Canton is an Italian
Italo disco
Italo disco (variously capitalized, and sometimes hyphenated as Italo-disco) is a music genre which originated in Italy in the late 1970s and was mainly produced in the early 1980s. Italo disco evolved from the then-current underground dance, p ...
musical group formed in 1983.
They entered the 1984
Sanremo Music Festival
The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. It is the longest-running annual ...
with the song "Sonnambulismo" (that they later remade in English as "Sleepwalking"), ranking fourth in the 'Nuove proposte' section.
[ The song was a moderate commercial success.]Stock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman (abbreviated as SAW) are an English songwriting and record production trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and Pete Waterman. The trio had great success from the mid-1980s through the early 1990s. SAW is considered ...
) became hits through European charts.[
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Personnel
* Marcello "Marci" Semeraro - vocals (1983-1986, 2007–present)
* Francesco Marchetti - guitar (1983-1986, 2007–present)
* Stefano Valdo - bass (1983-1986)
Discography
*1984 - ''Please Don't Stay'' (Ariston Music)
*1984 - ''Sleepwalking'' (Ariston Music)
*1984 - ''Sonnambulismo'' (Telediscos)
*1985 - ''Stay with me'' (Ariston Music)
References
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Musical groups established in 1983
Italian pop music groups
Italo disco groups
English-language singers from Italy
Musical groups from Milan
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