Topo & Roby

Topo & Roby
OriginMilan
GenreItalo disco
Years active1980s

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 and reached number 20 in France.

Discography

Singles

Year Title Charts
FR
1984 "Under the Ice" 20
1988 "Set on Fire" —

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Francesco Cataldo Verrina (February 2014). ITALO DISCO STORY. Lulu.com. pp. 68–. ISBN 978-1-291-75288-5.
  2. ↑ "TOPO & ROBY - quando un robot incontra l'italo disco". 16 July 2020.
  3. 1 2 "australian-charts.com - Topo & Roby - Under The Ice". Hung Medien.
  4. ↑ "australian-charts.com - Topo & Roby - Set On Fire". Hung Medien.