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Sanremo Music Festival 2006
The Sanremo Music Festival 2006 was the 56th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, province of Imperia, between late February and early March 2006 and broadcast by Rai 1. The show was presented by Italian comedian Giorgio Panariello, who also served as the artistic co-director, with showgirls Ilary Blasi and Victoria Cabello. It consisted of a competition between 30 songs, divided into four different categories—Men, Women, Groups and Newcomers. As in the previous year, a winner for each category was announced, and the final winner of the competition was selected among the artist which took first place in one of the five sections. On 4 March 2006, Povia with his entry "Vorrei avere il becco", after placing first in the Men section, was announced the winner of the competition, beating I Nomadi's "Dove si va", Anna Tatangelo's "Essere una donna" and Riccardo Maffoni's "Sole negli occhi", winners of the sections Groups, Women and Newcomers, respective ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Panariello
Giorgio Panariello (born 30 September 1960 in Florence) is an Italian comedian, film and stage actor, director and television presenter. Biography Born in Florence to a father of Campanian origin, he raised in Cinquale, a seaside town in the province of Massa-Carrara. During his high school years in Marina di Massa he became close friend with Carlo Conti, disc jockey and local TV presenter, with whom he started his early career as comedian in Versilia. His very first sketches included a parody of singer Renato Zero, a role which gave him popularity and made him debut in RAI television with his friend Conti in the early 1990s. In 1996 he debuted as film actor in ''Albergo Roma'', directed by Ugo Chiti. In 1999 he directed his first feature, '' Bagnomaria'', a sketch comedy film centered on the characters of his popular stage shows. The film was panned by critics, but was a commercial success and its increasing popularity gained it a cult movie status. His second film ''At the Rig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dante Ferretti
Dante Ferretti (, born 26 February 1943) is an Italian production designer, art director, and costume designer. Biography Throughout his career, Ferretti has worked with many acclaimed directors, both American and Italian, including; Pier Paolo Pasolini, Elio Petri, Federico Fellini, Liliana Cavani, Terry Gilliam, Franco Zeffirelli, Martin Scorsese, Anthony Minghella, and Tim Burton. He frequently collaborates with his wife, set decorator Francesca Lo Schiavo. Ferretti was a protégé of Federico Fellini, and worked under him for five films.Fergus M. BordewichManhattan Mayhem ''Smithsonian Magazine'', December 2002, Accessed July 15, 2010. He also had a five-film collaboration with Pier Paolo Pasolini and later developed a very close professional relationship with Martin Scorsese, designing nine of his last eleven movies. In 2008, he designed the set for Howard Shore's opera '' The Fly'', directed by David Cronenberg, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Ferretti has won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugarfree (Italian Band)
Sugarfree is an Italian pop-rock band formed in 2000, best known for the song "Cleptomania". Career The group formed in Catania in 2000 as a cover band. After enjoying some local success, they started producing new songs, having a large success in 2005 with the single "Cleptomania", which peaked on the first place at the Italian hit parade, was certified platinum and sold over 40,000 copies. In 2006 the group entered the main competition at the 56th edition of the 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 annua ..., reaching the semifinals with the song "Solo lei mi dà". In 2008 the lead vocalist Matteo Amantia left the band to pursue a solo career; he rejoined the band in December 2014. Personnel * Matteo Amantia Scuderi - vocals, guitars * Carm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spagna
Ivana Spagna (born 16 December 1954), also known simply as Spagna (), is an Italian singer and songwriter. She is best known for her worldwide hit song " Call Me" released in 1987. Career Spagna started her career singing in English and in the early 1980s she provided vocals (with Angela Parisi) and wrote songs for an Italo disco duo called Fun Fun; as well as writing songs and singing for many other dance music projects like Baby's Gang until 1986, when she embarked on a solo career. Spagna's debut single "Easy Lady", released in 1986, was a success across Europe. In 1987, she released " Call Me", which topped the European Hot 100 Singles chart, and reached number two in Italy and on the UK Singles Chart. It also reached number 13 on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart. Her debut album, ''Dedicated to the Moon'', was released the same year and sold over 500,000 copies. After the UK hit "Every Girl and Boy" and a dance-rock album, ''You Are My Energy'' (1988), Spagna moved to San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisa Toffoli
Elisa Toffoli (born 19 December 1977), performing under the mononym Elisa, is an Italian singer-songwriter. She is one of few Italian musicians to write and record mainly in English. She draws inspiration from many genres such as pop, alternative rock, electronica and trip hop. In Europe she is perhaps most recognised for the single " Come Speak to Me", while American audiences may recognise the song "Dancing" as featured in both the 2006 and 2007 seasons of ''So You Think You Can Dance''. On 18 December 2012, her collaboration with Ennio Morricone, " Ancora qui", was featured on Quentin Tarantino's film, ''Django Unchained'' and its soundtrack album, which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. She has released nine studio albums, five compilations, two live albums, eight video album and 51 singles, selling over 5,5 million copies in Italy, certified by M&D and FIMI with a diamond disc, a multiplatinum disc, 25 platinum an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simona Bencini
