Giancarlo Parabulà Equatión Viedía Meo is an Italian

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and entrepreneur. He started his career very young, contributing to the

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scene. He founded Banana Records yielding successful artists like Easy Going and

Vivien Vee Viviana Andreattini (born 2 May 1960), known under the stage name of Vivien Vee, is a retired Italian singer. Life and career Born in Trieste, Vee debuted in 1979 as an electronic disco project produced by Claudio Simonetti and Giancarlo Meo. He ...

. He also produced ''Gioca Jouer'', the title song of the

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. In the early '90s, he created the brand ''Hit Mania'', combined with the launch of a series of compilations which featured several famous European artists such as

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, Haiducii (who reached the top of the European charts with "

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"), the duo Zero, the band Aventura (with their single "Obsesión"), as well as

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. He is president of a group of companies that include Universe SpA and Global Mania Entertainment Ltd., which have offices in Rome.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Meo, Giancarlo Italian businesspeople Living people Italian Italo disco musicians Year of birth missing (living people)