Patrick Cowley
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Patrick Joseph Cowley was an American disco and hi-NRG dance music composer and recording artist, best known for his collaborations with disco singer Sylvester. Along with Giorgio Moroder, he has been
Cowley in 1982
Yearbook photo, 1968
Giorgio Moroder
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Giovanni Giorgio Moroder is an Italian composer and music producer. Dubbed the "Father of Disco", Moroder is credited with pioneering Euro disco and electronic dance music. His work with synthesizers
Patrick Cowley
…was an American disco and hi-NRG dance music composer and recording artist, best known for his collaborations with disco singer Sylvester. Along with Giorgio Moroder, he has been credited as a pioneer of electronic dance music. Cowley was born October 19, 1950, in Buffalo, New York, to Ellen and Kenneth Cowley. The…
Moroder at First Avenue, Minneapolis, in 2018
Moroder's Musicland Studios was located in the basement of the pictured Arabella Hochhaus high-rise building.
Moroder in 1979
Moroder with his longtime collaborator Donna Summer and her husband Bruce Sudano. On the left is Moroder's wife Francisca Gutierrez.