Standin' In - Music

There Is More Than One Artist Under This Name 1. Toronto Was A Canadian Rock Band From The Late Seventies And Early Eighties Who Have Been Compared To Heart And Pat Benatar. They Were Formed In The Late 1970s In Toronto Ontario Canada When Singer Annie "Holly" Woods Met Guitarist Brian Allen. The Band's Constantly Shifting Line-Up Was Originally Augmented By Guitarist/backing Vocalist Sharon Alton Keyboardist Scott Kreyer Bassist Nick Costello And Drummer Jimmy Fox.
Their First Album Lookin' For Trouble Was Released In 1980 And The Title Track Was A Top 40 Hit In Canada. Head On 1981 Followed After Which Costello And Fox Left The Band To Be Replaced By Gary LaLonde Later Of Honeymoon Suite And Barry Connors Later Of Coney Hatch .
This Sextet Recorded Get It On Credit 1982 With Your Daddy Don't Know Perhaps Being Their Best Known Hit On The 1982 Album. Lalonde Was Then Replaced By Mike Gingrich For 1983's Girls' Night Out. This Album Also Received Attention As Did The Band's Greatest Hits Album Of 1984.
There Were Subsequently Several Exits And Entrances In 1984/85 With Founding Members Allen And Alton Leaving Along With Drummer Connors. They Were Replaced By Marty Walsh Guitars Daryl Alvara Guitars And Paul Hanna Drums And The Band Rechristened Themselves Toronto & Holly Woods. In 1985 The Re-Vamped Sextet Released Their Final Album Assault & Flattery. It Featured The Single New Romance Written By Holly Knight And Anton Fig.
2005 Saw Toronto Play At Voyageur Days Festival In Mattawa Ontario Canada Near North Bay With Other Canadian Classic Rockers Moxy Chilliwack Trooper Goddo Killer Dwarfs And Ray Lyell For The 30th Anniversary Of The Release Of The Debut Album By The Band Moxy. 2. Toronto Is A Rock Band From Poland Created In 1997 By Brothers Sławek And Darek Załeńscy. 3. Toronto Is An Artist Credited For The Song Electric Tooth Brush On The Jet Set Radio Soundtrack. read less