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Sanremo Music Festival 1973
The Sanremo Music Festival 1973 ( it, Festival di Sanremo 1973), officially the 23rd Italian Song Festival (), was the 23rd annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Casinò Municipale in Sanremo, province of Imperia between 8 and 10 March 1973. The final night was broadcast by Rai 1, while the first two nights were broadcast live only by radio. The 23rd edition of Sanremo Music Festival is the first to be broadcast in color. The show was presented by Mike Bongiorno, assisted by Gabriella Farinon. Vittorio Salvetti served as artistic director. The winner of the Festival was Peppino di Capri Peppino di Capri (born Giuseppe Faiella on 27 July 1939) is an Italian popular music singer, songwriter and pianist, successful in Italy and Europe. His international hits include "St. Tropez Twist", "Daniela", "Torna piccina", "Roberta", "Melanc ... with the song "Un grande amore e niente più". Participants and results References Notes {{Sanremo Music Festival Sanremo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Bongiorno
Michael Nicholas Salvatore Bongiorno (; May 26, 1924 – September 8, 2009) was an Italian-American television host. After a few experiences in the US, he started working on RAI in the 1950s and was considered to be the most popular host in Italy. He was also known by the nickname ''il Re del Quiz'' ("The Quiz King"), and the peculiarity of starting all his shows with his trademark greeting: ''Allegria!'' ("Cheers!", "Joy!"). Early years Bongiorno was born in New York City to parents of Italian descent. He moved to Turin (his mother's native city), when he was young. His father was a Sicilian-American lawyer of partial Arbëreshë origin. During World War II, he abandoned his studies and joined a group of Italian partisans. He was captured and spent seven months in the San Vittore prison in Milan and was then deported to a German concentration camp. He was liberated before the end of the war due to an exchange of war prisoners between the United States and Germany. He returned t ... [...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] |
Miki Del Prete
Michele "Miki" Del Prete (born 23 July 1935) is an Italian lyricist and record producer. Born in Bari, at young age he moved to Milan with his family, following the transfer of his father, a footballer, from A.S. Bari to Calcio Como. In the 1950s Del Prete started his career as a professional dancer. In 1959, he became a close friend and a collaborator of Adriano Celentano. During his tenure with Celentano, Del Prete worked as a lyricist, manager, producer and advisor. Among the most successful songs he wrote with Celentano are "Impazzivo per te", "Il ragazzo della via Gluck", "La coppia più bella del mondo", "Una carezza in un pugno", " Prisencolinensinainciusol" and "Soli". He also wrote songs for other artists, including Caterina Caselli's hit " Nessuno mi può giudicare". References External links * Miki Del Preteat Discogs Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memo Remigi
Memo Remigi (born Emidio Remigi, 27 May 1938) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer and television personality. Born in Erba, Como, during his studies Remigi played piano in various groups. He debuted as a singer in 1963 winning the Liegi Song Festival with the song "Oui, je sais". Returned to Italy, Remigi obtained an immediate success with the song "Innamorati a Milano", which entered the Disco per l'estate competition in 1965, then he alternated the activities of singer and of composer, composing songs for, among others, Ornella Vanoni and Iva Zanicchi. He also hosted several RAI RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (; commercially styled as Rai since 2000; known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane) is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many ter ... television programs. He considers himself Roman Catholic. References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Remigi, Memo 1938 births People f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky Gianco
Ricky Gianco (born Riccardo Sanna, Lodi 1943), formerly known as Ricky Sanna, is an Italian singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer, considered one of the founders of Italian rock music. He reached the apex of his popularity as a singer in the 1960s, when he was one of the so-called "urlatori" (literally: "screamers"), a group of early rock singers which also included Adriano Celentano, Little Tony, Tony Dallara, and others. In his early career, between the late 1950s and the early 1960s, Gianco played in several bands, including I Ribelli (also known as Celentano's Clan Celentano) and I Quelli (which would later develop into Premiata Forneria Marconi). He also collaborated with Luigi Tenco, Enzo Jannacci, and Gino Paoli, among others. His most renowned solo works are from the mid-1960s, when he became a declared fan of The Beatles and moved from rock and roll to a more oriented pop sound. In the 1970s, he began expanding his range activities, working on theatre pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donatello (singer)
Giuliano Illiani (born 11 September 1947), best known as Donatello, is an Italian singer, mainly successful in the first half of the 1970s. Background Born in Tortona, Illiani started his musical career as a member of the band Wanted’s between 1962 and 1966. In 1968 he became guitarist in the Gianni Morandi's backing band. In 1970 Illiani adopted the stage name Donatello and entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Io mi fermo qui", presented in a double performance with the band Dik Dik. The same year Donatello got his first commercial success with the song "Malattia d'amore" which charted tenth on the Italian hit parade. Between 1971 and 1973 he entered the main competition at the Sanremo Music Festival three more times, always being a finalist. In the same years he got two top ten hits with the songs "Com'è dolce la sera" and "Ti voglio". After the 1974 single "Irene", which he presented at Un disco per l'estate Un disco per l'estate ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giancarlo Bigazzi
