- Eddy Huntington
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Born =27 October 1965
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Genre = Italo
Occupation =Teacher
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Notable_instruments =Eddie Huntington (born
27 October 1965 ) is an Italodisco pop star from the UK, popular inScandinavia ,Europe and the former USSR.Huntington was born in the north east of
England and moved toLondon at the age of 18, where he became amusic video extra and model.He was discovered by [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Records Baby records] , an Italian
record label who took him toMilan to record the song "USSR" written by R. Turatti, M. Chieregato and T. Hooker. [ [http://www.italo-interviews.com/EddyHuntington.html Interview with Eddy Huntington ] ]When "USSR" was released throughout Europe in 1986 on
ZYX Records it became a hit in mainland Europe and in theSoviet Union and is widely popular to this day. Huntington went on to have other lesser hits including "May Day" and "Meet My Friend". He also released thealbum "Bang Bang Baby" in 1988.Huntington left the
music industry in the early 1990s and trained to become a primary school teacher in the UK. He taught at Eldon Grove Primary School in Hartlepool. He provided after school drama and singing lessons as well as everyday lessons. He now lives inThailand with his wife, where he continues to work in teaching.In 2005 Huntington made a brief return to music opening the Discotechka 80's concerts in Russia. These were two performances of European and Soviet 1980s pop stars held in
Moscow andSaint Petersburg , also headlining were;Bonnie Tyler ,Alphaville ,Sabrina Salerno ,Mike Mareen and Savage. Bothconcert s played to large stadium crowds, appeared on nationaltelevision and were released onDVD .References
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* http://www.geocities.com/eddyhuntington/
* http://www.disco80.ru/?an=fest2005
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