Vince Degiorgio

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Born in the Toronto suburb of Brampton, Ontario, Vincent DeGiorgio was turned onto music at the age of seven through his father who was a big vinyl record collector. The two would go record hunting and the young DeGiorgio would help find records during the daylong outings.

By the age of thirteen, DeGiorgio had made the decision to become a Disco DJ and started acquiring records. He goes on to say that it was an expensive hobby, but he would go into the city (Toronto) to buy Disco records from Reggae stores like Monica’s on a regular basis. Coupled with this he starts going to area clubs to experience the music first hand. One of these clubs was Petubia where the first song he heard was “From East To West” by Voyage and the first girl he dances with is Candy Berthuiame who ended up doing the vocals for Tapps eight years later on his Power label.

At around the age of sixteen Vince DeGiorgio stopped to buy a slice of pizza while in Toronto. While sitting at the counter he looked across the street to see something he had never noticed before, a huge record store called Disco Sound of Canada. It was completely different from anything he had experienced in his life because it had every record he had been looking for. Vince used to look up new records in a newsletter that serviced Ontario Disco DJs called Disk’n’Dat, which was run by Jackie Valasek.

Seeing all the records listed in the newsletter in one store was like a dream come true. Vince returned to the store a second time and was offered a job by Fred Goshine who was one of the owners of Disco Sound. The other owner was the late Peter Frost who wrote articles for the aforementioned “Disk’n’Dat” newsletter and later went on to produce and remix songs by Tapps.

The clientele at Disco Sound of Canada was very eclectic with a good number of them being professional Disco DJs. DeGiorgio got to know many of them while also expanding his music collection and knowledge. While working at the record shop, DeGiorgio also started working around 1977 as a backup DJ for a club called Stars in his hometown. He soon made his way to several dive bars in Toronto making a measly (US)$60.00 a night.

Around 1980 DeGiorgio was flirting with retiring from dee-jaying to pursue traveling. He wasn’t working for what seemed only 48 hours and returned to Disco Sound of Canada and then landed a gig at a private party for a woman who’s father owned a chain of clubs called Mo-Mos. He made such a favorable impression with the crowd that he was asked to become the head DJ at Le Tube, which was a premiere nightspot in Toronto. Le Tube was owned by and catered to a mainly Portuguese crowd. The Le Tube gig lasted about four years.

Дискография:
Remixes:
Goddess Of Love (12") / JDC Records INC
La Bamba / S.O.S. (Love To The Rescue) (12") / JDC Records INC
Passion (12") / "O" Records-1982  
I Hear Thunder (12") / I Hear Thunder (Remix) / Power Records - 1984 
Fighting For Our Lives (12") / Edzna Records - 1985 
Night In The City (Remix) (12") / Power Records / 1985 
People Say It's In The Air (Red White And Blue Remix) (12") / Ch?teau - 1985 
Body Time (12") / Body Time (Dance Mix) / Chameleon Music - 1989 
"Disco 'N' Diva" The Best Of Vicki Shepard (CD, Comp) / Let Me Take You Dancing / Loading Bay Records - 1993 
Ready To Go / Drop Dead Gorgeous (12", Promo) / Ready To Go / RCA - 1996
 
Production:
I Don't Wanna Fall In Love Again (12") / Injection Disco Dance Label - 1989
Luchando Por Sobrevivir - Fighting For Our Lives (12") / Trebol - 1985 
Tell Me (12") / Power Records - 1985  
Best Of Loading Bay Hi-NRG Volume One (CD, Comp) / Loading Bay Records - 1992  
Load This! The Best Of Loading Bay (2xCD, Comp) / Loading Bay Records - 2006 

Mix:
S.O.S. (Love To The Rescue) (12") / Power Records - 1983 

Appears On:
Are You A Love Maker (12") / Power Records - 1983
Runaway (With My Love) (12") / Power Records - 1984  
My Forbidden Lover (The Megamix) (12") / JDC Records INC. - 1986
Deep Heat 10 - The Awakening (2xCD, Comp) / If U Want My Love / Telstar - 1991
Best Of Loading Bay Hi-NRG Volume One (CD, Comp) / Bring On The Boys / Loading Bay Records - 1992
Follow Your Heart (12", Promo) / Virgin Records America, Inc. - 1992  
"Disco 'N' Diva" The Best Of Vicki Shepard (CD, Comp) / Bring On The Boys / Loading Bay Records-1993- - 
Load This! The Best Of Loading Bay (2xCD, Comp) / If You Love Somebody / Majic Music, Loading Bay Records - 2006