Tag Archives: Euro-Disco

Alec R. Costandinos’ documenting career might have been short-lived, however the Euro-disco manufacturer dominated the disco globe during his past due-’70s reign. After having produced a name for himself after co-writing Cerrone’s “Like in C Small” in 1977, Costandinos agreed upon to the French label Barclay where he released his …

Going by producer Ralph Siegel and vocalist Peter Alexander, Germany’s Dschinghis Khan provided a rest from standard pop music subject material by rotating campy historical sagas within a shiny Euro-disco bundle. Partly inspired with the Boney M. strike “Rasputin,” Siegel come up with an elaborately costumed group offering distinct people …

This fictitious studio group was masterminded by Richard A. Hewson (b. 17 November 1943, Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside, Britain). In the past due 60s arranger, conductor and multi-instrumentalist Hewson caused Adam Taylor and Herbie Hancock and organized hits like the Beatles ‘The Long And Winding Street’ and Mary Hopkin’s ‘Those Had been …

Best-known for performing the theme music from your 1978 disco film Thank God It’s Fri — that was probably disco’s most well-known movie following to Sunday Night Fever — Love and Kisses was the creation of producer/songwriter Alec R. Costandinos. With Like and Kisses, Costandinos tended to prefer lush, shiny …

As disco became a significant area of the worldwide music business, Western producers began employed in amazing flavors in to the disco defeat to create exclusive and competitive recordings. Among this trend is usually Santa Esmeralda, a Spanish-themed studio room group that wove components of flamenco, salsa, and additional Latin …

Amanda Lear initial surfaced in the first ’70s being a fetishistically clothed album-cover model for Roxy Music. She was reported to be a transsexual but, as she informed Interview magazine, which was only a ruse imagined up by her sponsor, David Bowie, to pull interest. Her importance to disco supporters, …

This family pop group from Ilford, Essex, Britain, was based around siblings Jim, Frank, Anne, Kathy (all b. Ilford, Essex, Britain) and John Dooley (b. Whitechapel, London, Britain). They sang as an organization for their family members, however in 1973 made a decision to try to switch professional. Their musical …

The trio Arabesque was made by two Frankfurt-based German producers in the height from the disco era in 1977. After one recording and some singles that discovered surprising achievement in Japan, the makers transformed the lineup, keeping Michaela Rose and changing the two additional people with Jasmin Vetter and Sandra …

Despite its Canadian-sounding name, the disco duet Ottawan, made up of two Caribbean-born singers Jean Patrick (given birth to on April 6, 1954) and Annette (given birth to on November 1, 1958), was a brainchild from the French producer team Daniel Vangarde and Jean Kluger. Vangarde who also caused Dalida, …

A Paris-based feminine disco trio, La Belle Epoque scored several club hits through the later ’70s. Their initial and biggest was 1977’s “Miss Broadway,” a high 30 hit in the R&B graphs, plus they also acquired some success using the expanded “Disco Audio” medley, which included a edition of Los …