Righeira is an Italo Disco

Italo disco

Italo disco encompasses much of the dance music output in Europe during the 1980s. It is one of the world's first forms of mostly electronic dance music and evolved during the late 1970s and early 1980s in Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and other parts of Europe...

 duo

Duet (music)

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 from Turin

Turin

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, Italy

Italy

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. The group

Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...

 was founded in 1981 by Stefano Rota and Stefano Righi. They became famous in continental

Continental Europe

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 Europe

Europe

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 for their single

Single (music)

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 Vamos A La Playa

Vamos a la playa (Righeira song)

"Vamos a la playa" is a single released by Italian disco duo Righeira in 1983. The song, whose lyrics are in Spanish, was composed together with Carmelo and Michelangelo La Bionda...

(Let's Go To The Beach), composed together with Carmelo and Michelangelo La Bionda and released in 1983. Differing from the consensus that the song has none or little depth, the song's content is rather serious and addresses the danger of atomic bombs and the problem of beach pollution. The track reached #53 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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1984 a year later, it was followed up by their single No Tengo Dinero (Spanish: I Don't Have Money). Both singles were successful in the charts

Record chart

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. L'estate Sta Finendo (The Summer Is Over), was released in 1985 and became a number one hit

Hit record

A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...

 in Italy, but failed to peak the charts in other countries.

In 1986 the band participated in the San Remo Music Festival with their song Innamoratissimo (Most In Love) and placed #'15´th.
Toppin' high in 1987 with another Smash Hit: Oasi In Citta, a Voice succeeded Synth Pop track including Sega sound samples [Known from many popular games released by the Corporation] & a beautiful tune of Sax, became an instant World Success. The Sax Solo has since been a reminding mark & sign of the song until present.

Albums

• 1983 - Righeira (A&M Records)
• 1986 - Bambini Forever (CGD)
• 1992 - Uno, Zero, Centomila (RCA)
• 2007 - Mondovisione (Saifam)

Compilations

• 1985 - Righeira '83-'85 (CGD)
• 2002 - Greatest Hits (D.V More Record) [Release: Mr. Music]
• 2002 - The Best (D.V More Record)

Singles

• 1980 - Bianca Surf/Photoni (Italian Records) [Solo: Johnson Righeira]
• 1981 - Bianca Surf/Photoni (VIP) [Solo: Johnson Righeira]

• 1983 - Vamos A La Playa (A&M Records)
• 1984 - No Tengo Dinero (CGD)
• 1984 - Tanzen Mit Righeira (CGD)
• 1984 - Hey Mama (CGD)
• 1985 - L'estate Sta Finendo/Prima Dell'estate (CGD)
• 1986 - Innamoratissimo/Gli Parlerò Di te (CGD)
• 1986 - Italians A Go-Go/3-D (CGD)
• 1986 - Bambini Forever/Arruinado (CGD)
• 1987 - Oasi In Citta (CGD)
• 1988 - Compañero (CGD)
• 1989 - Garageamos/Adalas Omaet (EMI Records)
• 1990 - Ferragosto/Dimmi Di No (Bravo Records)
• 2001 - 2001: Vamos A La Playa (Saifam)
• 2007 - La Musica Electronica (Saifam)