JOY - Valerie (Italo Disco Video Clip)

INFO: Joy is a 1980s Euro disco trio from Austria, best known for the hits “Touch By Touch“ and “Valerie“. The band JOY was formed in Bad Aussee, an Austrian town of citizens. Andy Schweitzer (), Freddy Jaklitsch () and Manfred Temmel () were school friends – and already as teenagers played in different amateur bands together; but after graduation they have chosen different careers. Andy became a policeman, Freddy started teaching German language and history at school, and Manfred was a popular DJ in Orion disco-club, in German city Traunreut. Three friends met again in 1984, and decided to focus their joint efforts on a professional musical career. Quickly enough three young talents got a record deal – with an Austrian label OK Musica. The record company owners appointed Michael Scheickl () represented Austria as a leading force of due Mess duo at Eurovision song contest in 1982, where their track Sonntag reached #10 to guide three young