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  "name": "Ryan Paris",
  "description": "Ryan Paris appears once in our Italo Disco list, placing as high as No. 5. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/ryan-paris/",
  "appearanceCount": 1,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
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    "first": 1983,
    "last": 1983
  },
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  },
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    }
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      "trackKey": "ryan-paris--dolce-vita",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/ryan-paris--dolce-vita/",
      "title": "Dolce Vita",
      "year": 1983,
      "label": "Discomagic",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "The genre's biggest hit and its purest expression: an Italian pretending to be a Frenchman singing in English about an Italian film. Sincerity is not the point and never was.",
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          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Ryan%20Paris%20Dolce%20Vita",
          "exact": false
        },
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}