The '70s were marked by a disco invasion of Italian pop, which soon mutated into its own distinctive Italo version. Artists who embraced the genre include glam rock icon Renato Zero, delivering here the exuberant “Triangolo”, and Umberto Tozzi with “Gloria”, later a global hit for Laura Branigan. Pooh became serious contenders on the European prog rock scene with the gorgeous symphonic arrangements of songs like “Pensiero”. Next to them, Mia Martini delivers highly evocative musica leggera, while Ornella Vanoni flirts with bossa nova on an intriguing collaboration with Brazil's Toquinho.