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Mino Vergnaghi
Mino Vergnaghi (10 April 1955, Trivero) is an Italian singer and songwriter. In 1979 he won the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Amare". Life and career Born in Trivero, Vergnaghi started his career as lead singer of a number of groups, including Il segno dello zodiaco and Bora Bora. In 1978 he started a solo career under the production of Iva Zanicchi and Maestro Ezio Leoni, debuting with the single "Parigi addio". One year later he was the winner of the 29th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival with "Amare". In 1980, Vergnaghi temporarily left the music industry and moved to England, returning to Italy in the late 1980s. He then entered the Zucchero Fornaciari Adelmo Fornaciari (; born 25 September 1955), more commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero (), is an Italian singer, musician and songwriter. His stage name is the Italian word for "sugar", as his elementary teach ...'s staff, collaborating with him as composer and backing voc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trivero
Trivero (Piedmontese: ''Tarvè'') was a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Biella. Physical geography Trivero bordered the following municipalities: Camandona, Caprile, Crevacuore, Curino, Mezzana Mortigliengo, Mosso, Portula, Pray, Scopello, Soprana, Strona, Vallanzengo, Valle Mosso, Valle San Nicolao. As a comune it had the following ''frazioni'' (villages): Pratrivero, Ponzone, Cereje, Polto, Barbero, Sella, Lora, Guala, Ronco, Mazza, Mazzucco, Vaudano, Botto, Pramorisio, Piana, Castello, Fila, Dosso, Grillero, Pellizaro, Vico, Oro, Ferrero, Gioia, Roveglio, Villaggio Residenziale, Bellavista, Caulera, Stavello, Barbato, S. Antonio, Barozzo, Marone Bulliana, Giardino History Trivero is an important centre of the wool industry. The Italian fashion companies Ermenegildo Zegna and Loro Piana were born in Trivero. From 1 January 2019 Trivero was absorbed by the new-born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toto Cutugno
Salvatore "Toto" Cutugno (; born 7 July 1943) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for his worldwide hit song, "L'Italiano", released on his 1983 album of the same title. Cutugno also won the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 held in Zagreb, Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia with the song " Insieme: 1992", for which he wrote both lyrics and music. Biography Toto Cutugno was born in Fosdinovo, Lunigiana, (Tuscany), to a Sicilian father from Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto and a homemaker mother. Shortly after his birth the family moved to La Spezia (Liguria). He began his musical career as a drummer, and later formed an Italo disco band together with Lino Losito and Mario Limongelli called Albatros. He also started a career as songwriter, contributing some of French-American singer Joe Dassin most well-known songs such as '' L'été indien'', '' Et si tu n'existais pas'' and ''Le Jardin du Luxembourg'' (written with Vito Pallavicini). He also co-wrote Dalida's '' Monda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Male Songwriters
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Sanremo Music Festival Winners
Sanremo (; lij, Sanrémmo(ro) or , ) or San Remo is a city and comune on the Mediterranean coast of Liguria, in northwestern Italy. Founded in Roman times, it has a population of 55,000, and is known as a tourist destination on the Italian Riviera. It hosts numerous cultural events, such as the Sanremo Music Festival and the Milan–San Remo cycling classic. Name The name of the city is a phonetic contraction of ''Sant'Eremo di San Romolo'', which refers to Romulus of Genoa, the successor to Syrus of Genoa. It is often stated in modern folk stories that Sanremo is a translation of Saint Remus. In Ligurian, his name is ''San Rœmu''. The spelling ''San Remo'' is on all ancient maps of Liguria, the ancient Republic of Genoa, Italy in the Middle Ages, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Kingdom of Italy. It was used in 1924 in official documents under Mussolini. This form of the name appears still on some road signs and, more rarely, in unofficial tourist information. It has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Trivero
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Living People
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1955 Births
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Italian Pop Singers
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Matia Bazar
Matia Bazar () is an Italian pop band formed in Genoa in 1975. The original members of the group were Piero Cassano (keyboards), Aldo Stellita (bass), Carlo Marrale (guitar, vocals), Giancarlo Golzi (drums) and Antonella Ruggiero (vocals). They represented Italy in the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest with a song called "Raggio di luna". They are known for the quality of their female vocalists: after Antonella Ruggiero, Laura Valente, Silvia Mezzanotte, Roberta Faccani and currently Luna Dragonieri. Their major hits were ''Solo tu'' (1978), '' Vacanze Romane'' (1982), Souvenir (1985) and '' Ti Sento'' (1985), which peaked on the charts in Belgium, Netherlands and Italy. Ruggiero and Marrale, the two main vocalists of the original line-up, left respectively in 1989 and 1994 to pursue solo careers. Main lyricist and bassist Stellita died in 1998 and drummer/writer and founding member Golzi in 2015. Cassano, the last original member, left in May 2017. The band is currently led by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Biella
The Province of Biella ( it, Provincia di Biella, Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ''Provincia ëd Biela'') is a Provinces of Italy, province of Italy located in Piedmont. It was created in 1992 and its capital is the city of Biella. It has an area of , and a total population of 178 551 (1-1-2017). There are 82 ''Comune, comuni'' (singular: ''comune'') in the provinc The main ''comuni'' by population are: Culture Sacro Monte di Oropa Biella is home to the Sacro Monte di Oropa, Sacred Mountain of Oropa, which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003. External links Official websiteOfficial web site for European Sacred Mounts Province of Biella, Provinces of Italy, Biella {{Biella-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zucchero Fornaciari
Adelmo Fornaciari (; born 25 September 1955), more commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero (), is an Italian singer, musician and songwriter. His stage name is the Italian word for "sugar", as his elementary teacher used to call him. His music is largely inspired by gospel, soul, blues and rock music, and alternates between Italian ballads and more rhythmic R&B-boogie-like pieces. He is credited as the "father of Italian blues", introducing blues to the big stage in Italy. He is one of the few European blues artists who still enjoys great international success. In his career, spanning more than three decades, Fornaciari has sold over 60 million records around the world, and internationally his most successful singles are "Diamante", "Il Volo/My Love", " Baila (Sexy Thing)/Baila morena", and the duet " Senza una donna (Without a Woman)" with Paul Young. He has won numerous awards, including four Festivalbar, nine Wind Music Awards, two World Music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanremo Music Festival 1979
The Sanremo Music Festival 1979 ( it, Festival di Sanremo 1979), officially the 29th Italian Song Festival (), was the 29th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, province of Imperia between 11 and 13 January 1979. The final night was broadcast by Rai 1, while the first two nights were broadcast live only by radio. The show was presented by Mike Bongiorno, assisted by the actress Anna Maria Rizzoli. The winner of the Festival was Mino Vergnaghi Mino Vergnaghi (10 April 1955, Trivero) is an Italian singer and songwriter. In 1979 he won the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Amare". Life and career Born in Trivero, Vergnaghi started his career as lead singer of a number of groups, ... with the song "Amare". Participants and results References {{Sanremo Music Festival Sanremo Music Festival by year 1979 in Italian music 1979 music festivals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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