Background
Scocco grew up in Stockholm and in Boråson
Scocco grew up in Stockholm and in Boråson
He has been described as "one of the sharpest songwriters in Sweden". Scocco was the singer for the popular group (1980-1983) transformed into a duo with Johan Ekelund (1983-1989). After, Scocco has continued as a solo artist since.
In 2014, he cooperated with Plura Jonsson releasing a joint album as Mauro & Plura.
He formed the popular group in 1980 along with a few classmates while he was still in school. The first single was "För varje dag" ("Foreign each day") released on the debut album in 1981.
After the break-up of in 1989 Scocco started a successful solo career and has released many songs that have reached top positions on the Swedish charts. "Sarah", "Vem är han?" ("Who is he?"), "Till de ensamma" ("Foreign the lonely"), "Nelly", "Långsamt farväl" ("Long Goodbye") and "Överallt" ("Everywhere") are among the most recognized.
Besides being a solo artist he also writes and produces music for other popular singers, of which Lisa Nilsson is the most famous.
Scocco wrote "Himlen runt hörnet" ("Heaven around the corner") for her and it became a hit in Scandinavia in the early 1990s that made her career skyrocket. In 1991 Scocco released an album with instrumental piano music, Det Sjungande Trädet ("The singing tree"), with inspiration from Erik Satie and expressionistic art In the spring of 2004, Scocco was a disc jockey in the talkshow Senator kväll medical Luuk on TV4, in line with the dry, ironic humour of the show.
In the fall of 2005 Scocco released the single "Kall Stjärna" ("Cold star") from the album Herr Jimsons äventyr ("The adventures of Mr Jimson"), which made it to the top list over downloaded singles on iTunes.
Mauro Scocco was also a lead singer of the 4-piece band Swedish band formed in 1980 made up of Scocco and Heinz Liljedahl, Anders Skog, Johan Kling. Their debut single was "För varje dag" in 1981 followed by "Ögon av is".
Both appeared in their self-titled 1982 debut album Immediately after release of Jackie, their second album, including the title track as single, disbanded in 1982 after just three years of activity. But Scocco continued to use the name as a duo when he was joined by Johan Ekelund.
Foreign studio and live gigs, the duo relied on musicians to aid in the shows.
The duo continued to have a great number of hit singles and released many more charting albums. The duo had a brief comeback in 2002.: Mauro & Plura jointly with Plura Jonsson.