Improbably, Meco turned out to be more than a one-hit wonder: he scored further Top 40 hits with his versions of music from Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Wizard of Oz, and The Empire Strikes Back, although his holiday single "What Can You Get a Wookie for Christmas (When He Already Owns a Comb)" stalled at #69. Meco is best known for his 1977 disco (Space Disco) version of the Star Wars theme from his album Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk both the single and album were certified. R2-D2 & Anthony Daniels) Star Wars Christmas 1980 Jungle - Single. Meco (real name Domenico Monardo, born 29 November 1939) is an American record producer and musician, as well as the name of a band or production team based around him. Music Inspired By Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk 1977 Christmas in the Stars (feat. Stream songs including (ANew Hope) Star Wars. ("I was convinced," he said years later, "that John Williams's themes were recordable and danceable.") With the film and the soundtrack album both racking up huge numbers, Millennium Records decided it was worth a shot, and somehow it actually worked: in October 1977 the lead single climbed to the top of the charts, where it remained for two weeks.Īt the Grammys that winter, Meco earned a nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, but lost-to John Williams, for the original Star Wars soundtrack. Listen to The Complete Star Wars Collection by Meco on Apple Music. Born Meco Monardo in Johnsonburg, PA in 1939, he took up the trombone at the age of nine, and later earned a scholarship to the Eastman. Transfixed by Star Wars-he saw the movie five times in its first two days of release-Monardo had the idea to create a disco version of the movie's music. Producer and studio musician Meco marked a confluence of the two dominant pop-culture preoccupations of the late 70s, shooting to fame on the heels of a chart-topping disco rendition of the theme to Star Wars.
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