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Sanremo Music Festival 1978
The Sanremo Music Festival 1978 was the 28th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, province of Imperia between 26 and 28 January 1978. The final night was broadcast by Rai 1, while the first two nights were broadcast live only by radio. The show was presented by Stefania Casini, Beppe Grillo, Maria Giovanna Elmi and Vittorio Salvetti (who also served as artistic director). The winners of the Festival were 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). T ... with the song "E dirsi ciao". Participants and results References {{Sanremo Music Festival Sanremo Music Festival by year 1978 in Italian music 1978 music festivals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Giovanna Elmi
Maria Giovanna Elmi (born 25 August 1940) is an Italian former television announcer, presenter, journalist, actress and singer. Born in Rome, Elmi attended the faculty of letter at the university, then in 1968 she was employed by RAI TV as an announcer. Her popularity raised in early seventies, when she hosted the children show ''Il dirigibile'' together with the singer Mal, playing the fairy Azzurrina, from which she inherited the nickname "fatina" (i.e. young fairy in Italian). Elmi hosted two editions of the Sanremo Music Festival (in 1977 and 1978). She ranked at first place in two public polls of the most appreciated female television personalities in 1970 () and in 1981 (Abacus). In 1970 Elmi also became a journalist and publicist, collaborating for three years with the newspaper ''Il Messaggero'' and later with a large number of magazines and newspapers. In 2005 she took part to the reality show '' L'Isola dei Famosi'', ranking third. She considers herself Roman Cathol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Avogadro
Oscar Avogadro (9 August 1951 – 30 September 2010) was an Italian lyricist. Born in Turin, Avogadro debuted in the late 1960s as the vocalist of the short-lived vocal group . After the group disbanded, he started a career as a lyricist, getting his first hits in collaboration with Sandro Giacobbe in the early 1970s. He was a usual collaborator of Mario Lavezzi and Oscar Prudente. In 1983 his song "Margherita non lo sa" ranked third at the 33rd 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 ....Enzo Giannelli. "Avogadro, Oscar". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. References External links * * 1951 births Italian lyricists Musicians from Turin 2010 deaths {{Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanremo Music Festival By Year
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 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianni Bella
Giovanni Bella, best known as Gianni Bella (born 14 March 1946), is an Italian composer and singer-songwriter. Background Born in Catania, Bella started his career as composer for his sister, singer Marcella Bella authoring several hits with lyricist Giancarlo Bigazzi. In the seventies he debuted as a singer himself, scoring his first major success in 1974 with the song "Più ci penso", which ranked second in the Italian hit parade. In 1976 he topped the hit parade and won the Festivalbar contest with the song "Non si può morire dentro", originally planned to be sung by her sister. In 1981 he entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Questo amore non si tocca"; he returned in Sanremo five more times between 1986 and 2007, three times in couple with her sister Marcella. In 1983 Bella stopped the collaboration with Bigazzi and started a new phase alongside Mogol; between late 1990s and 2000s the couple signed some extraordinary sales successes for Adri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beans (band)
Beans (also spelled as I Beans) are an Italian pop band, mainly successful in the seventies. Career The group formed in 1969 in Catania, Sicily. Under the production of singer-songwriter Gianni Bella, they got a large success with their cover of the 1918 Armando Gill's classic "Come Pioveva", which peaked at the fourth place on the Italian hit parade. Following a number of minor hits, in 1978 the group entered the main competition at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Soli". The song named a RAI variety show, hosted by Patrizia Lazzari and Laura Trotter and with the participation of the same group. Personnel * Armando Simola – lead vocalist (1967–1969) * Pier Paolo Cristaldi – drums (1967–present) * Tony Ranno – bass guitar, voice (1967–present) * Salvatore Trovato – lead vocalist (1969–1972) * Gino Finocchiaro – keyboards, voice (1969–1979) * Giuseppe Russo – guitar (1969–1972) * Pippo Panascì – guitar, voice (1972–present) * Giuseppe Gri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Ferradini
Marco Ferradini (born 28 July 1949) is an Italian pop-rock singer-songwriter and musician. Career Born in Como, Ferradini debuted as a guitarist in several groups. He started his career as a singer-songwriter in 1978, with the song "Quando Teresa verrà", which he entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival. His main success was the song "Teorema" (part of the EP ''Schiavo senza catene''), which became in a short time a classic in Italy. In 1983 he competed at the Sanremo Festival with the song "Una catastrofe bionda"; the subsequent eponymous album contained the song "Lupo solitario DJ" which became during the years one another classic of his musical repertoire. Discography ;Albums * 1978 – ''Quando Teresa verrà'' (Spaghetti Records ZPLSR 34051) * 1981 – ''Schiavo senza catene'' (Spaghetti Records ZPGSR 33415) * 1982 – ''Q Concert'' (RCA Italiana PG 33428) (with Goran Kuzminac and Mario Castelnuovo Mario Castelnuovo (born 25 January 1955) is an Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donatella Rettore
