Girogio Moroder turns 80!

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Today marks the 80th birthday of Giorgio Moroder, who revolutionized pop music with his overdubbing on Donna Summer's I Feel Love:

But he also won three Oscars. The first was for the score to Midnight Express, which he received from an ever-hot Raquel Welch and an embarrassingly drunk Dean Martin:

Moving somewhat away from disco and more toward synthpop and later EDM, Moroder would win his third Oscar for co-writing "Take My Breath Away" from Top Gun. Moroder is still busy working, as he's been asked to write music for the new Top Gun movie.

4/26/207:12 AM

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