Doug Meakin

Come and Go

b/w

Walking on the Edge

(on both sleeve & label misspelled:

“Walitin on the Ed“)

Albert Douglas Meakin

English singer, composer, musician, born in Liverpool, March 17 1945. In 1966 tours Italy with his rock band The Motowns and he decides to stay. In the 1967 marries Italian dancer Rita Grifantini. Between 70s and 80s he’s very active session vocalist working both in studio and on stage with The Primitives, Raffaella Carrà, Renato Zero, Claudio Simonetti, Paul Micioni, Riccardo Cocciante, Lucio Dalla and many others. Lead vocalist on many Italo-Disco projects, although uncredited most of the times (Easy Going, Crazy Gang, Traks), also collaborating with funk producers Mario & Giosy Capuano and writing songs for Ryan Paris, Amii Stewart and Mike Francis, writting and performing film soundtracks with brothers Guido & Maurizio De Angelis (Oliver Onions), Ennio Morricone as well as on his own. He’s also very well known in Italy for his many TV themes (mostly for Japanese cartoons) written and performed with his band Rocking Horse and monikers Superobots. In 2008 wrote the lyrics and recorded “Disco For The Devil” for Venetian disco producer Bottin.