Donatella Rettore, also simply known as Rettore (born 8 July 1955, in Castelfranco Veneto, Province of Treviso) is an Italian singer and songwriter. Rettore started her singing career in 1973. Her early recordings was oriented towards Italian music. She became successful in 1979 when she recorded the album ''Brivido Divino''. Her most popular hits are ''Splendido Splendente'' (Splendid Shining), ''Kobra'', ''Donatella'', ''Lamette'' (Razor Blades), ''This Time'', ''Io Ho Te'' (I've Got You), ''Amore Stella'' (Love Star) e ''Di Notte Specialmente'' (Especially By Night). The majority of Rettore's albums are a mixture of pop, rock, disco music and ska Ska (; ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walki .... In the mid-1980s she experienced a slow decline in popularity, and she had to w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dora Moroni
Dora Moroni (born December 14, 1956) is an Italian singer. Dora Moroni was born in Ravenna. She demonstrated star potential very early in her life: at age 8, in 1964, after having participated in many music and singing contests, she won her first competition, in her home town. In 1974, Moroni participated in a televised music contest, where she met famous Italian personalities, to include TV and radio host Corrado Mantoni, simply known as "Corrado" by his followers. Corrado became an active participant in Dora's career few years later in her life. In 1975, Moroni posed for a variety magazine in Spain, where she had moved months earlier to start her acting career, however, Corrado offered Moroni the opportunity to conduct her very own show from 1976 to 1977. The show was ''Domenica in'',(8 June 1999)La morte di Corrado, la voce della tv ''La Repubblica'' and it became an instantaneous success, hitting the ratings at 18 million viewers in its first months in the air. Furthermor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Sentacruz Ensemble
Daniel Sentacruz Ensemble was an Italian pop group formed in 1974. Their first single "Soleado", a semi-instrumental track written by lead singer Ciro Dammicco and Dario Baldan Bembo, sold over five million copies in Europe, giving the band international popularity. In 1976 and in 1978 Daniel Sentacruz Ensemble entered the Sanremo Music Festival with the songs "Linda Bella Linda" (peaking number three on the Italian chart) and "1/2 notte". Unable to replicate their initial success, the group eventually disbanded in 1980. Band members * Ciro Dammicco – vocals (1974–1979) * Mara Cubeddu – vocals (1974–1979) * Linda Lee – vocals (1974–1979) * Gianni Minuti Muffolini – vocals, guitar (1974–1979) * Angelo Santori – keyboard (1974–1975) * Stefano Dammicco – keyboard (1977–1979) * Bruno Santori – keyboard (1974–1976) * Gianni Calabria – drums (1974–1979) * Savino Grieco – bass guitar, vocals (1974–1979) Discography ;Albums * 1974 – ''Soleado' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Luberti
Marco Luberti (born 13 February 1941) is an Italian lyricist, record producer and singer-songwriter. Life and career Born in Rome, after graduating from the liceo artistico Luberti started studying piano and performing as a keyboardist in a number of beat groups. In the late 1960s he started a fruitful collaboration with Riccardo Cocciante, first co-writing songs for other artists, and in the 1970s, when Cocciante started his solo career, serving as his lyricist and producer. Luberti's works include Cocciante's hits "Bella senz'anima", "Margherita", "Io canto", "Quando finisce un amore" and "Poesia". The collaboration ended in 1980.Ernesto Bassignano. "Luberti, Marco". Gino Castaldo (ed.). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. In 1982 Luberti released is only work as singer-songwriter, the album ''Canzoni ed appunti'', which while being well received by critics was a commercial failure. He then focused on his work as producer and lyricist for other artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schola Cantorum (band)
Schola Cantorum de Paris is a musical academy based in France. Schola Cantorum may also refer to: * Schola Cantorum, a choir formerly known as MacDowell Chorus and based in the United States * Schola Cantorum (Italian vocal group), a vocal group based in Italy * Schola Cantorum (Norwegian choir), a chamber choir based in Norway * Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, a musical academy based in Switzerland * Schola Cantorum de Venezuela, a choir based in Venezuela * Schola Cantorum of Oxford, a chamber choir based at Oxford University in England * The Schola Cantorum of Rome, a Catholic choir based in Italy * University of Arkansas Schola Cantorum The University of Arkansas Schola Cantorum represents the pinnacle of choral singing in the state of Arkansas. Since 1957, Schola Cantorum has attracted the most talented singers from across the country, and has performed widely, both domestically ..., a choir based at the University of Arkansas in the United States * Schola Cantorum Stuttgart [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Lo Vecchio
Andrea Lo Vecchio (7 October 1942 – 17 February 2021) was an Italian composer, lyricist, record producer, singer-songwriter and entrepreneur. Life and career Born in Milan, Lo Vecchio started his career in 1962, performing as a singer-songwriter and a guitarist in local music halls and clubs. In 1963 he won a contest for new artists and subsequently got a contract with CBS.Enzo Giannelli; Lalla Cantore. "Lo Vecchio, Andrea". Gino Castaldo (ed.). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. In 1964 Lo Vecchio made his professional debut as a songwriter with the song "Era troppo bello", which was performed by Wilma Goich and won the . The same year he founded a cabaret in his hometown, "Le Clochard", where performed notable artists such as Bruno Lauzi, Gufi and Cochi e Renato. In 1966 he sold the cabaret and founded the nightclub "Student's Club"; the same year he started a long and fruitful collaboration as a songwriter with Roberto Vecchioni. In 1967 he particip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
