Typically Tropical were a British band comprising two Trojan Records audio engineers, Jeff Calvert and Geraint Hughes (who performed under the stage name "Max West"). They are best known for their 1975 number one hit record "Barbados" and for writing the 1978 disco hit "I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper" performed by Sarah Brightman and Hot Gossip. == History == The two men behind Typically Tropical were Jeff Calvert and Geraint Hughes, who both worked as audio engineers... [more on Wikipedia]