List of Italo disco artists and songs explained

The following is a list of Italo disco artists and songs, divided in two sections. The first section includes notable Italo disco groups and solo artists. The second section includes Italo disco songs. Solo artists are listed alphabetically by last name while groups are listed alphabetically by the first letter (not including the prefix "the", "a" or "an").

Artists

Songs

YearArtistSong
1978"One for You, One for Me"
"Chase"
"Il corpo di Linda"
1979Easy Going "Fear"
Gino Soccio "Dancer"
Tantra "Hills of Katmandu"
1980"Holly Dolly"
"I'm Ready"[37]
"It's a War"[38]
"Now Baby Now"
Visage "Fade to Grey"
1981A Number of Names "Sharevari"
"The Last Romantic"
"Menergy"
"Megatron Man"
Roni Griffith "Desire"
Secret Service "Flash in the Night"
Gino Soccio "Try it Out"
The Human League "Don't You Want Me"
1982Bizzy Co. "Take a Chance"
Blackway "New Life"
Capricorn "I Need Love"
Dharma "Plastic Doll"
Divine "Native Love"
Electra "Feels Good"
Expansives "Life With You"[39]
The Flirts "Passion"
"Dirty Talk"[40]
Koxo "Step by Step"
'Lectric Workers "Robot Is Systematic"[41]
Gary Low "You Are a Danger"
Mens Without Hats "The Safety Dance"
Pink Project "Amama"
Roni Griffith "The Best Part of Breakin' Up"
"Remember"
Steel Mind "Bad Passion"
Sylvester "Don't Stop"
The Twins "Face to Face"
Yazoo "Situation"
"Don't Go"
1983Asso "Do It Again"[42]
B.W.H. "Stop"
"Happy Song"[43]
Bandolero "Paris Latino"
Brando "Rainy Day"
Carrara "Disco King"
Casco "Cybernetic Love"
Charlie "Spacer Woman"
Cruisin' Gang "My Man"
Doctor's Cat "Feel the Drive"
Duke Lake "Do You"
Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Relax"
"Happy Station"
"I Like Chopin"
"Love in Your Eyes"
Helen "Witch"
Kano "Another Life"
Klein + M.B.O. "The MBO Theme"
"I Want You"[44] [45]
Mark Tower "You Aren't Fall in Love"
Martinelli "Voice in the Night"
Mr. Flagio "Take a Chance"
"Hypnotic Tango"
"Happy Children"[46]
Paul Parker "Shot in the Night"
Plustwo "Melody"
"Dolce Vita"
"Vamos a la playa"
"No Tengo Dinero"
"Problèmes d'amour"[47]
Bob Salton "Starknight"
"Don't Cry Tonight"[48]
"Penguins' Invasion"
Styloo "Pretty Face"
The Twins "Ballet Dancer"
Wish Key "Orient Express"
1984Albert One "Turbo Diesel"
"Big in Japan"
"Forever Young"
Baby's Gang "Challenger"
Big Ben Tribe "Tarzan Loves the Summer Nights"[49]
Brian Martin "Sex Tonight"
"Shine on Dance"
Chris Luis "The Heart Of The City"
Cyber People "Polaris"
"Get Closer"[50]
"The Night"
Evelyn Barry "Take It As A Game"
"Frogs in Spain"
"Slice Me Nice"
Ivan "Fotonovela"
"Hey Hey Guy"
Danny Keith "Keep on Music"
Kool & The Gang "Fresh"
"People from Ibiza"
"How Old Are You?"
Modern Talking "You're My Heart, You're My Soul"
"Comanchero"
"Movin' On"[51]
P. Lion "Dream"
Paul Sharada "Dancing All The Night"
Ryan Paris "Fall in Love"
"Self Control"[52] [53]
"Magic Carillon"
Alexander Robotnick "Dance Boy Dance"
Savage "Only You"[54]
Scotch "Disco Band"
"Letter From My Heart"
"Under the Ice"
1985"Only Music Survives"[55]
"Tarzan Boy"
Betty Miranda "Dance"
Cyber People "Void Vision"
"It's So Easy"
Brian Ice "Talking to the Night"
Ken Laszlo "Tonight"
Loui$ "Pink Footpath"
"I Love My Radio (Midnight Radio)"[56]
Thai Break "Flowers in the Rain"
1986"U.S.S.R."
"Jabdah"
"Love Spy"
"Vampires"
"Sexy Girl"
1987"Touch My Heart"[57]
"Don't Break My Heart"
Funny Twins "You and Me"
Francesco Napoli "Balla Balla"
Sabrina "Boys (Summertime Love)"
"Call Me"

