Candi & The Backbeat

Biography

Candi & The Backbeat was a Canadian pop band fronted by lead vocalist Candita "Candi" Pennella. Band members included Nino Milazzo, Paul (Baldy) Russo, and Rich Imbrogno (keyboards). The band is best known among U.S. audiences for the freestyle classic "Dancing Under a Latin Moon", a major dance hit which also made number 68 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988.