Georgio

Georgio Allentini, born George Allen (born 5 March 1970), better known by the stage name and mononym Georgio, is an American funk and dance music singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in California. Allentini also produced, directed and starred in the film Tapped Out in 2003.

Georgio was born on March 5, 1970 in Texas, and was raised in San Francisco. He is of Black, Indian, French and Spanish heritage. His mother was a retail salesperson and his father, a Naval officer.

At 17, he moved to Los Angeles, after releasing his song, "Sex Appeal", on his own label. 

After giving his demos to Prince in a bid to join Prince's Paisley Park, he recorded his own track Sexappeal (sometimes Sex Appeal) on his own Georgio Records. "A lot of people in Los Angeles just gave me the run-around and didn't want to make a commitment." Allentini stated.

In 1984, Motown Records showed interest in Allentini and he was eventually signed to the label. Said Motown's then-vice-president of A&R Russ Regan "I heard Sexappeal for myself on my car radio one day and felt it was a record Motown had to go after, but I wanted to meet the artist first. I didn't want to buy just a record. We had dinner and I got excited. There was just something about him."

In 1987 Allentini had several songs charting on the Billboard Hot 100, although none climbed any higher than #58. He was much more successful on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where he earned four Top 10 hits, including "Tina Cherry" which went to #1. His 1988 release, "Lover's Lane" reached #54 in the UK Singles Chart.

Allentini recorded two albums on Motown records in the 1980s and one on RCA in the 1990s.

He also worked at MIG Records.

Allentini made the transition to filmmaker with the 2003 release of Tapped Out, which starred Coolio, Alex Avant and Jimmy Bridges. The film was written, co-produced and co-directed by Allentini, who also composed music for its soundtrack.

In 2000, he appeared in a documentary titled XX elles with Estelle Desanges, Lisa Guerlain, and Dany Verissimo-Petit.

Albums

• 1987: Sex Appeal (Motown Records)
• 1988: Georgio (Motown Records)
• 1991: Rollin' (RCA)

Singles

• 1987: "Sexappeal" or "Sex Appeal" #58 US #16 R&B
• 1987: "Tina Cherry" #96 US #5 R&B
• 1987: "I Won't Change"
• 1987: "Lover's Lane" #59 US #26 R&B
• 1988: "Bedrock" #37 R&B
• 1988: "I Don't Want 2 Be Alone"
• 1989: "Car Freak"
• 1989: "Romantic Love"

Director

• 2003: Tapped Out (also as producer / screenwriter / actor / composer of soundtrack)