Tony Rallo

Biography
Tony Rallo was a studio arranger in the 1970s for Daniel Guichard and Linda De Suza, amongst others. He stood at the cradle of the revival of Dalida’s career in the 1970s with his trademark up-beat disco arrangements; her biggest hit with Rallo was the new version of ‘J’attendrai’ in 1976. Towards the end of the 1970s, Tony Rallo released some disco records himself, most notably ‘Burnin’ alive’ – the artist credits officially being Tony Rallo & The Midnite Band.

Tony Rallo arranged the first Turkish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest, ‘Seninle bir dakika’ in 1975, which was conducted by Timur Selçuk. One year later, in 1976, he led a Eurovision orchestra himself for his native France, which, that year, was represented by Cathérine Ferry and ‘1, 2, 3’. It is needless to say that the bouncy arrangement had been penned by Rallo himself. ‘1, 2, 3’ finished second behind ‘Save your kisses for me’, the UK entry.

In due course, a more extensive biography of Tony Rallo will be published on this website

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