Giampiero Scalamogna (13 June 1943 – 3 July 2010), best known as Gepy & Gepy, was an Italian singer, songwriter, producer and arranger. For his powerful voice and robust physique he was often compared to

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and

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Background

Born in Rome, Scalamogna debuted in 1965, when he founded the duo ''Dany & Gepy'' with Daniela Casa, and shortly after started his solo career as ''Gepy & Gepy''. In the 1970s he produced

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with whom he had a successful duet song, "Più". At the end of the 1970s he focused on the disco dance genre, composing and performing songs such as "Body to Body" (opening theme of the

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TV-show ''

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'') and "Blu". Both songs were minor hits in the European charts. His song "African Love Song" was part of the

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's playlist at the

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. He died at 67 from a severe form of pneumonia.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gepy and Gepy 1943 births 2010 deaths Musicians from Rome Italian male singer-songwriters Italian pop singers Italian Italo disco musicians Italian electronic musicians Disco musicians Deaths from pneumonia in Lazio Italian music arrangers Italian record producers 20th-century Italian male singers