Career
His only United States Billboard Hot 100 entry was the #48 hit single "Dancer" in 1979, but he did hit #1 on the United States Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart twice ("Dancer" / "Dance to Dance" in 1979, and "Try lieutenant Out" / "Hold Tight" in 1981, six weeks each). "Dancer peaked at #46 in the United Kingdom Chart in May 1979. Soccio"s third biggest hit, "lieutenant"s Alright" / "Look At Yourself", from his album, Face to Face, reached #2 for 5 weeks also on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
"Turn lieutenant Around" was released only as a single in 1984.
Soccio got his start in disco when Montreal producer Pat Deserio called him and asked if he would play keyboards and help compose for the Kebekelektrik album. Prior to this, Soccio was working as a local session musician.
The Kebekelektrik album helped to launch Soccio"s career, as his composition "War Dance" became a hit on United States. dance floors, a song Soccio himself had deemed "filler". He also played keyboards on the Bombers album "Bombers" in 1978.
His debut solo album "Outline" was released in 1979 and contained the hit "Dancer".
The album received widespread critical acclaim and catapulted Soccio onto the world disco stage. In 1979, Soccio also recorded a disco album with Guy Lafleur which cost Computer-aided Design$100 000 to produce. In the United Kingdom he received airplay from Robbie Vincent on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio London, and Greg Edwards on Capital Radio on imported Reconstruction Finance Corporation Records, a subsidiary of Warner Brothers
Records.
He also assembled and produced the disco studio group, Witch Queen, best known for their hit, "Bang A Gong" / "All Right Now" (1979). lieutenant peaked at number eight on the United States Hot Dance/Disco chart.