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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Ken Laszlo (Gianni Laszlo Coraini)

In 1984 Ken Laszlo burst upon the italo disco scene with the genius Hey Hey Guy.  One of the catchiest italo disco songs ever.  The introduction alone is legendary, so camp.


Ken also recorded under several aliases including Ric Fellini, Jaco (with the classic Spanish Run) and  Artwork.  Almost all of his output was on the seminal Italian italo disco label Memory.


The Follow-up to Hey Hey Guy came out the next  year in 1985 and it was nearly as infectious.  Another italo disco masterpiece. 


The 1986 release Don't Cry didn't slow down his impact on the dance floor.  But in my humble opinion it was not up to par to his first two singles.


1987 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 was fun and featured a campy video.



Everybody is Dancing in 1989 was pure Euro Disco.  By then production of Italo Disco was on the wane as there was also house music to contend with.  It was also back to a good groove and I find it to be one of his better records.



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