Bobby O (b.1958), also known as Bobby Orlando, is a Synthpop, Hi-NRG, Dance music artist and record producer who gained success beginning in the early 1980s. His current albums are "Bright Nothing World", released June 29, 2010 and "Social Contract Theory", released May 2011 on Bobco Music, Inc. The son of a suburban New York schoolteacher, Bobby declined a classical music scholarship to pursue his then current musical interest, glitter rock. In the late 1970s, his professional interests turned to disco, as he worked on albums by Todd Foster, in 1977, and Lyn Todd, in 1980. ...show more

Bobby O (b.1958), also known as Bobby Orlando, is a Synthpop, Hi-NRG, Dance music artist and record producer who gained success beginning in the early 1980s. His current albums are "Bright Nothing World", released June 29, 2010 and "Social Contract Theory", released May 2011 on Bobco Music, Inc. The son of a suburban New York schoolteacher, Bobby declined a classical music scholarship to pursue his then current musical interest, glitter rock. In the late 1970s, his professional interests turned to disco, as he worked on albums by Todd Foster, in 1977, and Lyn Todd, in 1980.

Shortly thereafter, he established his own record label, "O" Records. Bobby Orlando is a highly prolific music producer, songwriter, musician and record label impresario. During the 1980s he produced, composed and played on hundreds of music productions that he released under a myriad of record labels, including: "O" Records, Bobcat Records, Memo Records, Telefon Records, MenoVision Records, Beach Records, Plastic Records, Eurobeat Records, Obscure Records, Beat Box Records, Riovista Records, Intelligent Records, Basic Records, Knowledge Records and others. In the late '80s, at the peak of his success, the "one-man-band" suddenly and inexplicably halted his extensive production output.

Orlando is credited as one of the founding fathers of euro/pop dance music. His productions are easily identifiable by their dense synthesizers, rolling bass lines, and resounding percussion. Orlando tracks showcase him playing multiple instruments including keyboards, guitars, drums, percussion and saxophone. The ringing cowbell percussion lines and robotic sequencers heard in "She Has A Way", "The Best Part Of Breakin' Up," "Desire," and "Native Love (Step By Step)" define the electrifying sound he pioneered. ...show less