Toto formed in Los Angeles in 1977, built around some of the busiest studio musicians of the era. Before they were a band, its members had already played on records by many other artists, and that polish shows on every Toto song.
Their 1978 debut album gave them their first hit, “Hold the Line.” Their breakthrough came with Toto IV in 1982: the album won the Grammy for Album of the Year, “Rosanna” won Record of the Year, and “Africa” went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Decades later, “Africa” is one of the most-streamed songs of the 1980s and keeps showing up on the Coast Music Stream charts.
