Name Georgio Allentini Movies Tapped Out Ex-spouse Kelly Jo Minter | Role Singer-songwriter Years active 1987–1991 Children Georgio Allentini Jr. | |
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Albums Sex Appeal, Mon Prisme, Bleu noir, Love Stories Similar People Kelly Jo Minter, Danielle Foote, Zachary Stevens, Coolio, Kasan Butcher Born 1966 (age 54), Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Profiles | ||
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Georgio Allentini (born 1966 in Minneapolis, MN) better known by the stage name and mononym Georgio is an African-American California-based funk and dance music singer / songwriter / keyboardist / guitarist. He also produced and directed the film Tapped Out in 2003.
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Music career
After giving demos to Prince in a bid to join Prince's Paisley Park, he recorded his own track "Sexappeal" (sometimes Sex Appeal) on his own Georgio Records in 1984, Motown Records showed interest in him and he was eventually signed to the label.
In 1987 he had several songs charting on the Billboard 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. His 1988 release, "Lover's Lane" reached #54 in the UK Singles Chart.
He recorded two albums on Motown records in the 1980s and one on RCA in the 1990s.
He also worked at MIG Records.
Film career
Georgio made the transition to filmmaker with the 2003 release of Tapped Out, which 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.
Personal life
At 17, Georgio moved to Los Angeles. He is of mixed Black, and Italian parentage.
He appeared in a 2000 documentary titled XX elles with Estelle Desanges, Lisa Guerlain, Dany Verissimo-Petit and others.
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