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Georgio Allentini is an African-American funk and dance music singer/songwriter/keyboardist/guitarist from San Francisco, California. He goes by the stage name Georgio. In 1987 he had several songs chart on the Hot 100, although none climbed any higher than #58. He was much more successful on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where he earned four Top 10 hits, including "Tina Cherry," which hit #1.[1] Although his dance-electronica songs became hits, his overconfidence and insulting attacks on the talent of Prince and Michael Jackson limited his radio exposure.[2]
Recently, Georgio has made the transition to filmmaker with the 2003 release of Tapped Out, which also starred Coolio, Alex Avant and Jimmy Bridges. The film was written, co-produced and co-directed by Georgio, who also composed music for its soundtrack. He also worked at MIG Records.
Georgio has a son, Georgio Jr., with actress Kelly Jo Minter.
[edit] See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
[edit] References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 109.
- ^ Carpenter, Bil. "Biography: Georgio". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4356/biography. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
