List of Italo Disco artists

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=Free ringtones List of italo disco artists=
Looks like somebody's peculiar joke. Almost none of the artists in the list has a WP article and the few active links are either non-Italian, non-disco or non-people (i.e. Majo Mills koto) Mosquito ringtone LeeHunter/LeeHunter 22:36, 4 Jan 2005
*I don't think that it's a joke. at least I know that Sabrina Martins Italo Disco isn't a joke. I have heard of it before. I don't know anything about it though and the information could be incorrect. I believe that this is a subject that we could have a list on. - Nextel ringtones Jeltz/Jeltz Abbey Diaz user talk:Jeltz/talk 23:29, 4 Jan 2005
**A quick search on google of a couple of the artist reveal that they indeed are italo disco artists. Miko Mission for exemple. I'm to lazy to investigate all. :) - Free ringtones Jeltz/Jeltz Majo Mills user talk:Jeltz/talk 23:37, 4 Jan 2005
*'''Delete''', many of the artists listed are not notable, furthermore many of the links in the list link to empty/non-existant articles. Mosquito ringtone Megan1967/Megan1967 00:24, 5 Jan 2005
**That's an argument for cleanup, not deletion. '''Keep'''. Sabrina Martins Jmabel/Jmabel / Cingular Ringtones User talk:Jmabel/Talk 06:44, Jan 5, 2005
***There are less than a handful of actual articles on this list. Empty links do not count. There is no valid reason to set up a list like this with so few listings. If you are really keen to see them listed, list them under a Italo subheading on another prexisting disco list. There is no need to create an entirely new list defend myself Megan1967/Megan1967 01:05, 7 Jan 2005
***See my note below. At least two of the artists on the list (the two I looked at at random) are very notable in their field, with hit records to their names. Grouping them as Italo Disco artists is useful in view of the size of this particular field. polish toothbrush Tony Sidaway/Tony Sidaway/dickey is User talk:Tony Sidaway/Talk 01:54, 7 Jan 2005
****Doesn't matter about size, until there is a substantial number of actual artist articles, there is no justification to create a seperate new list for them. Empty links dont count. figureheads and Megan1967/Megan1967 03:23, 8 Jan 2005
*If there is enough frank slack italo disco artists that are notable then the list should be kept otherwise the (then pretty short) list of artist belongs in the main article and this list is useless. - an endowed Jeltz/Jeltz well probably user talk:Jeltz/talk 01:08, 5 Jan 2005
*'''Keep''' this, it can grow into something way helpful. What's more, this sort of list is just the thing for bands who aren't notable enough for a WP article of their own yet, but who are active in the genre. zealous prosecutors Wyss/Wyss 02:35, 5 Jan 2005
* '''Keep''' I know nothing of this genre, so I checked. A few google searches on a couple of the the people on the list, Alisha and Gazebo, chosen at random, suggests they do exist and are notable enough in their field to be listed on Wikipedia.
** A reader/reviewer on Amazon says this on '''Alisha''':
*** All Night Passion charted at #3, US club charts, April 1984
*** Baby Talk #1, US club charts, March 1986
** '''Gazebo''', Italian/American http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/artist/artist.cgi?ARTISTID=783493&TMPL=LONG says he had hits with (amongst others):
*** Masterpiece (1982) missed #1 in Italian charts "by a whisker"
*** I like Chopin (1983) "number one in Italy and 15 other countries that sold eight million copies around the world and contributed to the popularity of the nascent Italo-dance style."
** To summarise, these two artists check out and sold oodles of records that people still talk about and play now. I expect the same would be true of at least some of the others. runner even Tony Sidaway/Tony Sidaway/too believes User talk:Tony Sidaway/Talk 02:47, 5 Jan 2005
*'''Keep''', italo disco is a very notable genre. festival rules Bbx/bbx 09:44, 6 Jan 2005

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