Alberto Fortis (born 3 June 1955 in

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) is an Italian musician and songwriter. Fortis, who released his first album ''Alberto Fortis'' in 1979, is the composer of both music and lyrics, and has directed the video clips for three of his songs. ''Alberto Fortis contains'' a famous song "Milano e Vincenzo". In

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it is known "Vincenzo, io t'ammazzerò" ("Vincent, I'm going to kill you") as well, from the first words in the song, where Fortis is angry with

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, his first producer. His discography includes recordings from official collections and live recordings with a dozen discs made in Italy and abroad (

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and

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). Three of his albums have gone gold. In the late eighties and early nineties Fortis wrote poetry which was published in two books, ''Tributo giapponese'' (1988) and ''Dentro il giardino'' (1994), both of which were edited by

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. Much in vogue in the eighties, Fortis has recently experienced a lull in his career; however, he returned to prominence in 2006 with his participation in the third edition of the reality show ''Music Farm'', hosted by

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(a show similar to the '' Hit Me, Baby, One More Time'' format) on

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Discography

Discography: * 1979 - ''Alberto Fortis (Album)'' * 1980 - ''Tra demonio e santità'' * 1981 - ''La grande grotta'' * 1982 - ''Fragole infinite'' * 1984 - ''El nino'' * 1985 - ''West of Broadway'' * 1987 - ''Assolutamente tuo'' * 1990 - ''Carta del cielo '' * 1991 - ''L'uovo'' (Live-Album)'' * 1991 - ''Fortissimo'' * 1994 - ''Dentro al giardino'' * 2001 - ''Angeldom'' * 2003 - ''Universo Fortis'' * 2005 - ''Fiori sullo schermo futuro'' * 2014 - ''Do l'anima'' * 2016 - ''Con Te'' EP ( Sony Music Italia )

References

1955 births Living people Italian songwriters Male songwriters 20th-century Italian musicians 21st-century Italian musicians 20th-century Italian male musicians 21st-century Italian male musicians {{Italy-musician-stub