Topo & Roby | |
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| Origin | Milan |
| Genres | Italo disco [1] |
| Years active | 1980s |
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, performed and produced by keyboardist Aldo Martinelli and producer Fabrizio Gatto.
Topo & Roby are mostly remembered, apart from their unusual line-up, for the song "Under the Ice" (1984), which received significant airplay in European disco clubs and radio stations [1] [2] and reached number 20 in France. [3]
| Year | Title | Charts | |||
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| FR | |||||
| 1984 | "Under the Ice" [3] | 20 | |||
| 1988 | "Set on Fire" [4] | — | |||
- ^ a b Francesco Cataldo Verrina (February 2014). ITALO DISCO STORY. Lulu.com. pp. 68–. ISBN 978-1-291-75288-5.
- ^ "TOPO & ROBY - quando un robot incontra l'italo disco". 16 July 2020.
- ^ a b "australian-charts.com - Topo & Roby - Under The Ice". Hung Medien.
- ^ "australian-charts.com - Topo & Roby - Set On Fire". Hung Medien.
- Topo & Roby discography at Discogs
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