Raggio Di Luna or Moon Ray is an
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 ...
project which included producers Aldo Martinelli and Fabrizio Gatto, and singers Simona Zanini and Mandy Ligios (who also recorded as "Comancero"). They are known for the song "
Comanchero
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" (1984, Discotto S.A.S
), which was a hit across Europe, reaching number 3 in
West Germany
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, number 2 in
Austria
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, number 4 in
Switzerland and number 5 in
France
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.
[Hitbilanz Deutsche Chart Singles 1981-1990, Günter Ehnert (Hrsg.), Taurus Press 1991, ]
Discography
Singles
See also
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Martinelli
Martinelli is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Alberto Martinelli, Italian President of the International Social Science Council
* Alessandro Martinelli, Swiss footballer
* Alfredo Martinelli (1899–1968), Italian fil ...
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Radiorama
Radiorama were an Italian Italo disco band formed in 1984 by Simona Zanini and Aldo Martinelli. They were later joined by Mauro Farina and Giuliano Crivellente. Their first two singles, "Chance to Desire" and "Desire" were European hits.
Disco ...
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Topo & Roby
Topo & Roby was a 1980s Italian Italo disco duo consisting of Roby, the stage name of American-Italian vocalist Simona Zanini, and Topo, a robot. Zanini sang all vocal parts, including the automated voice of Topo, and the music was written, perf ...
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List of Italo disco artists and songs
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 las ...
References
External links
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Italo disco groups
Musical groups from Milan