Nico Fidenco (artistic name Domenico Colarossi; 24 January 1933 – 19 November 2022) was an Italian singer and film soundtrack composer who gained considerable popularity in 1960 with the release of the song "What a Sky" (Italian: "''Su nel cielo''"), taken from the film ''

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. Self-taught in music, Fidenco did a few

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s of film title songs for the Italian market. With the song "Legata a un granello di sabbia", he was the first Italian singer to sell one million copies of a single.Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. p.683. This interest in cinema led him to be a prolific soundtrack composer, including scores for westerns and many

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Selected filmography

Discography

45 rpm singles

* 1960 ''What a Sky / Su nel cielo''

RCA Italiana RCA Italiana was an Italian record company founded in 1949 and active until 1987, the date on which, together with the parent company RCA Records, it was bought by BMG Entertainment. History Founded in Rome in 1949 under the Vatican's protecti ...

45N 1109 * 1961 ''Just that Same Old Line / Trust Me'' RCA Italiana 45N 1122 * 1961 ''Non è vero / Una voce d'angelo'' RCA Italiana 45N 1127 * 1961 ''Il mondo di Suzie Wong / Tornerai... Suzie'' RCA Italiana 45N 1144 * 1961 ''Ghinza Street / Ghinza Street (strumentale)'' RCA Italiana 45N 1155 * 1961 ''Legata a un granello di sabbia / Ridi, ridi'' RCA Italiana PM45-1166 * 1961 ''Exodus / Come nasce un amore'' RCA Serie Europa PM45-3000 * 1962 ''Little Grain of Sand / Ridi, ridi'' RCA Italiana PM45-3033 * 1962 ''La scala di seta / Tra le piume di una rondine'' RCA Serie Europa PM45-3042 * 1962 ''Colazione da Tiffany (Moon River) / Audrey'' RCA Victor Serie Europa PM45-3044 * 1962 ''Lasciami il tuo sorriso / C'è una leggenda'' RCA Victor Serie Europa PM45-3099 * 1963 ''Tutta la gente / Lejos me voy'' RCA Italiana PM45-3133 * 1963 ''Una donna nel mondo / Perché non piango più'' RCA Italiana PM45-3167 * 1963 ''Tutta la gente / Mondo meraviglioso'' RCA Italiana PM45-3169 * 1963 ''Se mi perderai / Goccia di mare'' RCA Italiana PM45-3199 * 1964 ''Cleopatra / Non mi chiedi mai'' RCA Italiana PM45-3222 * 1964 ''Hud / Ciò che rimane alla fine di un amore'' RCA Italiana PM45-3224 * 1964 ''Con te sulla spiaggia / Mi devi credere'' RCA Italiana PM45-3255 * 1965 ''A casa d'Irene / Ma dai'' RCA Italiana PM45-3299 * 1965 ''L'uomo che non sapeva amare / Tu non sei l'altra'' RCA Italiana PM45-3311 * 1965 ''La voglia di ballare / Celestina'' RCA Italiana PM45-3314 * 1966 ''Jean Harlow la donna che non sapeva amare / Luna malinconica (Blue Moon)'' RCA Italiana PM45-3328 * 1966 ''Lord Jim / Diciamoci ciao'' RCA Italiana PM45-3338 * 1966 ''All'ombra di una Colt / Finché il mondo sarà'' RCA Italiana PM45-3340 * 1966 ''Cammina cammina / Non scherzare con il fuoco'' RCA Italiana PM45-3356 * 1966 ''Che cos'è l'amore / File di automobili'' RCA Italiana PM45-3365 * 1966 ''Corri / Guantanamera'' RCA Italiana PM45-3373 * 1967 ''Ma piano (per non svegliarmi/Una telefonata)'' Parade PRC 5025 * 1967 ''Cara felicità/Siamo stati innamorati'' Parade PRC 5034 * 1967 ''Qualche stupido "ti amo"(somethin'stupid)*/E venne la notte'' Parade PRC 5040 - *:Cantata con "Fulvia" * 1967 ''Ci vediamo stasera/La ballata del treno'' Parade PRC 5049 * 1968 ''Va ragazzo/Legata a un granello di sabbia'' RCA Italiana PM 3470 * 1968 ''La morale della favola/Sonia'' Fonit SPF 31225 * 1969 ''Oramai sto con lei/Ti ricordi'' RCA Italiana PM 3484 * 1970 ''Tu ed io...io e te/Quando il treno partirà''

Ri-Fi Ri-Fi was an Italian record company and label, active between 1959 and 1982. The company was founded in Milan by , who also served as CEO.Mauro De Luigi. "Ri-Fi". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 19 ...