See also

References

Bibliography

Notes and References

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  2. Aleph – Fourth Way . Daniel . Sylvester . . 9 September 2013 . 3 May 2015.
  3. Web site: 1982: Blackway – "New Life" . Jonathan . Dean . . 5 June 2012 . 1 May 2015.
  4. Web site: Yannick . Suiveng . Flashback Top 50 : qui était n°1 en octobre 1985 ? . . 30 October 2013 . 18 January 2014 . fr.
  5. Web site: Fabio . Morasca . Nord Sud Ovest Est, la seconda puntata: Edoardo Bennato, Lollipop, Gazebo e Dj Francesco . TvBlog.it . 29 July 2013 . 3 May 2015 . it . si parla del genere Italo Disco e di alcuni suoi rappresentanti: Baltimora, Sandy Marton, Taffy, Ryan Paris, Joe Yellow, Jock Hattle e Den Harrow..
  6. Web site: Disco 101: Real '80S Italo . Chuck . Eddy . 8 July 2013 . . 1 May 2015.
  7. Web site: Le icone della musica: Mike Francis . Francesca . Camerino . Soundsblog.it . 26 July 2010 . 1 May 2015 . it.
  8. Web site: Musique italienne, una canzone per te (4) : Tous fous pour l'Italo Disco . Francesca . Fossati . Anne . Depelchin . . 1 August 2013 . 1 May 2015 . fr.
  9. Web site: Pamiętacie Danutę Lato? Jej WIELKIE PIERSI robiły furorę na Zachodzie... [ZDJĘCIA] ]. Plotek . 13 July 2012 . 1 May 2015 . pl . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305104941/http://m.plotek.pl/plotek/1,109530,12119850,Pamietacie_Danute_Lato__Jej_WIELKIE_PIERSI_robily.html . 5 March 2016 . dead.
  10. I VENTI D'AZZURO – making italo popular again . Niklas . Forsberg . . 13 January 2010 . 1 May 2015.
  11. Web site: Italo-Disco . Laut.de . 2 May 2015 . de.
  12. Web site: Sounds of Italy – day one: a history of Italian pop in 10 songs . Andrew . Khan . . 9 July 2012 . 11 November 2013.
  13. Web site: Fargetta: "Clementino? Vorrei lavorare ancora con lui … e con Gigi D'Alessio!" [INTERVISTA] ]. Gianfranco . Valenti . Velvet Music Italia . 19 August 2014 . 1 May 2015 . it.
  14. Web site: Italo-Disco – Wammosallaplaia, ohououo! . Danny . Kringiel . . 27 April 2010 . 1 May 2015.
  15. Web site: AA. VV. – Disco Discharge: Mondo Disco . Leonardo . Di Maio . Ondarock . 10 June 2011 . 2 May 2015 . it.
  16. Web site: Cyber People – Artist Biography . Rob . Theakston . . 1 May 2015.
  17. Web site: One Hit Wonder: Baltimora . . 16 July 2009 . 10 November 2013 . Tom Hooker, a successful Italo Disco performer and producer in the '80s.
  18. News: Brite vil representere Norge . Arve . Henriksen . . 16 October 2011 . 2 May 2015 . no.
  19. Web site: Andy . Kellman . Kano – Artist Biography . AllMusic. All Media Network . 1 May 2015.
  20. Book: Dimery, Robert . Quintessence . 1001 Songs: You Must Hear Before You Die . 978-1-8440-3684-4 . 2011.
  21. Web site: Cristian . Sciacca . I 10 video musicali più brutti di sempre . Blog di Cultura . 28 April 2014 . 1 May 2015 . it.
  22. News: 29 December 2008 . Gary Low, ídolo de la música disco de los 80, vuelve a actuar en Italia . . 65 . 2 May 2015 . es.
  23. 15 Essential Italo Disco Tracks . . 13 October 2014 . 2 May 2015.
  24. Web site: Matteo . Redigolo . Il dinamico duo Martinelli . Gli Anni 80 . 3 May 2017 . 12 March 2021 . it.
  25. News: Silver Pozzoli – Around my dream (Alrededor de mi sueño) . Anje . Ribera . . 25 March 2015 . 1 May 2015 . es.
  26. 20 best: Italo records ever made . Serge . Santiago . . 24 February 2009 . 1 May 2015.
  27. Web site: Alessandro . Berni . Ecco chi sono i Novecento, gli autori di "Cry" . Soundsblog . 24 June 2008 . 3 May 2015 . it.
  28. News: Il nuovo P.Lion, dai successi anni ?80 ai Procol Harum . 12 February 2014 . . 1 May 2015 . 12 . it.
  29. Web site: Ricardo . Rainho . Ryan Paris – Artist Biography . AllMusic. All Media Network . 10 November 2013.
  30. News: Rock in Roma, stasera sul palco i Subsonica . 30 June 2011 . Corriere della Sera . 1 May 2015 . 15 . it.
  31. Web site: Well slice me nice, Eurodisco legend Fancy is coming to Orange County! . Eric . Brightwell . . 23 December 2013 . 1 May 2015.
  32. Web site: Italo-disco singer Savage is coming to Southern California . Eric . Brightwell . Amoeba Music . 23 April 2014 . 1 May 2015.
