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Carla Vistarini
Carla Vistarini (8 July 1948) is an Italian lyricist, writer, playwright and scriptwriter. Born in Rome, she has written songs for various major Italian artists such as Mina, Ornella Vanoni, Mia Martini, Patty Pravo, Riccardo Fogli, Peppino di Capri, Loretta Goggi, Raffaella Carrà, Renato Zero. She has been artistic director of Sanremo Music Festival 1997 in trio with Giorgio Moroder and Pino Donaggio. Won David di Donatello Awardbr>1995for best scriptwriting for '' Nemici d'infanzia'',. Author of Pavarotti and Friends International Rai Uno Rai 1 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's flagship television channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream and general ... from 1991 until 1998. Her novel ''Se ho paura prendimi per mano'' 'If I'm scared take my hand') was published in 2014. NovelSe ricordi il mio nome released January 2018. "Le ragioni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carla Vistarini
Carla Vistarini (8 July 1948) is an Italian lyricist, writer, playwright and scriptwriter. Born in Rome, she has written songs for various major Italian artists such as Mina, Ornella Vanoni, Mia Martini, Patty Pravo, Riccardo Fogli, Peppino di Capri, Loretta Goggi, Raffaella Carrà, Renato Zero. She has been artistic director of Sanremo Music Festival 1997 in trio with Giorgio Moroder and Pino Donaggio. Won David di Donatello Awardbr>1995for best scriptwriting for '' Nemici d'infanzia'',. Author of Pavarotti and Friends International Rai Uno Rai 1 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's flagship television channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream and general ... from 1991 until 1998. Her novel ''Se ho paura prendimi per mano'' 'If I'm scared take my hand') was published in 2014. NovelSe ricordi il mio nome released January 2018. "Le ragioni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rai 1
Rai 1 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's flagship television channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream and generalist programming, usually aimed towards families, including ''TG1'' news bulletins, prime time drama, cinema and entertainment, and major breaking news, sports and special events. It was launched on 3 January 1954 as the first regular television service in Italy. It was the only one until 4 November 1961, when RAI launched a second channel. The channel was initially referred to as "Programma Nazionale". It received other names, such as "Rete 1" and "Raiuno" until it adopted its current name "Rai 1". It has the highest viewership in Italy, and regularly competes with Mediaset's Canale 5. In the United Kingdom, it is available in free to air satellite broadcast from Hot Bird 13B. Early history The first set of programming for Rai 1 wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Clayderman
Richard Clayderman (; born Philippe Pagès , 28 December 1953 in Paris) is a French pianist who has released numerous albums including the compositions of Paul de Senneville, Olivier Toussaint and Marc Minier, instrumental renditions of popular music, rearrangements of movie soundtracks, ethnic music, and easy-listening arrangements of popular works of classical music. Early life Clayderman learned piano from his father, an accordion teacher. At the age of twelve, he was accepted into the Conservatoire de Paris, where he won great acclaim in his later adolescent years. Financial difficulties, precipitated by his father's illness, forestalled a promising career as a classical pianist. In order to earn a living, he found work as a bank clerk and as an accompanist to contemporary bands. He accompanied French singers such as Johnny Hallyday, Thierry Le Luron, and Michel Sardou. "Ballade pour Adeline" In 1976, he was invited by Olivier Toussaint, a French record producer, and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilda Giuliani
Gilda Giuliani (born 19 June 1954) is an Italian singer, mainly successful in the 1970s. Life and career Born in Termoli, Campobasso, Italy, after some experiences as a chorist in 1972 Giuliani won "Due voci per Sanremo", a contest organized by ''TV Sorrisi e Canzoni'' which got her the chance to compete at the 23rd edition of the Sanremo Music Festival.Enzo Giannelli. "Gilda Giuliani". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. Her song "Serena" was a hit and launched her career, with her vocal style being compared to Mireille Mathieu's and receiving large critical acclaim. In December the same year, she also competed at the World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo, winning both the Grand Prix and the Most Outstanding Performance Award with the song "Parigi a Volte Cosa Fa". From the mid-1970s she slowed her activities, focusing her career on international appearances. After a period of silence, in the 1990s Giuliani was a regular in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice (singer)
Carla Bissi, known professionally as Alice or Alice Visconti (; born 26 September 1954), is an Italian singer-songwriter and pianist who began her career in the early 1970s. After releasing three albums by the end of the decade, her breakthrough came in 1981 when she won the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Per Elisa". This was followed by European hit singles like "Una notte speciale", "Messaggio", "Chan-son Egocentrique", "Prospettiva Nevski" and "Nomadi" and albums like ''Gioielli rubati'', '' Park Hotel'', '' Elisir'', and '' Il sole nella pioggia'' which charted in Continental Europe, Scandinavia, and Japan. In 1984, she represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest with "I treni di Tozeur," a duet with longtime collaborator Franco Battiato. In her more recent career Alice has explored a diverse range of musical genres including classical, jazz, electronica and ambient, and has collaborated with a large number of renowned English and American musicians. Her lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Solo
Roberto Satti better known as Bobby Solo (born 18 March 1945) is an Italian singer, musician and film actor. Singing career In 1964, Solo participated in the Sanremo Music Festival with the song " Una lacrima sul viso" ("A Tear on your Face", written by "Lunero"), but affected by laryngitis, he sang with playback, which disqualified him as that was contrary to the festival regulations. The song, however, became a global hit. It was the first record to sell over one million copies in Italy, and global sales exceeded three million. It was awarded a gold disc. In the following year Solo won in the festival with the song "Se piangi, se ridi". He participated with the same song in the Eurovision Song Contest and finished in fifth place. Again in 1969 Solo participated in the Sanremo Festival, with the song " Zingara", together with Iva Zanicchi. His last participation in the festival was in 2003 (together with Little Tony), singing "Non si cresce mai". Film career Solo sang and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricchi E Poveri
