my Den Harrow page. HIPNOSIS (ITALY) Pulstar (1983, originally recorded by Vangelis in 1976) & Oxygene (1983, originally recorded by Jean Michel Jarre) http://www.discogs.com/artist/Hipnosis http://www.globaldarkness.com/articles/hipnosis.htm http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/kirlian/interview/interview01.htm HUNTINGTON, EDDY (ENGLAND) Born on 29 October 1965 in London. U.S.S.R. (1986) http://www.geocities.com/eddyhuntington/ http://members.chello.pl/r.siwiec/eddyhuntington.html http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?key=1526&cat=s IVAN (SPAIN) Born Juan Carlos Ramos on 17 July 1962 in Madrid. Fotonovela (1985) http://geocities.com/lefterislalos/Ivan JOY (AUSTRIA) Trio from Bad Aussee, Oesterreich. Touch By Touch (1985) http://hea.iki.rssi.ru/~denis/joypage.html http://members.chello.pl/r.siwiec/joy.html http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Joy&titel=Touch+By+Touch&cat=s KANO Glenn White was frontman of Kano and synonymous with the Kano trademark Another Life (1983) http://www.discogs.com/artist/Kano LABAN (DENMARK) Danish duo: Ivan Pedersen & Lecia Jonsson. Love In Siberia (1984) http://members.chello.pl/r.siwiec/laban.html LANG, CHRIS (ITALY) Disco Island (1984) LASZLO, KEN (ITALY) Hey, Hey Guy (1984) Tonight (1985) http://members.chello.pl/r.siwiec/kenlaszlo.html http://www.discogs.com/artist/Ken_Laszlo LOW, GARY (ITALY / SPAIN) Born Luis Romero. You Are A Danger (1982) I Want You (1983) Non Italo disco hit: La Colegiala (1983) http://www.giombinimusic.com/schede/gary-low-danger.php LUCIA (ITALY) Marinero (1985) http://www.soundofitaly.it/produzionidiscografiche/lucia.htm#english LUNGHI, G.J. (ITALY) Acapulco Nights (1985) M=P. B. (or M=PB) (ITALY) Co-operation (1985) MAC J.R. Elephant Song (1984) http://www.discogs.com/release/341302 MAGAZINE 60 (BELGIUM) Don Quichotte (No Estan Aqui) (1985) MANDY (HELLAS)  Born Adamantia "Mando" Stamatopoulou in Pireaus. Fill Me Up (1985) Non Italo disco hit: Never Let You Go (representing Hellas in the Eurovision song contest 2003) http://www.geocities.com/mandomusicgr/enbio.html MARIANA (HELLAS) Born Marianna Efstratiou (ÌáñéÜííá Åõóôñáôßïõ) Talk About Love (1985)   MARROW, LEE (ITALY) Born Francesco Bontempi on 23 July 1957. Shanghai (1985) http://www.discogs.com/artist/Lee+Marrow http://www.womrecords.it/bontempi.htm (Italian site) http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?key=1322&cat=s MARTINELLI (ITALY) Gianmarco & Antonella, who also sang for Radiorama on Chance To Desire Cenerentola aka Cinderella (1985) MARTON, SANDY (USA / YUGOSLAVIA) Alexander Marton was born 1 January 1950 in Zagreb. His father is a US diplomat & his mother is Yugoslavian. People from Ibiza (1984) Sandy's poster from my personal archive MIKO MISSION (ITALY) How Old Are You (1984) The World Is You (1984) http://members.chello.pl/r.siwiec/mikomission.html MITO (ITALY) Droid (1982) MODERN TALKING (GERMANY) Dieter Bohlen (guitar, bass, keyboards / born on 7 February 1954 in Oldenburg / 1,83m) Thomas Anders (song, keyboards / born on 1 March 1963 in Muenstermaifeld / 1,75m) You're My Heart, You're My Soul (1985) You Can Win If You Want (1985) Do You Wanna (1985) Lucky Guy (1985, also released under Dieter's pseudonym Ryan Simmons) The Night Is Yours, The Night Is Mine (1985, also released under D's pseudonym R. Simmons) Cheri Cheri Lady (1986) Brother Louie (1986) Atlantis Is Calling (1986) Geronimo's Cadillac (1986) http://www.thomas-anders.com/ http://www.bohlen-fanpage.de/de/bands/ryansimmons.php MONTE KRISTO Lady Valentine (1985, original version by DRION) MUSIC SERVICE Another Song (1984) MY MINE (ITALY) Trio from Terni, Italy. Stefano Micheli (song), Danilo Rosati (keyboards), Carlo Malatesta (keyboards). Hypnotic tango (1984) NUMERO UNO (ITALY) Tora Tora Tora P. LION (ITALY) Born Pier Paolo Pelandi on 29 June 1959 in Bergamo. Happy Children (1984) Dream (1984) http://www.music-control.ch/italo/plion http://www.hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=P.+Lion&titel=Happy+Children&cat=s PALMER (HELLAS)  Computer Guy (1986) http://www.boardy.de/showthread.php3?threadid=34342646(German site) http://www.italodisco.biz/djpalmer/djpalmer.htm (Hellenic site) Interview with DJ Palmer in the hellenic music magazine POP & ROCK, March 1984 (Part 1, Part 2 ) PARIS, RYAN (ITALY) Born Fabio Roscioli on 12 March 1953 in Rome (1.94m). Dolve Vita (1983) http://www.ryan-paris.com http://www.myspace.com/ryanparisdolcevita PIANO FANTASIA Song for Denise (1985) RADIORAMA (ITALY) Simona Zannini & Mauro Farina. Chance To Desire (1985) Desire (1985) Hey Hey (1986) Vampires (1986) Aliens (1986) Yeti (1986) http://members.chello.pl/r.siwiec/radiorama.html http://eurokdj.free.fr/html/r.html RAFF (ITALY) Born Raffaele Riefoli on 29 September 1959 in Margherita Di Savoia (near Bari). He was a protegee of producer Giancarlo Bigazzi (Umberto Tozzi). Self Control (1984). It’s quite impressive that on 5 July 1984, Raff’s version of the song was #2 in the German charts while Laura Branigan’s cover was the #1! http://www.raf.it/homepage.html (Italian site) http://musicalstore.caltanet.it/cantautori/RAF-BIOGRAFIA.htm (Italian site) RAGGIO DE LUNA aka MOON RAY (FRANCE - HELLAS / BRASIL)  Born Mandy Ligios in France. Her father is from Hellas & her mother from Brasil Comanchero (1984) http://www.italodisco.ch/moonray.htm (German page) RIGHEIRA (ITALY) Stefano Rota AKA Michael Righeira, born 1 October 1961 in Torino & Stefano Righi AKA Johnson Righeira, born 9 September 1960 also in Torino. Vamos a la playa (1983, a song about the fear of use of atomic power, sang in Spanish), No Tengo Dinero (1983) http://www.righeira.com/main.htm ROSS, LIAN  Say you'll never (1985) http://www.discogs.com/artist/Lian+Ross RYAN, PATTY (GERMANY) You're My Love, You're My Life (1986) http://www.patty-ryan.de/ SANDRA (GERMANY) Born Sandra Lauer on 18 May 1962 in Saarbruecken (1,69m). Former singer of girl trio Arabesque. Married to Michael Cretu. Maria Magdalena (1985, LP The Long Play) In the heat of the night (1985, LP The Long Play) Little Girl (1985, LP The Long Play) Innocent Love (1986, LP Mirrors) Hi Hi Hi (LP 1986, LP Mirrors) Everlasting Love (LP 1987, LP Ten On One / The Singles) Stop For A Minute (LP 1987, LP Ten On One / The Singles) http://www.sandranet.com/sandra/lauer.htm SAPHIR (GERMANY) Shot in the night SAVAGE (ITALY) Born Roberto Zanetti on 28 November 1956 in Massa. Named after the famous comic Doc Savage.  