Mariolino Barberis (born Mario Barberis,
Turin
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, 14 August 1949) is an Italian singer.
Biography
At the age of twelve, Barberis started performing in competitions and events in
Piedmont
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. Later, he released some tracks for the
ECO casa musicale of Milan (Monza). In 1964 he participated in the
Castrocaro Festival, a famous contest for new voices, where he was noticed by
Teddy Reno
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Born in Trieste as Ferruccio Merk Ricordi, Reno made his debut on Radio Trieste during the Anglo-American administration of the city, la ...
, who offered him a recording contract with
ARC
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* ...
. In the following year he participated in the
Cantagiro
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for Young Newcomers, winning first place with the song
''Il duca della luna'' (text by
Giancarlo Guardabassi, music Caligiana, arrangement of
Ennio Morricone
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, on backing vocals with the
"Cantori Moderni" by Alessandroni).
Because of his extensive and melodic voice and
polio
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affecting his legs since childhood (which forces him to walk with a cane), he is nicknamed the "Tajoli the sixties'' by the press.
Barberis started to make live performances accompanied by
Flash
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, a group of three boys from Turin consisting of
Marcello Capra
Marcello Capra (born 1953 in Turin
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on guitars,
Angelo Girardi on bass and
Mark Astarita
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on drums that in the next decade will play in Turin with known progressive groups, like the
Procession
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and
Venegoni & Co.
In the following year, 1966, he once again won first place at
Cantagiro
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with
Spiaggia d'argento and performed in many television shows, including "
Settevoci", led by
Pippo Baudo
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. He later changed his label, moving to
DKF Folklore, a label tied to the Turin studio Format of Happy Ruggiero, which created, among others, a review of "My Place" presented in full by
Tony Renis
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Life and career
Renis was born in Milan. In the mid-1950s he met with Adriano Celentano, and the two started performing an i ...
at the
Sanremo Festival
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of 1968 and "This is the city", which Barberis authored with Roger.
Discography
* 1961 –
Scende la sera ( Collana Canti Ricreativi, Canti Scout volume 1 – direttore del coro: Dusan S.) (
ECO casa musicale, ECO 1031 ).
* 1961 –
Canto del lupetto
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( Collana Canti Ricreativi, Canti Scout volume 2 – direttore del coro: Dusan S.) (
ECO casa musicale, ECO 1032 ).
* 1961 –
L'ali d'oro ( Consonni E. – Nason L.) /
Un amico
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( Drake E. – Giudici L.)
ECO casa musicale, ECO 1056S ).
* 1965 –
Il duca della luna – (Guardabassi-Caligiani) – 2:35 (
ARC
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* Aircraft Radio Corporation, a major avionics manufacturer from the 1920s to the '50s
* Airlines Reporting Corporation, an airline-owned company that provides ticket distribution, reporting, and settlement services
* ...
, AN 4056) – arranged and Conducted by
Ennio Morricone
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– chorus (I Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni)
* 1965 –
Quando a settembre – (Rossi-Romitelli) – 2:11 (
ARC
ARC may refer to:
Business
* Aircraft Radio Corporation, a major avionics manufacturer from the 1920s to the '50s
* Airlines Reporting Corporation, an airline-owned company that provides ticket distribution, reporting, and settlement services
* ...
, AN 4056) – arranged and Conducted by
Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone (; 10 November 19286 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpeter who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classica ...
– chorus (I Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni)
* 1966 –
Spiaggia d'argento (
Giancarlo Guardabassi – Mantovani G. – Caligiani G.) /
Eppure ti amo ( Bacchetti M. – Latessa ) (
ARC
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Business
* Aircraft Radio Corporation, a major avionics manufacturer from the 1920s to the '50s
* Airlines Reporting Corporation, an airline-owned company that provides ticket distribution, reporting, and settlement services
* ...
, AN 4087 )
* 1967 –
Questa è la città ( Barberis M.- Scala R.) /
Tu lo vedrai ( Cameron – Franchi ) (
DKF Folklore, KF 30042 )
* 1967 –
Salvé venesia ( Sciorilli E. – Ruggiero F. and his orchestra (arranged) – Tombolato P.) (
DKF Folklore, KF 11037 )
* 1968 –
Il posto mio ( Renis T. – Ruggiero F. (arrangiamento) – Testa A. ) /
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( Barberis M. – Ferracioli L. – Giorgini B. in Dunn ) (
DKF Folklore, KF 30050 )
* 1970 –
Un pianoforte nella sera ( Borghi D. – Panzuti D. ) /
Rosso il tramonto ( Barberis M. – Venturia – Testa A. – Langella F. ) (
DKF Folklore, KF 30076 )
* 1985 –
Occhi di bimba ( Barberis M. – Russo A. – Iozzo J. ) /
Nell'oscurità ( Barberis M.- Russo A. – Iozzo J. ) (
Drums
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, EDN 2215 )
Bibliography
* Various Authors (edited by
Gino Castaldo
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*
*Geno (disambiguation)
*Gino's (disambiguation), various restaurants and fast ...
), ''Il dizionario della canzone italiana'', publisher Armando Curcio (1990); heading ''Barberis, Mariolino'', of Enzo Giannelli, pag. 107
References
External links
Mariolino Barberis official channel on Youtube
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Italian male singers
Living people
1949 births