Ricchi e Poveri (; "The Rich and The Poor") is an Italian pop group formed in Genoa in 1967, originally consisting of Angela Brambati, Angelo Sotgiu, Franco Gatti and Marina Occhiena. Active since the late 1960s, they have sold over 20 million records. History 1967–1969: Formation and early years The group was created in 1967 as a polyphonic quartet by singers Angela Brambati, Angelo Sotgiu, Franco Gatti and Marina Occhiena in 1967. All from Genoa, only Sotgiu has Sardinian roots. The band got their name from Roman songwriter Franco Califano who once joked that they were "spiritually rich and financially poor". The quartet earned its own unique vocal style, based on the intertwining of four different voices: bass, tenor, alto and soprano. Their first public appearance was in Cantagiro 1968 with " L'ultimo amore". Ricchi e Poveri has participated in the Sanremo Music Festival several times since 1970; in 1971 they sang there " Che sarà", which was performed by José Feli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvie Vartan
Sylvie Vartan (; born Sylvie Georges Vartanian; hy, Սիլվի Ժորժ Վարդանյան. on 15 August 1944) is an Armenian-Bulgarian-French singer and actress. She is known as one of the most productive and tough-sounding yé-yé artists. Her performances often featured elaborate show-dance choreography, and she made many appearances on French and Italian TV. Yearly shows with then-husband Johnny Hallyday attracted full houses at the Olympia and the Palais des congrès de Paris throughout the 1960s and mid-1970s. In 2004, after a break in performances, she began recording and giving concerts of jazz ballads in francophone countries. Early life Sylvie Vartan was born in Iskrets, Sofia Province, in the then Kingdom of Bulgaria. Her father, Georges Vartanian (1912—1970), was born in France to a Bulgarian mother named Slavka and an Armenian father. He worked as an attaché at the French embassy in Sofia. The family shortened the name Vartanian to Vartan. Her mother, Ilona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Leonardi
Sergio Leonardi (born 26 March 1944) is an Italian singer and actor. Life and career Born in Rome, Leonardi started performing as an impersonator and singer at 16 years old. Noted by producer and songwriter Enrico Polito, he made his professional debut in the mid-1960s with the single "Capri mon Capri".Fabrizio Zampa. "Leonardi, Sergio". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. Among his major hits, "Non ti scordar di me", a cover version of a famous Beniamino Gigli song, "Bambina", which won the Verde section at the 1968 Festivalbar, and "Whisky", the theme song of the TV-series '' Sheridan, squadra omicidi'', later included in the musical score of '' The Sunday Woman''.Fabrizio Zampa. "Leonardi, Sergio". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. Starting from early 1970s Leonardi gradually focused into acting, joining the stage company Il Bagaglino and appearing in several fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massimo Ranieri
Massimo Ranieri (born Giovanni Calone on 3 May 1951) is an Italian singer, actor, television presenter and director. Biography Early life Ranieri was born in Naples ( at Santa Lucia), the fifth of eight children in the family. When he was 10, young Giovanni would sing at restaurants, wedding receptions, etc. He was discovered by a music producer about four years later and was flown to New York to record an EP under the name of Gianni Rock. Singing career Ranieri recorded four songs in 1964: Tanti auguri signora, Se mi aspetti stasera, Non chiudere la porta, and La Prima Volta. None of the records were successful, primarily because young Gianni's voice was changing. Two years later, he would re-emerge under his new stage name, Massimo Ranieri. In 1966, he made his TV debut singing "Bene Mio". A year later, he made another TV appearance singing, "Pietà per chi ti ama". In 1968, he recorded two more songs: "Da Bambino", Ma L'amore cos'è" and "Preghiera". It was not until 1969 whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iva Zanicchi
Iva or IVA may refer to: Organizations * Independent Voters Association, a North Dakota U.S. political organization * Informationsvidenskabelige Akademi, a Danish university * Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, (Swedish: ''Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien'') * International Volleyball Association, a former co-ed professional volleyball league in the United States Places * Iva, Indiana, an unincorporated community in the United States * Iva, South Carolina, a town in the United States * Iva, Iran (other), places in Iran * Iva, Samoa, a village Science, medicine and technology *Interactive visual analysis, a methodology for visual exploration and data mining of complex data sets *Intravenous anesthesia, a type of anesthesia *IVA Communications satellite — see List of Intelsat satellites *Intelligent virtual agent in artificial intelligence *Intelligent virtual assistant, a software agent that can perform tasks based on commands or questions Chemical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amedeo Minghi
Amedeo Minghi (born 12 August 1947) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer and producer. Life and career Born in Rome, Minghi started his career in the mid-1960s participating in a large number of musical contests, and then making his professional debut in 1966 with the single "Alla fine", with lyrics by Mogol. The disappointing commercial results of the song and the military service took him away from the musical industry for several years. Following a new single in 1971, in 1973 he released his first eponymous album, with the uncredited collaboration of Francesco De Gregori. In the same years Minghi started collaborating as a composer with several artists, such as Vianella and Ricchi e Poveri. In the mid-1970s he was briefly a member of the musical ensamble Pandemonium, with whom he recorded his song "L'immenso", which got several international covers and was his first real success. Left the group, he released a new album in 1980 (''Minghi'') and started working as a produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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