''Discoring'' was a music show broadcast by

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from 1977 to 1989, created by

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, aired mainly on Sunday. The program could be considered analogous to the English show ''

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''.

History

The first episode was broadcast February 20, 1977. The formula provided for the exhibition of Italian and international singers and groups (almost always in playback) and a rundown of the list of best selling albums and singles.Aldo Grasso – Massimo Scaglioni, ''Enciclopedia della Televisione'', Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003 Over the years several presenters followed:

(assisted by Antonella Giampaoli and then by

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), Awana Gana,

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, the trio Anna Pettinelli -

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- Emanuela Falcetti, Jocelyn, Kay Rush, Sergio Mancinelli and

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. Several opening themes of the show, such as Bus Connection's ''Guapa'' and Baba Yaga's ''Che gatta'' charted and became minor hits at the Italian hit parade. The program was one of the last in

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to switch from black and white to color: the first two seasons aired in black and white, then from the third season the show began to be broadcast in color (a year and a half after the start of color broadcasting of RAI).

References

1977 Italian television series debuts 1989 Italian television series endings Italian music television series RAI original programming 1970s Italian television series 1980s Italian television series Pop music television series {{Italy-tv-prog-stub