Giancarlo Bigazzi (5 September 1940 – 19 January 2012) was an Italian music producer and composer. He was a former member of comedy music group Squallor. Life and career Born in Florence, he was one of the best known Italian songwriters and lyricists of the 1970s and 1980s. He wrote some of the most successful Italian pop records, many of which became international hits, such as "Gloria", "Self Control", "No Me Ames", " Tu", "Take the Heat off Me", "Mama". He was also a film score composer; among his soundtracks are ''Mery per sempre'', '' Ragazzi fuori'' and the Oscar-winner ''Mediterraneo''. Bigazzi collaborated for 2 years with singer Mia Martini, writing also her Eurovision track "Rapsodia". References External links * Giancarlo Bigazziat Discogs Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Camaleonti
I Camaleonti ("The Chameleons") are an Italian pop group from Milan, mostly active between the late 1960s and the early 1970s. Background I Camaleonti were formed in 1963 in Milan. The original line-up included Livio Macchia (guitar), Antonino Cripezzi (keyboards), Paolo de Ceglie (drums) and Gerardo Manzoli (bass). In 1965 the band's line-up was augmented with the arrival of Riki Maiocchi on vocals and guitar. The band's first hit was a cover of the Small Faces' "Sha-La-La-La-Lee", and coincided with the popularity of the beat genre. In 1966, vocalist and guitarist Riki Maiocchi left the group to pursue a solo career and was replaced by Mario Lavezzi. With Lavezzi on board, the group gradually began to switch to a more melodic pop sound, soon achieving success with a modern rendition of a popular 1935 tune penned by Cesare Andrea Bixio and Michele Galdieri, "Portami tante rose". Between 1968 and 1973 I Camaleonti had four singles topping the Italian charts, including "Ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Identici
Anna Identici (born 30 July 1947) is an Italian pop/folk singer and television personality. Life and career Born in Castelleone, Cremona, the daughter of an employee of the Ferrovie dello Stato, Identici started singing as a child, participating in a number of Festivals and talent shows. In 1964 she was entered into the competition at the Castrocaro Music Festival in which she reached the finals; the same year she made her television debut, as the assistant of Mike Bongiorno in the RAI variety show '' La fiera dei sogni''. Identici entered the Sanremo Music Festival six times between 1966 and 1973. In 1969, shortly before entering into the competition with the song "Il Treno", Identici attempted suicide and she was eventually replaced by Rosanna Fratello. Identici's career turned in the 1970s, when she embraced a folk repertoire, with songs often characterized by political and social themes. Swedish pop singer and ABBA ABBA ( , , formerly named Björn & Benny, Agnet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fausto Leali
Faustino (Fausto) Leali (born 29 October 1944, Nuvolento, Brescia, Italy) is an Italian pop singer. Early life Leali began his musical career as a singer in several bands in his native Brescia. His first guitar teacher was Tullio Romano, of the band Los Marcellos Ferial. Career Leali's first release was a 1962 promotional single as "Fausto Denis", for the magazine ''Nuova Enigmistica Tascabile''. He then joined the Novelty, a Beat band formed by Franco Piacibello (saxophone), Delio Ombrella (drums), Silvio Pesce (bass) and Piero Braggi (guitar) in Alessandria that had already released an EP in 1961. With the group he managed to obtain a recording contract with the Music record label, and release a few singles, including two covers of Beatles –"Please Please Me" and "Lei ti ama" ("She Loves You"). Leali's big opportunity came in 1966 when A&R executive Ezio Leoni moved from Music record label to Ri-Fi, bringing Leali and the Novelty with him. Leali and The Novelty's first s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Vecchioni
Roberto Vecchioni (born 25 June 1943) is an Italian singer-songwriter, singer-lyricist, lyricist, teacher and writer. Biography Vecchioni was born in Carate Brianza, Province of Monza and Brianza, to a Neapolitan family . In 1968 he graduated in Classical Literature at the Catholic University of Milan, where he subsequently worked for two years as assistant lecturer of History of Religion. Later he was appointed professor of literature and history at a Milanese High School, an activity that he continued for almost thirty years and that would influence several of his songs. His career in the Italian music industry began in the late 1960s as songwriter for Italian pop stars such as Ornella Vanoni, Gigliola Cinquetti, Mina, Iva Zanicchi and the band Nuovi Angeli. Vecchioni's first solo album, ''Parabola'' was released in 1971. In 1973 he took part in the Sanremo Festival with "L'uomo che si gioca il cielo a dadi". His 1974 LP, '' Il re non si diverte'', won the Best Year's Album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arfemo
Federico Monti Arduini (born 1 December 1940), best known as Il Guardiano del Faro, is an Italian composer, producer and musician. Born in Milan, Arduini was a child prodigy, who started studying piano at very young age and who made his first concerts aged eight years old.Ruberto Ruggeri; Lalla Cantore. "Guardiano del Faro, Il". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. pp. 814-5. In 1957 he started composing songs, often being credited as Arfemo, and his collaborations included Mina, Gigliola Cinquetti, Frankie Avalon, Giorgio Gaber, Santo & Johnny and Orietta Berti. In 1967 he became general manager of Ricordi. In the early 1970s Arduini adopted the stage name "Il Guardiano del Faro" (i.e. "The Lighthousekeeper") and was among the first musicians experimenting with the use of moog synthesizer through a series of best-selling instrumental songs. Notably, his debut single "Il gabbiano infelice" (an electronic adaption of " Amaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
