Toronto is tagged as: rock, polish, canadian, classic rock, 80s There are at least three artists with this name. 1) 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 (see Holly Woods) met guitarist Brian Allen. The band’s constantly shifting line-up was originally augmented by guitarist/backing vocalist Sharon Alton, keyboardist Scott Kreyer, bassist Nick Costello, and drummer Jimmy Fox. Their first album, Lookin’ for Trouble, was released in 1980, and the title track was a Top 40 hit in Canada. Head On (1981) followed , after which Costello and Fox left the band to be replaced by Gary LaLonde (later of Honeymoon Suite) and Barry Connors (later of Coney Hatch). This sextet recorded Get It on Credit (1982), with “Your Daddy Don’t Know” perhaps being their best known hit on the 1982 album. Lalonde was then replaced by Mike Gingrich for 1983’s Girls’ Night Out in 1983. This album also received attention, as did the band’s Greatest Hits album of 1984. There were subsequently several exits and entrances in 1984/85, with founding members Allen and Alton leaving, along with drummer Connors. They were replaced b... Read More About Toronto Biography...  Send Toronto ringtones to your cell
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