RPN NP 16419 * 1971 ''Nun è straniero/Il colore dell'addio''

RNP NP 16452 * 1971 ''Una stagione all'inferno/Il colore dell'addio''

RPN NP 16454 * 1976 ''Nina/Balla con me...dai'' - Super five record SFR 9201 * 1979 ''Don Chuck castoro/Pierino a quadretti'' (con la partecipazione del coro de ''I castorini'') - Meeting Music/CLS - MMC 101 * 1979 ''Don Chuck story/Zawa zawa'' - Meeting Music/CLS - MMC 117 * 1980 ''Arnold/Ma le gambe'' - Flash Cinema TV/RCA - ZBFH 7202 * 1980 ''Fantasupermega/Godzilla - Gudzuki - Godzilla'' (con la partecipazione de ''Il coro dei bambini di Renata Cortiglioni'') -

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- CBS 8506 * 1981 ''Stardust/Ciao Brasile!'' -

WEA The Wea were a Miami-Illinois-speaking Native American tribe originally located in western Indiana. Historically, they were described as either being closely related to the Miami Tribe or a sub-tribe of Miami. Today, the descendants of the ...

- T 18855 * 1981 ''Jeremy and Jenny destra-sinistra/Bem'' -

- T 18856 * 1982 ''Hela/Microsuperman'' - Traccia/Fonit-Cetra - TRS 1016 * 1982 ''Cyborg i nove supermagnifici/Chappy'' (I cavalieri del re) - RCA Original cast - BB 6605 * 1982 ''Sam, il ragazzo del west/Mimì e la nazionale di pallavolo'' (Giorgia Lepore) - RCA Original cast - BB 6622 * 1989 ''Direzione vietata/sogno una sola città'' - Iperspazio -IPN 892

EP

*1961 Exodus RCA Italiana EPA 30 - 401

Albums

*1961 ''Nico Fidenco'' RCA Serie Europa PML 10131 *1963 ''Per noi due'' RCA Italiana PML 10366 *1963 ''Successi da Cinelandia'' RCA Italiana APLM 10390 *1964 ''Musica per innamorati'' RCA Italiana APML 10399 *1964 ''La bella musica italiana'' RCA Italiana QKAP 11742 *1965 ''Nico Fidenco Show'' RCA Italiana Special S 5 *1973 ''La mia estate con Cinzia'' -

- RFL ST 14046 *1977 ''Gli anni d'oro di Nico Fidenco'' - RCA Lineatre/RCA - NL 33043 *1981 ''La mia mania'' - WEA T 58416 *1984 ''Super4'' - Siglaquattro/RCA - SIG 1021 (with Jimmy Fontana,

Gianni Meccia Giovanni "Gianni" Meccia (born 2 June 1931) is an Italian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. He is often associated with Jimmy Fontana. Life and career Born in Ferrara, in 1950 Meccia moved to Rome to pursue an acting caree ...

and Riccardo Del Turco) *1992 ''Ieri e oggi - Centotre MFLP 021 *1994 - ''TiVulandia - volume 1'' - RCA Original Cast/

BMG BMG may refer to: Organizations * Music publishing companies: ** Bertelsmann Music Group, a 1987–2008 division of Bertelsmann that was purchased by Sony on October 1, 2008 *** Sony BMG, a 2004–2008 joint venture of Bertelsmann and Sony that wa ...

- 74321-21094-2 *1994 - ''TiVulandia - volume 2'' - RCA Original Cast/BMG - 74321-21095-2 *1996 - ''Legata a un granello di sabbia'' - Supermusic/Duck Records *2002 - ''Nico Fidenco - I grandi successi originali'' *2003 - ''TiVulandia - volume 4'' - RCA/BMG Italia - 82876538582

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fidenco, Nico 1933 births 2022 deaths Italian musicians Italian film score composers Italian male film score composers Musicians from Rome Spaghetti Western composers RCA Records artists