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Eurodisco (also spelled as Euro disco) is the variety of European forms of electronic dance music that evolved from disco in the middle 1970s, incorporating elements of pop and rock into a disco-like continuous dance atmosphere. Many Eurodisco compositions feature lyrics sung in English, although the singers often share a different mother ...
This is a list of Eurodisco artists and their popular songs. Note: This list applies only to artists of the Eurodisco genre in Europe in the 1980s and the genre revival in the 90s and 2000s. This list does not contain European disco artists of the 1970s.
Eurobeat. Eurodance (sometimes referred to as Euro-NRG, Euro-electronica or Euro) is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s in Europe. It combines many elements of rap, techno and Eurodisco. [2] This genre of music is heavily influenced by the use of rich vocals, sometimes with rapped verses.
Dschinghis Khan ( German pronunciation: [ˌdʒɪŋɡɪs ˈkaːn]; "Genghis Khan") is a German Eurodisco pop band. It was originally formed in Munich [2] [3] in 1979 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest with their song "Dschinghis Khan". The original group consisted of six members: Louis Hendrik Potgieter, Edina Pop, Henriette Strobel ...
Martin Tychsen. Axel Breitung. Jürgen Behrens. Website. silentcircle .de. Silent Circle is a German Eurodisco band formed in West Germany in 1985. The band consists of vocalist Martin Tychsen (Jo Jo Tyson), keyboardist & composer Axel Breitung, and drummer Jürgen Behrens (CC Behrens).
Giovanni Giorgio Moroder ( Italian: [dʒoˈvanni ˈdʒordʒo moˈrɔːder], German: [mɔˈʁoːdɐ]; born 26 April 1940) [3] [4] is an Italian composer and music producer. Dubbed the "Father of Disco", [5] [6] [7] Moroder is credited with pioneering euro disco and electronic dance music. [2] [8] His work with synthesizers had a large influence ...
"Moskau" (German for Moscow) is the second single by German Eurodisco group Dschinghis Khan (known as Genghis Khan in Australia and other countries) released in 1979. The band also recorded an English version, which they released in 1980 as "Moscow".
Overview. In the late 1970s, Eurodisco musicians such as Silver Convention and Donna Summer were popular in America.. In the 1980s, a highly polished production with "musical simplicity" at its core — from Bubblegum Pop-like lyrics, catchy (in some cases Italian, in other Eurodisco-like) melodies, to "elementary" song structures — an average British Eurobeat song took very little time to ...