  33. News: Scotch med hostlåten . Ola . Olofsson . . 5 June 2012 . 1 May 2015 . sv.
  34. Web site: Tantra . Andy . Thomas . . 25 July 2013 . 1 May 2015.
  35. News: Daniele . Zennaro . Goblin, l'orrore è sempre tra noi . . 26 August 2014 . 1 May 2015 . it.
  36. News: "Queen" Franca Valeri e la regina Ivana Spagna . Mazzarella . Filippo . 24 May 2011 . 15 . Corriere della Sera . 1 May 2015 . it.
  37. Web site: Heavy Rotation: Download 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing . . 11 November 2013 . 1 May 2015 . Lead singer Alex Frankel touches on all corners of the up-till-the-crack-of-dawn nightlife over a dope interpretation of the '80s Italo Disco classic "I'm Ready" by Kano..
  38. Book: Echols, Alice . Alice Echols . . 228 . 2010 . Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture . registration . However, I did not know that Shannon's hit record "Let the Music Play," which I played faithfully for a couple of months, was part of a new genre called "freestyle" or "Latin freestyle." Nor did I know that Kano's "It's a War" was Italo-disco. . 978-0-3930-7701-8.
  39. Various Artists – Under The Influence Volume 3: Compiled By James Glass . Kris . Needs . . August 2013 . 417 . 1 May 2015.
  40. Web site: 100 Greatest Dance Songs . . 30 January 2006 . 10 November 2013.
  41. Web site: Andy . Kellman . Alexander Robotnick – The Disco-Tech of Alexander Robotnick . AllMusic. All Media Network . 2 May 2015 . Plenty of underground Italo classics (Scotch's "Penguin Invasion," 'Lectric Workers' "Robot Is Systematic," Charlie's peerless "Spacer Woman") are worked in.
  42. Web site: Bestsellers: Kristina Records . Dummy . 4 September 2012 . 2 May 2015.
  43. News: Sarah . Boden . Justice, † . The Guardian . 20 May 2007 . 2 May 2015 . Baby's Gang's 'Happy Song' – an early Eighties Italo disco number.
  44. Web site: The Top 100 Tracks of 2009 . Pitchfork Staff . . Anybody truly scandalized about this track's sampling of Gary Low's Italo-disco jam "I Want You" would've been just as pissed at the 1983 original for having synths. . 14 December 2009 . 1 May 2015.
  45. Web site: Washed Out . Simon Jay . Catling . The Quietus . The most notable pillage is Gary Low's 1983 Italo disco flutter 'I Want You' . 21 June 2010 . 1 May 2015.
  46. News: Javier . Blánquez . Blanco y Negro, del 'italodisco' al 'eurodance' . . 28 December 2013 . 1 May 2015 . es.
  47. Book: Nick . Collins . Margaret . Schedel . Scott . Wilson . Electronic Music . 211 . . 2013 . 978-1-1076-4817-3.
  48. Phil . Udell . Music Is My Radar: Cian Ó Cíobháin . . 1 May 2015 . 2 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150527091059/http://state.ie/features/cian-o-ciobhain . 27 May 2015.
  49. Get Familiar: Dark Entries . Derek . Opperman . . 14 August 2014 . 2 May 2015 . the label has released remastered Italo disco tracks, like Big Ben Tribe's "Tarzan Loves the Summer Nights".
  50. News: Valerie Dore – Get Closer . Terry . Miller . . 22 January 2008 . 1 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120508102322/http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/valerie_dore_and_the_romantic_dancing_so . 8 May 2012 . dead.
  51. Web site: Alessandro . Berni . NOVECENTO/ Tutti i segreti della band: l'intervista esclusiva . Ilsussidiario.net . 27 December 2014 . 2 May 2015 . it.
  52. Web site: Sunday Girl: 'Self Control' . Nick . Levine . . 3 August 2010 . 1 May 2015.
  53. Niall . Byrne . Top Story: State's Office Stereo: Handsome Furs, Italo-Disco, Snuff, Drake, Take That & more . State . 17 June 2011 . 2 May 2015.
  54. Web site: Recenzja: RÓŻNI WYKONAWCY – "Największe hity dla Ciebie: Disco" . Paweł . Gzyl . . 8 August 2014 . 2 May 2015 . pl.
  55. Web site: Single of the Day – Alba – Only Music Survives . Days Are Numbers . 2 May 2015.
  56. Web site: DISCO DISCHARGE – EUROPEAN CONNECTION: A Big Score of Uncut Continental Dancefloor Gold . Donald A. . Guarisco . Schlockmania! . 6 July 2010 . 3 May 2015.
  57. Web site: Bartek . Radniecki . Gabinet muzycznych osobliwości . Onet.pl . 28 December 2009 . 1 May 2015 . pl.

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