Eddy Huntington

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Eddie Huntington
Born	27 October 1965
Genre(s)	Italo
Occupation(s)	Teacher

Eddie Huntington (born 27 October 1965) is an Italo disco pop star from the UK, popular in Scandinavia, Europe and the former USSR.

Huntington was born in the north east of England and moved to London at the age of 18, where he became a music video extra and model.

He was discovered by Baby records, an Italian record label who took him to Milan to record the song "USSR" written by R. Turatti, M. Chieregato and T. Hooker.^[1]

When "USSR" was released throughout Europe in 1986 on ZYX Records it became a hit (although not in the UK) and is still played throughout the former Soviet Union and other parts of Europe. Huntington went on to have other lesser hits including "May Day" and "Meet My Friend". He also released the album Bang Bang Baby in 1988.

Huntington left the music industry in the early 1990s and trained to become a primary school teacher in the UK. He now lives in Thailand with his wife, where he continues to work in teaching.

In 2005 Huntington made a brief return to music opening the Discotechka 80's concerts in Russia. These were two performances of European and Russian 1980s pop stars held in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, also headlining were; Bonnie Tyler, Alphaville, Sabrina Salerno, Mike Mareen and Savage. Both concerts played to large stadium crowds, appeared on national television and were released on DVD.