Toronto (band)

Toronto (band)

Infobox musical artist |
Name = Toronto
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Origin = Toronto, ON, Canada flagicon|Canada
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Genre = Rock
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Years_active = 19791984
Label = Solid Gold Records
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URL = [http://www.torontoandhollywoods.com Official site]
Current_members = Annie "Holly" Woods Brian Allen Sharon Alton Nick Costello Jimmy Fox Scott Kreyer
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Toronto was a Canadian rock band from the late seventies and early eighties who have been compared to Heart and Pat Benatar. They were formed in the late 1970s in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, when singer Annie "Holly" Woods met guitarist Brian Allen. The band's constantly shifting line-up was originally augmented by guitarist/backing vocalist Sheron Alton, keyboardist Scott Kreyer, bassist Nick Costello, and drummer Jimmy Fox.

Toronto's Influence

*The song "What About Love" was originally recorded by Toronto, having been written by band members Sheron Alton and Brian Allen along with outside collaborator Jim Vallance. The band elected not to release this recording, and the difficulty Allen and Alton faced in getting this and other material onto Toronto's albums eventually led to their departure from the group. In 1985, the song was offered to Heart, who turned "What About Love" into an international top 10 hit. Toronto's version was eventually released in 2002, as a bonus track on various CD resissues of their albums.

*In the music video for "Drinking in LA" by Bran Van 3000, you can see a copy of a Toronto album clearly visible in several of the shots.

*"Your Daddy Don't Know" was later covered by The New Pornographers on the film soundtrack "".

Discography

Albums

# "Lookin' for Trouble" (1980) as Toronto
# "Head On" (1981) as Toronto
# "Get It on Credit" (1982) as Toronto
# "Girls' Night Out" (1983) as Toronto
# "Greatest Hits" (1984) as Toronto
# "Assault and Flattery" (1984) as Holly Woods & Toronto
# "Live It Up!" (2007) as Holly Woods

ingles

* 1980 - "Even the Score" [CAN #44] [CHUM #14]
* 1982 - "Your Daddy Don't Know" [CAN #5] [CHUM #2] [US #77]
* 1982 - "Start Tellin' the Truth" [CAN #15] [CHUM #4]
* 1983 - "Girls Night Out" [CAN #14] [CHUM #19]
* 1983 - "All I Need" [CAN #38] [CHUM #25]
* 1984 - "Ready to Make Up" [CAN #33] [CHUM #23]
* 1984 - "New Romance" [CAN #26] [CHUM #20]

External links

*http://www.torontoandhollywoods.com
*http://www.solidgoldrecords.com
* [http://www.canadianbands.com/Toronto.html CanConRox entry]
*http://www.jimvallance.com/01-music-folder/songs-folder-may-27/pg-song-heart-what-about.html


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