Enzo Gragnaniello (born 20 October 1954) is an Italian singer-songwriter and composer.
Life and career
Born in
Quartieri Spagnoli,
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
, Gragnaniello began playing the guitar at the age of 12 and began composing his first songs at 18 years old.
In 1977 he formed the group "Banchi nuovi", named after the Committee of unemployed people to which he belonged.
Gragnaniello made his solo debut in 1983, with the eponymous album ''Enzo Gragnaniello''.
In 1986 he received his first
Targa Tenco, an award he won again in 1990 and 1999 and in 2020.
In 1991 his song "Cu'mmè", recorded by
Roberto Murolo and
Mia Martini, obtained a great commercial success and became instant classics in Italy; in 1997 with the same song Gragnaniello won the music festival "Viva Napoli".
In 1999 he entered the competition at 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 ...
in a duet with
Ornella Vanoni, ranking fourth with the song "Alberi".
Gragnaniello composed songs for
Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli (; born 22 September 1958) is an Italian tenor and multi-instrumentalist. He was born visually impaired, with congenital glaucoma, and at the age of 12, Bocelli became completely blind, following a brain hemorrhage resulting fr ...
,
Adriano Celentano,
Gerardina Trovato among others. He is also active as a composer of musical scores for stage plays and films.
Discography
Album
* 1983 - ''Enzo Gragnaniello ''
* 1985 - ''Salita Trinità degli Spagnoli ''
* 1990 - ''Fujente''
* 1991 - ''Veleno mare e ammore''
* 1993 - ''Un mondo che non c'è''
* 1994 - ''Cercando il sole''
* 1996 - ''Posteggiatore abusivo''
* 1996 - ''Continuerò''
* 1998 - ''Neapolis mantra''
* 1998 - ''Canzoni di rabbia canzoni d'amore''
* 1999 - ''Oltre gli alberi''
* 1999 - ''Dai Quartieri al S.Carlo''
* 2001 - ''Balìa''
* 2003 - ''Tribù e passione'' (with
James Senese)
* 2003 - ''The Best of Enzo Gragnaniello''
* 2005 - ''Quanto mi costa''
* 2007 - ''L'Erba Cattiva''
* 2011 - ''Radice''
* 2013 - ''Live''
*2015 - ''Misteriosamente''
*2019 - ''Lo chiamavano vient' 'e terra''
*2021 - ''Rint’ ‘o posto sbagliato''
References
External links
*
Enzo Gragnanielloat
Discogs
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1954 births
Italian male singers
Living people
Musicians from Naples
Italian singer-songwriters
Italian pop singers
Italian folk singers
Italian film score composers
Italian male film score composers
Italian rock singers