Mirna Doris (28 September 1940 – 27 March 2020) was an Italian
Canzone Napoletana
Canzone napoletana (), sometimes referred to as Neapolitan song ( nap, canzona napulitana ), is a generic term for a traditional form of music sung in the Neapolitan language, ordinarily for the male voice singing solo, although well represented b ...
singer, mainly successful in the second half of the 1960s.
Life and career
Born Annunziata Chiarelli, in
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 ...
, after studying singing Doris started performing in street festivals and private parties in her hometown, and in 1962 she was a finalist at the
Castrocaro Music Festival The Castrocaro Music Festival, also known as Concorso per Voci Nuove, is an Italian musical contest which takes place every year in the town of Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole, near Forlì, from 1957. The competition is exclusively reserved for ne ...
.
[Stefano Mannucci. "Doris, Mirna". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. pp.583-4.]
Between 1963 and 1970 Doris entered the main competition at 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 ...
, winning the competition in 1968 and in 1969 with the songs "Core spezzato" and "Preghiera a 'na mamma".
During her career Doris also participated in several editions of
Un disco per l'estate
Un disco per l'estate (translation "A Record for the Summer") was an Italian Summer festival held from 1964 to 2003. It was organized and sponsored by the Italian record industry association, AFI, and by RAI, except for the editions between 1995 ...
,
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 ...
and .
In 2020, at age 79, she died of cancer.
Discography
;Album
* 1971: ''Mandulinata tragica'' (Fonorex, CS 1302)
* 1974: ''Tre volti di Mirna Doris'' (Fonorex, VM 1301)
* 1974: ''Hit parade'' (Fonorex, VM 1302)
* 1978: ''Mirna Doris'' (
Vis Radio, LAEDDD 96904)
* 1980: ''Int’a ’n’ora Dio lavora'' (Hello, ZSEL 55468)
* 1981: ''Era de maggio'' (Hello, ZSEL 55473)
* 1983: ''Napulitanamente'' (Storm, ZSLTM 55483)
* 1983: ''Core spezzato'' (Start-Durium, LPS 40174)
* 1983: ''Che bella città'' (Sirio, K 00220)
* 1984: ''Ammore...ammore'' (Sirio, BK 75916)
* 1989: ''Napoli...una donna'' (Phonotype, AZQ 40117)
* 1989: ''Napoli...una donna vol. 2'' (Phonotype, AZQ 40125)
* 1991: ''Napoli...una donna vol. 3'' (Phonotype, AZQ 40137)
* 1992: ''Napoli...una donna vol. 4'' (Phonotype, AZQ 40157)
Further reading
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References
External links
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1942 births
Musicians from Naples
Italian pop singers
Italian women singers
2020 deaths
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