Valerie Dore is tagged as: italo disco, 80s, italo-disco, dance, synthpop
Monica Stucchi (born 28 May 1962), best known as Valerie Dore, is an entertainer of French and Italian descent, born in Monte Carlo. She rose to fame during the mid 1980s as part of the Italo disco-New wave project of the same name and became an influence for many European disco acts that followed. Italo revival act Sally Shapiro, whose debut album Disco Romance saw its release in late 2007, has cited Valerie as a primary influence
Early career:|Stucchi was a fashion model when she was discovered at the age of 22 by the famous music family Nicolosi (Lino, Pino and Rossana Nicolosi) and Roberto Gasparini in order to serve as the performer of their project “Valerie Dore”, and its first song “The Night”. “The Night” was considerably influenced by a new sound of Italo disco that Gazebo and Savage had introduced as “Romantic Dance”. The song was actually sung by the iconic Italian singer Dora Carofiglio and Valerie Dore was initially to become of Carofiglio’s many pseudonyms. Stucchi lip-synched the song, which became an unexpected hit in the European charts (Germany 5, Switzerland 8, Italy 14, France 23, Austria 29), and sold over 1,500,000 copies. Apart from Carofiglio’s excellent vocal skills, the success was also drive...
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