Biography

The group was created by Manlio Cangelli (composer, keyboard and drum machine programming), then were added Vince Lancini (vocals

Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

) and Fabio Margutti (keyboards

Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

), joined by Franz Rome (keyboards, programming

Programming (music)

Programming is a form of music production and performance using electronic devices, often sequencers or computer programs, to generate music. Programming is used in nearly all forms of electronic music and in most hip hop music since the 1990s. It is also frequently used in modern pop and rock...

) for the second album Pictures Of Old Days.

The band had numerous hits, starting with the worldwide known "Penguin invasion", "Disco Band", then "Delirio Mind" and "Take Me Up". The group's 1984 single "Disco Band" was their major hit in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 and other countries. In 1985 they released the album "Evolution". Kylie Minogue's international hit "Got to Be Certain

Got to Be Certain

"Got to Be Certain" is a dance-pop song written and produced by British songwriting team Stock, Aitken and Waterman And included on Minogue's debut studio album Kylie . The song had been originally written for singer Mandy Smith, but her recording was never released until 2005. The song received a...

" was largely influenced by "Take Me Up".

"Mirage" was the next single. A huge hit in Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. Other songs were "Plus Plus" or "Money Runner".

Here's Scotch's singles chart positions from http://www.scheul.de/Charts.htm

• Disco Band [#28 Italy, #3 Germany, #20 Sweden, #4 Switzerland, #4 Portugal]
• Delirio Mind [#6 Germany, #1 Sweden, #19 Switzerland]
• Take Me Up [#19 Germany; # 11 Portugal]
• Mirage [#19 Italy, #56 Germany, #1 Sweden]
• Money Runner [#12 Sweden]
• Pictures' [#16 Sweden]

"Disco Band" was sampled on Scooter's

Scooter (band)

Scooter are a German hard dance band founded in Hamburg, who have sold over 25 million records and earned over 80 gold and platinum awards. Scooter are considered the most successful single-record German act with 23 top ten hits. The band is currently composed of members H.P. Baxxter, Rick J....

 2007 hit single "Lass Uns Tanzen

Lass Uns Tanzen

"Lass Uns Tanzen" is a single by German techno group Scooter. It was released on 26 March, 2007, as the second and last single from their twelfth studio album The Ultimate Aural Orgasm...

", and "Penguin Invasion" continues to be popular, appearing on various 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...

compilations and retrospectives.

Maxi Singles

• 1983 Penguins' invasion
• 1983 Penguins' invasion (Vocal)
• 1984 Disco band
• 1984 Disco band (Remix)
• 1984 Take me up / Man in the man
• 1985 Delirio mind
• 1985 Delirio mind (Remix) / Take me up (Remix)
• 1986 Mirage / Amor por Victoria
• 1986 Money Runner
• 1987 Pictures
• 1987 Man to man

Charting Top-10 Singles

Title	Album	Country	Peak position	Weeks on chart	Reference(s)
"Mirage"	Best Of	Sweden	2	5
"Disco Band"	Evolution	Switzerland	4	15
"Delirio Mind"	Best Of	Sweden	5	5
"Take Me Up"	Evolution	France	10	19
"Money Runner"	Best Of	Norway	10	1

Charting Top-10 Albums

Album	Country	Peak position	Weeks on chart	Reference(s)
Evolution	Sweden	4	17