Dirotta su Cuba is an Italian funk-pop-jazz group formed in the late 1980s in Florence. They are also referred to as I Dirotta su Cuba. History The band was founded in 1989 by Rossano Gentili and Stefano De Donato, joined in 1990 by the singer Simona Bencini. Their record debut happened in 1994, with the single "Gelosia" followed by their debut album ''Dirotta su Cuba''. The group entered the main competition at the 1997 Sanremo Music Festival, with the song "È andata così" for which they were accompanied by the Belgian jazz musician Toots Thielemans Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans (29 April 1922 – 22 August 2016), known professionally as Toots Thielemans, was a Belgian jazz musician. He was mostly known for his chromatic harmonica playing, as well as his guitar and whistl .... In 2000 De Donato left the band, followed two years later by Simona Bencini, replaced by the vocalist Marquica. After some sporadic appearances, the original line-up officially reu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron (singer)
Rosalino Cellamare (born 13 August 1953) better known as Ron, is an Italian singer-songwriter and musician. Born in Dorno, province of Pavia, he debuted under his true name at the 1970 edition of the Sanremo Festival, together with Nada (Italian singer), Nada. In the following years he distinguished as songwriter for Lucio Dalla and others. After a period as actor, he returned collaborating with Dalla and Francesco De Gregori, De Gregori in their Banana Republic (album), ''Banana Republic'' tour of 1979, and issuing the LPs ''Una città per cantare'' (1980) and ''Anima'' (1982). These were followed by ''Joe Temerario'' (1984) and ''Il mondo avrà una grande anima'' (1988). ''Una città per cantare'' is an Italian cover of ''The Road'', song Danny O'Keefe; Italian lyrics are written by Lucio Dalla. In 1996, he won the Sanremo Music Festival 1996, Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Vorrei incontrarti fra cent'anni", sung alongside Tosca (singer), Tosca and in 2018 he won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achinoam Nini
Achinoam Nini ( he, אחינועם ניני, Aẖinóʿam Nini; born ), also known professionally as Noa (), is an Israeli singer-songwriter, percussionist, poet, composer, and human rights activist working internationally. She is accompanied by guitarist Gil Dor and often plays the conga drums and percussions as she sings. Noa represented Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2009 together with singer Mira Awad, with the song " There Must Be Another Way". Her music is known to fuse languages and styles. She has performed in 52 countries and was the first Israeli artist to perform in the Vatican. Early and personal life Noa was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a family of Yemenite-Jewish origin. She moved to New York City at the age of two. She attended SAR Academy and Rabbi Joseph H. Lookstein Upper School of Ramaz High School, remaining in New York until her return to Israel alone at the age of 16. She completed her mandatory service in the Israel Defense Forces, serving as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi D'Alessio
Luigi "Gigi" D'Alessio (born 24 February 1967) is an Italian popular singer and Neapolitan singer-songwriter. In his career, he has sold over 26 million records. Career D'Alessio was born in Naples. He was well known in Naples in the early 1990s and throughout Italy due to participation in the Sanremo Festival in 2000 and 2001. He has also made overseas appearances, the most recent was in Malta on 7 July 2012. He lives in Rome with the popular Italian singer Anna Tatangelo, who is two decades younger than him. Previously, he was married to Carmela Barbato, with whom he has three children, Claudio, Ilaria and Luca. He frequently writes and produces songs for Tatangelo, and some of the hits he had a hand in writing include "Quando due si lasciano" and "Ragazza di periferia". For Tatangelo's latest album, the couple penned the songs "Averti qui" and "Lo so che finirà" together. The couple have recorded two duets: "Un nuovo bacio" and "Il mondo è mio". They also toured the US and Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mogol (lyricist)
Giulio Rapetti (born 17 August 1936), in art Mogol (), is an Italian music lyricist. He is best known for his collaborations with Lucio Battisti, Gianni Bella, Adriano Celentano and Mango (singer), Mango. Career Mogol was born in Milan. His father, Mariano Rapetti, was an important director of the Casa Ricordi, Ricordi record label, and had been in his own time a successful lyricist of the 1950s. Young Giulio, who was likewise employed by Ricordi as a public relations expert, began his own career as a lyricist against his father's wishes. His first successes were "Il cielo in una stanza", set to music by Gino Paoli and sung by Mina (Italian singer), Mina; "Al di là", a piece that won the 1961 Sanremo Festival, performed by Luciano Tajoli and Betty Curtis; "Una lacrima sul viso", which was a huge hit for Bobby Solo in 1964. Another famous song from 1961 was "Uno dei tanti" (English: "One among many") which was rewritten by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in 1963 for Ben E. King an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi Finizio
Gigi may refer to: Colette novella-related * ''Gigi'' (novella), a 1944 novella by the French writer Colette ** ''Gigi'' (1949 film), a French adaptation of the novella by Jacqueline Audry ** ''Gigi'' (1958 film), an American musical by Vincente Minnelli, based on the novella *** ''Gigi'' (musical), a 1973 musical based on the 1958 film ** ''Gigi'' (play), a 1951 Broadway play based on the novella, starring Audrey Hepburn Music * Gigi (Canadian band), a Canadian pop music group * Gigi (Indonesian band), a rock group from Indonesia * ''Gigi'' (Hank Jones album), a 1958 jazz album by pianist Hank Jones * ''Gigi'' (André Previn album), a 1958 jazz album by André Previn, Shelly Manne and Red Mitchell * "Gigi" (song), from the 1958 film * Gigi l'amoroso, a 1974 hit song by Dalida People Given name * Gigi Causey, American producer * Gigi Edgley (born 1977), Australian actress * Gigi Fenster, South African-born New Zealand author, creative writing teacher and law lecturer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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