Claudio Bazzari (Milan, 12 September 1949) is an Italian blues and country rhythm guitarist, he has played in various groups and as a session musician and has collaborated with many artists, including Fabrizio De André and Mario Lavezzi.Giorgio Cocilovo (born 1956) is an Italian jazz fusion guitarist and music teacher from Milan.He joined the group in the studio for the Survivor in Love album, supplementing Bassi's keyboards. Gaetano Leandro is an Italian pop keyboardist known for his collaboration with American singer Amii Stewart.Naimy Hackett: English-language vocalist and songwriter from East Hampton (town), New York on Long Island, known in part for her role as the lyricist of Baltimora, as well as being one of several backing vocalists of the Italo disco act Pink Project (and of Baltimora, too).Maurizio Bassi: session arranger, musician, producer, and songwriter from Milan, Italy.Jimmy McShane died of an AIDS-related illness in March 1995. When Baltimora's second album, Survivor in Love (1987) and the single " Key Key Karimba" failed to chart, Baltimora lost label support and Bassi decided to disband. Despite the success of "Tarzan Boy", Living in the Background only charted moderately, entering the top 20 album charts only in a few countries in Europe, including Sweden, reaching the no. īaltimora's first album, Living in the Background, was released in Europe at the end of 1985 and in United States in 1986. The second single, " Woody Boogie", which also gained notable success, entered the top 20 in Germany, Switzerland and Sweden.
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Baltimora performed on the American TV show Solid Gold, which helped further their success in America.
When it did, it remained on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for six months, peaking at No. However, it took a while for the single to enter the Hot 100 single chart in the United States (where it was released on EMI). "Tarzan Boy" was released in Canada in October 1985 and peaked on the Canadian charts at No.
The song eventually made it to the United Kingdom charts, where it reached No. 6 on the Italian single chart and entering the top 5 in numerous European countries, including Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, France, the Netherlands and Norway. Success with "Tarzan Boy" īaltimora's first single, " Tarzan Boy", was released in April 1985, and became a huge European success, peaking at No. The bulk of Baltimora's song writing fell on Bassi and American lyricist Naimy Hackett, though McShane wrote the lyrics to their track "Survivor in Love". Bassi recruited prominent Italian sessionmen to record their first album, such as Giorgio Cocilovo on guitar and Gabriele "Lele" Melotti on drums.įellow Italo-disco producer Tom Hooker has claimed that Baltimora's lead vocals were performed by Maurizio Bassi, as he'd done with Carrara, with McShane sometimes providing the backing vocals. They decided to form an act fronted by McShane, a trained actor and dancer, who had previously tried to break into the West End theater scene. McShane was an emergency medical technician (EMT) who worked for the Red Cross in Northern Ireland. Sin embargo, fue el único éxito que lograron, a nivel internacional.In early 1984, Maurizio Bassi, a music producer and musician from Milan, met Jimmy McShane, a native of Derry, Northern Ireland. «Tarzan Boy» fue el primer sencillo del grupo, extraído de su álbum debut Living in the Background, en el que figura como primera pista. Como lado B se incluyó una versión alternativa de DJ de la misma canción. Fue publicada en abril de ese año, bajo la etiqueta discográfica Columbia/EMI Records (Europa) y Manhattan Records (Estados Unidos) y compuesta por el dúo Maurizio Bassi y Naimy Hackett. «Tarzan Boy» es una canción y sencillo de 1985 del género italo disco grabado por el grupo musical italiano Baltimora. The song was re-recorded and released in 1993, and has been covered by several artists throughout the years. The song was written by Maurizio Bassi and Naimy Hackett, and released in 1985 as the lead single from Baltimora's debut album Living in the Background. "Tarzan Boy" is the debut single by Italian-based act Baltimora.
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