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Luciano Tajoli
Luciano Tajoli (17 April 1920 – 3 August 1996) was an Italian singer and actor. Music festival Luciano Tajoli participated several times (1961, 1962, 1963, and 1970) in the Sanremo Music Festival, winning in 1961 with the song Al di là.Marcello Giannotti, "L'enciclopedia di Sanremo: 55 anni di storia del festival dalla A alla Z", Gremese Editore, 2005, page 20(Google books) It is estimated that he sold over 45 million records. Personal life Tajoli was born in Milan, came from a poor family and was a self-taught singer. He trained as an apprentice in tailor, barber and cobbler's shops. Due to polio in his childhood, Luciano always leaned during his performances, e.g., against a chair or piano. His limping was accommodated into the screenplays of his film appearances. He died, aged 76, in Merate. Selected filmography * ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1942) * ''Songs in the Streets'' (1950) * ''Trieste mia!'' (1951) * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1951) * '' Don Lorenzo'' (1952) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanremo Music Festival
The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. It is the longest-running annual TV music competition in the world on a national level (making it one of the world's longest-running television programmes) and it is also the basis and inspiration for the annual Eurovision Song Contest. Unlike other awards in Italy, the Sanremo Music Festival is a competition for new songs, not an award to previous successes (like the for television, the for stage performances, and the Premio David di Donatello for motion pictures). The first edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, held between 29 and 31 January 1951, was broadcast by RAI's radio station Rete Rossa, and its only three participants were Nilla Pizzi, Achille Togliani, and Duo Fasano. Starting from 1955, all editions of the festival have been broadcast live by the Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Pattuglia Dell'Amba Alagi
''La pattuglia dell'Amba Alagi'' (i. e. "The Patrol of Amba Alagi") is a 1953 Italian war melodrama film written and directed by Flavio Calzavara and starring Luciano Tajoli and Milly Vitale.Anonimo. "La pattuglia dell'Amba Alagi". ''Segnalazioni Cinematografiche'', vol. XXXIV. 1953. It was a commercial success, as it grossed 469,2 million lire at the Italian box office. Plot Cast * Luciano Tajoli as Luciano * Milly Vitale as Maria * Dante Maggio as Ciccillo * Giorgio De Lullo as Carlo * Olga Solbelli as Carmela * Aldo Silvani as Giovanni's Old Teacher * Roberto Mauri as Turi * Carla Calò as Elena * Nino Pavese as The Major * Anna Campori Anna Campori (22 September 1917 – 19 January 2018) was an Italian actress. From 1951 onwards, she appeared in 70 films. Life and career Born in Rome, Italy, after the debut on stage in a small company of prose Campori moved shortly after in ... as The Major's Wife * Mario Terribile as Giovanni * Annette Ciarli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Deaths
File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on board; Eight people die in a blizzard on Mount Everest; Dolly the Sheep becomes the first mammal to have been cloned from an adult somatic cell; The Port Arthur Massacre occurs on Tasmania, and leads to major changes in Australia's gun laws; Macarena, sung by Los del Río and remixed by The Bayside Boys, becomes a major dance craze and cultural phenomenon; Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 crash-ditches off of the Comoros Islands after the plane was hijacked; the 1996 Summer Olympics are held in Atlanta, marking the Centennial (100th Anniversary) of the modern Olympic Games., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Centennial Olympic Park bombing rect 200 0 400 200 TWA FLight 800 rect 400 0 600 200 1996 Mount Everest disaster rect 0 200 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singers From Milan
Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument (as in art song or some jazz styles) up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera, Indian music, Japanese music, and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues, ghazal, and popular music styles such as pop, rock, and electronic dance music. Singing can be formal or informal, arranged, or improvised. It may be done as a form of religious devotion, as a hobby, as a source of pleasure, comfort, or ritual as part of music education or as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Of Naples
''Song of Naples'' ( it, Ascoltami, german: Das Lied von Neapel, ...und vergib mir meine Schuld) is a 1957 Italian-German melodrama film written and directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Joachim Fuchsberger and Janet Vidor. It grossed over 202 million lire at the Italian box office. Plot Cast * Joachim Fuchsberger as Max * Janet Vidor as Giulia * Franco Silva as Franco * Nino Milano as Oreste * Laya Raki as Carmen (credited as Laja Raky) * Peter Carsten as Ercole * Luciano Tajoli as Luciano * Nerio Bernardi * Anna Campori * Erminio Spalla * Renato Chiantoni Renato Chiantoni (19 April 1906 – 24 December 1979) was an Italian actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1937 and 1978. Born in Brescia, the son of the stage actor Amedeo, Chiantoni debuted on stage entering several drama and revue comp ... References External links * Italian drama films 1957 drama films 1957 films Films directed by Carlo Campogalliani West German f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Two Rivals (1960 Film)
