Genre: Electronic Style: Electro, Disco Year:1982 Patrick Joseph Cowley (October 19, 1950 – November 12, 1982) was a disco and Hi-NRG dance music composer and recording artist. He recorded in a style that has drawn comparisons[by whom?] to that of Giorgio Moroder and is often credited[by whom?] with pioneering electronic dance music. Patrick Cowley was born in Buffalo, New York on October 19, 1950 to Ellen and Kenneth Cowley. Cowley’s family originated in the Horseheads and Corning areas of New York and lived in Rochester. During his teenage years, Cowley became a successful drummer with local amateur bands before attending Niagara University and later the University at Buffalo to study English. In 1971, at the age of 21, Cowley moved to San Francisco to attend the City College of San Francisco where he studied music, specifically the use of synthesizers. Cowley met San Francisco-based musician Sylvester in the late 1970s. Sylvester had asked Cowley to join his studio band after hearing some of his early synthesizer recordings. Cowley’s own hits included “Menergy” in 1981, a frank celebration of the gay club scene, and “Megatron Man”, which hit #1 and #2 respectively on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1982. That same year, Patrick Cowley became the DJ at the “Menergy” parties at The EndUp in San Francisco. He also wrote and produced the dance single “Right on Target” for San Francisco artist Paul Parker, which also reached #1 on the Billboard dance chart …
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