Paolo Mengoli (born 14 August 1950) is an Italian singer, mainly successful between late 1960s and 1970s.
Life and career
Born in
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label= 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 150 different nat ...
, after performing in several local music halls in 1968 Mengoli won 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 ...
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[Enzo Giannelli. "Paolo Mengoli". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990.] In 1969 he got his major hit with the song " Perché l'hai fatto" with whom he competed at
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 ...
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In 1972 he won the "Group B" of the
Cantagiro
Cantagiro was an Italian summer song contest held from 1962 to 1972 and 1990 to 1993. It featured three categories, A for famous artists, B for newcomers and C for groups. The creator of the competition was Ezio Radaelli. The name of the festival ...
with the song "Mi piaci da morire".
Mengoli slowed his activities in the mid-1970s, partially relaunching his career between late 1980s and early 1990s thanks to his apparitions on several TV-programs.
He entered the competition at 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 annual ...
three times between 1970 and 1992.
Discography
;Album
* 1970 - ''Paolo Mengoli'' (Jet, JT-40050)
* 1973 - ''I successi di Paolo Mengoli'' (
Ariston Milano, OS 191)
* 1973 - ''Bela Bulagna'' (Ariston, AR-LP12105)
* 1975 - ''Che sarà - Paolo Mengoli in Japan'' (Ariston & Seven Seas, LAX 121)
* 1981 - ''Paolo Mengoli - omaggio ai favolosi anni 60'' (YEP Record, SLL 10)
* 1986 - ''Piano piano in silenzio'' (103 Edizioni Musicali, CNT 27041)
* 1988 - ''Occhi'' (Capriccio CGD, KAP 98706)
* 1989 - ''Momenti d'amore'' (Fonit Cetra Pellicano, PL 771)
* 1991 - ''Perché l'hai fatto'' (Pull, PM 12039)
* 1992 - ''Io ti darò un attimo... o la mia vita intera'' (Fonit Cetra Pull, LPX 308)
* 1996 - ''Paolo Mengoli - omaggio ai favolosi anni 60'' (Bebas Record - Duck Record, SMCD 312)
* 1996 - ''Ci sto da Dio... con voi!!!'' (Dub Record - 103 Ed. musicali, DUBCD 1009-D)
* 1997 - ''Io ti darò'' (Pull, PCD 2072)
* 1998 - ''Il sogno continua Inno al Bologna FC 1909'' (TI.PA edizioni musicali e 103, 2010)
* 2000 - ''Quanto t'ho amato... e altre storie'' (D.V. More Record, MRCD - 4197)
* 2008 - ''La mia vita in musica'' (TI.PA edizioni musicali, 001)
References
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1950 births
Musicians from Bologna
Italian pop singers
Italian male singers
Living people