Don't cry tonight (1983) Only You (1984) Radio (1984) Time (1985) Celebrate (1986) http://eurokdj.free.fr/html/z.html#Zanetti+Roberto http://members.chello.pl/r.siwiec/savage.html http://www.italodisco.ch/savage.htm http://www.dwarecords.it/artist/savdisc.htm http://www.kodakexpresscamden.com/Gallerys/ZaPaul-a/Interview%20with%20Savage%20(Roberto%20Zanetti).htm SCOTCH (ITALY) Singer Vince Lancini & keyboard-player Fabio Margutti They recorded with P. Lion producers, Verdi & Zambelli. Disco Band (1984) http://members.chello.pl/r.siwiec/scotch.html http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Scotch&titel=Disco+Band&cat=s SHARADA, PAUL (ITALY) Dancing All The Night (1984) SIGN SYSTEM (GERMANY) Photographer & musician Harald Hoffmann from Oberhausen. Stay With Me (1984) http://www.haraldhoffmann.com/profile.htm SILENT CIRCLE (GERMANY) Trio from Hannover. Jo Jo Tyson (born Martin Johannes Joseph Tysen on 23 January 1959 in Osterode, Harz) Axel B. (born Axel Breitung on 21 August 1957 in Rheydt) C. C. (born Jurgen Behrens on 12 December 1955 in Rosdorf) Touch In The Night (1985) http://hea.iki.rssi.ru/~denis/schistry.html http://members.chello.pl/r.siwiec/silentcircle.html SILVER POZZOLI (ITALY) Around My Dream (1984) http://eurodancehits.com/italodanceartists/silverpozzoli2.html SPAGNA (ITALY-HELLAS / GERMANY) Born Ivana Spagna on 16 December 1956 near Verona, Italy by a Greek father and a German mother. Easy Lady (1986) Call Me (1987) http://www.ivanaspagna.com/ http://members.chello.pl/r.siwiec/spagna.html SPENCER, TRACY (ENGLAND) Run To Me (1985) Born in Halifax, England. Original version of the song by Ray Foster. Article about Tracy in the hellenic magazine Popcorn (Sep 1987) STEPHANIE (MONACO) Princess of Monaco, born on 1 February 1965 in Monaco. Uragan (Irresistible) (1986) One Love To Give (1986) http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_von_Monaco STYLOO Pretty Face http://www.styloo.com/ http://www.myspace.com/albertostyloo TACO (NETHERLANDS) Born Taco Ockerse in 1955 to Dutch parents in Jakarta, Indonesia Puttin' On The Ritz (1982, LP After Eight) The song was written by Irving Berlin, US # 1 hit for Harry Richman in 1930 http://www.songfacts.com/detail.lasso?id=1858 http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/t/taco-after.shtml TWINS, THE (GERMANY) Duo formed 1980 in Berlin: Sven Dohrow (synth) & Ronny Schreinzer (song). Face To Face-Heart To Heart (1982, LP Modern Lifestyle) http://www.the-twins.de/ http://www.musicmaniac.de/bands/thetwins/d_thetwi.html VENTURA, FRED (ITALY) The Years (go by) (1985) http://members.chello.pl/r.siwiec/fredventura.html VIDEO KIDS (NETHERLANDS) Peter Slaghuis was born on 20 August 1961 & died 5 September 1991 in a car accident. He was assisted by Bianca (born 2 January 1963 in Leiden, Holland). Woodpeckers From Space (1985) Peter also had two non Italo disco hits under the name Hithouse, Jack to the sound of the underground (1988) & Move your feet to the rhythm of the beat (1989). http://www.olografix.org/djbatman/hithouse/biography.html ITALO FOREFATHERSBARRABAS (SPAIN)  On The Road Again (1982) http://personales.com/espana/madrid/dario/barrabasindex.html BOBBY O. (ORLANDO) She Has A Way (1982) COWLEY, PATRICK Technological World (1982, LP Mind Warp) http://www.discomuseum.com/PatrickCowley.html CERRONE  Supernature (1977) DIVINE Shoot Your Shot (1982) HERNANDEZ, PATRICK (FRANCE) Born To Be Alive (1979) SHEILA & B. DEVOTION (FRANCE)  Sheila was born Anny Chancel on 16 August 1946 in Paris, France. Spacer (1979). The hit was revived under the title Crying At The Discotheque by Swedish pop band Alcazar in 2001. http://perso.wanadoo.fr/gloria/npodium3.htm http://www.discosavvy.com/sheila.html http://www.disco-funk.co.uk/s/Sheila_.htm SYLVESTER You make me feel (mighty real) (1978) VANESS, THEO (NETHERLANDS) Back To Music (1978) http://www.disco-funk.co.uk/v/THEO_VAN.HTM ITALO RELATIVESAD VISSER & DANIEL SAHULEKA (NETHERLANDS) Giddyap a gogo (1983, LP Sobrietas, 1982) http://www.advisser.nl/ http://www.sahuleka.com/ ANNO DOMINI (HELLAS) Singing In The Night (Oh La La) (1985) The song can be heard in the movie Roz Gatos (1985, starring Sotiris Moustakas) while Panos Michalopoulos is trying to teach Sotiris the rules of Kamaki (on the beach) BRUCE & BONGO (ENGLAND) Bruce (Bruce Hammond, born 13 January 1955 in England) & Bongo (Douglas Wilgrove, born 19 March 1955 in Peterborough, England) Geil (1986, # 1 in the German charts) http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Bruce-Bongo/Geil.html BIG ALICE (HELLAS) Band around known Hellenic musician Kostas (Costas) Bigalis. I Miss You (1984) Article about Big Alice from Greek music magazine Pop & Rock, February 1984 (Hellenic language) COOPER, RAY Breakdown http://www.80s.pl/maxy/raycooper.html GODWIN, PETER (ENGLAND) Baby's In The Mountains (1983, LP Correspondence) KEKANA, STEVE (SOUTH AFRICA) Born on 16 September 1958 in South Africa. Never, never (1982)  Raising My Family (1983) MCKANE, LORRAINE Let The Night Take The Blame (1984) MARX & SPENCER Stay (1983) The most known version of the Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs golden oldie (US # 1, 21-11-1960) SABRINA (ITALY) Boys (Summertime Love) (1988) http://www.sabrinasalerno.com/ SECRET SERVICE (SWEDEN) Let Us Dance Just A Little Bit More (1985) http://home.tiscali.se/musicworld/secretservice.html TRANS X (CANADA) Living On Video (1983, inspired by science fiction movie Tron) Pascal Languirand, born 3-5-1955 in Paris & Laurie Gill, born 18-7-1964 in Montreal. Name inspired by Kraftwerk song, Trans Europe Express. http://www.amazings.com/articles/article0017.html http://www.neuronium.com/PLW/pascal_bio.html OTHER KNOWN ITALO DISCO ARTISTS & ACTSDORE, VALERIE (ITALY) Born Monica Stucchi on 28 May 1962 in Monte Carlo (Monaco). http://eurodancehits.com/italodanceartists/valeriedore2.html KOTO (ITALY) Real name: Anfrando Maiola, born 1954 in Parma.  http://eurokdj.free.fr/misc/koto_interview.htm http://www.discogs.com/artist/Koto MAX HIM (GERMANY) Born Florian Fadinger on 7 Mai 1960 in Muenchen. http://www.italodisco.ch/max_nim.htm (site in German) MIKE MAREEN (GERMANY) http://mikemareen.de/ LIST OF ARTISTS WITH MINOR ITALO HITS IN EUROPE BUT NO PARTICULAR SUCCESS IN HELLASAVENUE (GERMANY)Imagination (1986) CORLEY, AL (USA)  Born on 22 March 1957 in Witchita, Kansas. Famous for his Steven Carrington role in Dynasty Square Rooms (1984) DYLAN, ANGIE In The Dark (1987) FUN FUN (ITALY) Happy Station (1984) MARK SPIRO (USA) Morocco (1984), In Stereo (1986) LIST OF ARTISTS THAT ARE CONSIDERED ITALO BY SOME OR BY MANY FANS THAT I DON'T CONSIDER ITALO & THEREFORE ARE NOT INCLUDED HEREFR DAVID, DOLLAR, LIME. |
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