Meco

Domenico Monardo (November 29, 1939 – May 26, 2023), known as Meco, was an American record producer and musician, as well as the name of his band or production team. Meco is best known for his 1977 space disco version of the Star Wars theme from his album Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk; both the single and album were certified platinum in the US.

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United States
Active from: 1939
Active to: 2023

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Musical artist <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.name: Meco
Musical artist <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.image_size: 175
Musical artist <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.background: non_vocal_instrumentalist
Musical artist <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.birth_name: Domenico Monardo
Musical artist <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.birth_place: Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Musical artist <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.death_place: Tamarac, Florida, U.S.
Musical artist <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.instrument: Trombone
Musical artist <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.genre: Space disco, disco, funk, easy listening
Musical artist <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.occupation: Musician, music arranger, record producer
Musical artist <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.years_active: 1965–1985
Musical artist <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.label: Millennium Records, Casablanca Records, RCA Records, Hip-O/MCA Records

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: United States
Place of death: Tamarac
Occupation: composer
Instrument: trombone

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date of birth: 1939-11-23
start of work period: 1965-00-00
date of death: 2023-05-25

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Early life and education
Career
''Star Wars'' theme
The band Meco
Other soundtracks become "Meco-ized"
Retirement from music
Discography
Albums
Singles
Charted singles
Additional singles
References
Bibliography
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==Early life and education== Meco Monardo was born in Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, United States, on November 29, 1939 to parents of Italian descent. Building model ships, science fiction and movies were some of his boyhood preoccupations. His father played the valve trombone in a small Italian band, and through him Meco got his first musical education. Meco wanted to play the drums, but his father convinced him that the trombone was the right instrument, and at nine that was the instrument with which he was to stay. However, for Meco, the slide trombone was his choice, troublesome as it was for the small-statured boy to extend the slide fully at first. He joined the high school band while still attending elementary school. At 17, he won a scholarship to the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, which provided him with a solid classical and jazz music education.

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