Linda Jo Rizzo (born 1 April 1955, in
New York City
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) is an American singer, songwriter and producer, with Italian roots, currently based in
Germany
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. Originally from the
United States
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, she was a photo model and studied nourishing sciences in New York. There she met
Bobby Orlando
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and participated in his group,
The Flirts
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, from 1983 to 1984. In 1984, Rizzo moved to Germany and started her own music career there.
Rizzo was the owner of an Italian music restaurant in
Munich
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called Piazza Linda, which was sold in August 2008.
Discography
Albums
* ''Passion'' (1989) (bootleg)
* ''Best of Linda Jo Rizzo'' (1999)
* ''Day of the Light'' (2012)
* ''P.A.S.S.I.O.N.'' (2013) (The Flirts Hits featuring Linda Jo Rizzo)
* ''Fly Me High'' (2015)
Singles
* 1985: "Fly Me High / "Welcome to Cairo"
* 1986: "You're My First You're My Last" / "I've Got the Night"
* 1986: "Heartflash (Tonight)" / "Just One Word"
* 1987: "Perfect Love" / "No Lies"
* 1988: "Passion" / "Hey Joe"
* 1989: "Keep Trying" / "Listen to the D.J."
* 1991: "Quando Quando"
* 1993: "Passion" / "Just the Way You Like It"
* 1994: "Meet the Flintstones" (Stone-Age feat. Linda Jo)
* 2012: "Heartflash, Passion & You're My First, You're My Last 2012"
* 2013: "Day of the Light"
* 2013: "Out of the Shadows" (TQ & Linda Jo Rizzo)
* 2017: "I Want You Tonight" (Linda Jo Rizzo &
Tom Hooker)
See also
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Euro disco
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External links
Linda Jo Rizzo on Facebook– Official fanpage.
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LindaJorizzo.De– Personal site in German.
PiazzaLinda.deInterview with Linda Jo Rizzo
1955 births
Living people
21st-century American women singers
21st-century American singers
American emigrants to Germany
American female models
American women pop singers
American Italo disco musicians
American hi-NRG musicians
English-language singers from Italy
Italian Italo disco musicians
Italian record producers
American people of Italian descent
American women record producers
American women in electronic music
Songwriters from New York (state)
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