Macho was an Italian-American

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/ R&B studio group. The

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born French-Italian businessman

Jacques Fred Petrus Jacques Fred Petrus (; February 22, 1948 – June 8, 1987) was a West Indian-born businessman and a pioneer of post-disco music. He spent much of his career in Italy and the United States. Early life Born in Guadeloupe in the French West Indies, P ...

and Italian musician Mauro Malavasi, formed a joint production company, called Goody Music Production (GMP), in the mid-1970s. Their first project, in 1978, was called Macho, featuring Italian Marzio Vincenti as lead singer. Their only

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was composed of three extended tracks. The band's sole

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success in the

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was an almost 18-minute-long disco

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of the

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's 1967 hit " I'm a Man", which was written by

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. The track reached #6 on ''

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'' magazine's Disco chart in October 1978. An edited seven-minute version was also released. in 1980 they released the album, ''Macho II - Roll'', composed, arranged and conducted by

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, produced by Jacques Fred Petrus with all songs played by The Goody Music Orchestra. All vocals were recorded and mixed at the Power Station Studios in

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, except for the song "Mothers Love - Mama Mia", which was recorded and mixed at the Media Sound Studios.

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* http://jacquesfredpetrusmauromalavasi.blogspot.com/2009/10/jacques-fred-petrus-mauro-malavasi_17.html Italian pop music groups Disco groups {{Italy-band-stub