Germana Caroli (born Germana Mazzetti, 18 August 1931 – 7 January 2024) was an Italian singer, mainly active in the 1950s.
Life and career
Born in
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...
on 18 August 1931, Caroli was noted by the composer and conductor while she was performing a song in a night club of her hometown. After studying singing, diction and acting, Caroli was entered into the Orchestra Fenati as vocalist, and with them she got a large success with the song "Ehi, tu" (1954), which subsequently launched her solo career.
[Enzo Giannelli. "Caroli, Germana". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990-2013.]
Caroli had the peak of her career between the late 1950s and the early 1960s, when she participated to the most important Italian musical events of the time, including
Canzonissima
''Canzonissima'' was an Italian musical variety show broadcast by Rai 1 from 1958 to 1974, aired on Saturday evening except for the last two editions in which it was aired on Sunday afternoon. The program was referred to as "the synthesis and the ...
,
Festival di Napoli
The Festival della Canzone Napoletana ("Festival of Neapolitan Song"), commonly known as the Festival di Napoli, is a Neapolitan song contest. The first edition was held in 1952 and the last in 2004. From 1952 to 1970 the show was broadcast on RAI ...
and
the tenth 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 ...
.
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Caroli died on 7 January 2024, at the age of 92.Addio a Germana Caroli, grande voce bolognese]
Discography
* 1958 – Magic Moments/Non partir (Durium, Ld A 6394)
* 1958 – La pioggia cadrà/Dors mon amour (Durium, Ld A 6395)
* 1958 – Parole alla luna/Femminilità (Durium, Ld A 6468)
* 1958 – Da te era bello restar/Ehi tu! (Durium, Ld A 6469)
* 1959 – Un bacio sulla bocca/Nessuno (Durium, Ld A 6476)
* 1959 – Ti prego, amore/Dance darling dance (Durium, Ld A 6510)
* 1959 – Petite fleur/D'improvviso (Durium, Ld A 6562)
* 1959 – D'improvviso/Venus (Durium, Ld A 6563)
* 1959 – Passiuncella/'O destino 'e ll'ate (Durium, Ld A 6570)
* 1959 – Rubare/Por dos besos (Durium, Ld A 6730)
* 1960 – Gridare di gioia/Amore senza sole (Durium, Ld A 6738)
* 1960 – Luna, Lina e brezzolina/Di' la tua (Durium, Ld A 6901)
* 1960 – Alle 10 della sera/Diavolo (Durium, Ld A 6953)
* 1961 – Le mille bolle blu/Che brivido ragazzi (Durium, Ld A 6976)
* 1966 – Sei poco intelligente/Un pezzetto di ghiaccio (Century, AM 006)
* 1967 – Forse/La colpa più grande (DKF Folklore, KF 30038)
* 1969 – È troppo tardi/Va via (Kansas, dm 1114)
* 1981 – Georgia on my mind/Temptation/Stardust (Manhattan Records Man, 45002)
References
External links
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1931 births
2024 deaths
Musicians from Bologna
Italian pop singers
Italian women singers
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