''The Two Rivals'' (Spanish: ''Los dos rivales'', Italian: ''Meravigliosa'') is a 1960 Italian-Spanish film directed by Carlos Arévalo and Siro Marcellini and starring Luciano Tajoli, Rita Giannuzzi and Nunzio Gallo Nunzio Gallo (25 March 1928 – 22 February 2008) was an Italian singer. He was born in Naples and represented his country in the 1957 Eurovision Song Contest, coming 6th. The song he performed, "Corde Della Mia Chitarra", is famous for being the ....Cebollada & Gil p.1752 Cast References Bibliography * ''Pascual Cebollada & Luis Rubio Gil. ''Enciclopedia del cine español: cronología''. Ediciones del Serbal, 1996. External links * 1960 films Spanish comedy films Italian comedy films 1960s Spanish-language films Films directed by Siro Marcellini Films directed by Carlos Arévalo 1960s Spanish films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Spain-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napoli Piange E Ride
''Napoli piange e ride'' (i. e. "Naples cries and laughs") is a 1954 Italy, Italian musical film, musical melodrama film written and directed by Flavio Calzavara and starring Luciano Tajoli and Jula De Palma . Plot Luciano had to give up singing and his theatrical career following an accident, which made him paralyzed: he is a watchmaker. when the master blasi, a well-known Don Giovanni, discovers that Marisa, Luciano's wife, has a beautiful voice and gets her a profitable contract, the watchmaker, suspecting an affair, is saddened by it. blasi proposes to the woman to run away with him and when she refuses, she enters Marisa's house at night and tries to use violence on her. the woman reacts and in the fight blasi is mortally wounded by a shot from his own gun. Piero, the fiancé of Luciano's sister, rushes in and in a fit of generosity, to save Marisa, pleads guilty to the killing. Luciano, as he hurries home, falls from his wheelchair and suffers a serious trauma. h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Romanzo Della Mia Vita
''Il romanzo della mia vita'' is a 1952 Italian biographical melodrama film. It depicts real life events of singer-actor Luciano Tajoli, who plays himself in the film. Cast *Luciano Tajoli: Himself *Antonella Lualdi: Maria *Fulvia Franco: Clara *Vittorio Sanipoli: Gianni *Giulietta Masina: Paola *Francesco Golisano: Piero *Guglielmo Inglese: Pasquale Curcio *Enrico Glori: il presentatore *Lauro Gazzolo: l'avvocato Marchetti *Nino Cavalieri: il direttore del teatro Odeon *Mario Siletti: l'organizzatore dell'Ora del dilettante *Camillo Pilotto: il commissario *Enzo Biliotti: il signor Vismara *Renato Malavasi: il professore del consulto *Fedele Gentile: Enzo Tajoli *Rita Livesi: la madre di Luciano *Armando Annuale: il maestro di pianoforte *Claudio Ermelli: il custode del teatro *Mimo Billi: il padre di Paola *Gildo Bocci: il padrone della trattoria * Margherita Bossi Nicosia: la padrona della trattoria * Bruna Corrà: la cameriera di Clara *Liana Del Balzo: la signora elegante a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Di Là
"Al di là" ("Beyond") is a song written by Italian composer Carlo Donida and lyricist Mogol, and recorded by Betty Curtis. The English lyrics were written by Ervin Drake. The song was the entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in Italian by Curtis at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, on 18 March 1961, after Curtis had won the Sanremo Music Festival 1961 on 2 February. Donida is best known in America for writing "Uno dei tanti", or "I (Who Have Nothing)". English lyricist Drake also wrote the lyrics for such songs as "Quando, quando, quando" and "Good Morning Heartache", and both the music and lyrics for "It Was a Very Good Year". Cover versions *In the United States, Emilio Pericoli is the artist most associated with the song. He sang "Al di là" in a nightclub, with a small combo, in the popular 1962 film ''Rome Adventure'', starring Troy Donahue and Suzanne Pleshette, and his single that year on Warner Bros. Records reached number six on ''Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Lorenzo (film)
''Don Lorenzo'' is a 1952 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Luciano Tajoli, Rossana Podestà and Andrea Checchi. Accardo p.478 It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption .... The film's sets were designed by the art director Alberto Boccianti. Cast References Bibliography * Accardo, Alessio. ''Age & Scarpelli: la storia si fa commedia''. A.N.C.C.I., 2001. External links * 1952 films 1950s Italian-language films 1950s musical drama films Films directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Italian musical drama films 1952 drama films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films Films shot at Cinecittà Studios {{musical-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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