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as Giuseppe Previde Massara, graduated in chemistry, from the university years he devoted himself to jazz music. Among his successful songs "Permette, signorina?", originally performed by

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and later covered by

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with the title "Cappuccina", "I Sing ammore" and "Grazie prego scusi", both recorded by several artists including

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, "

Nel Sole "Nel sole" is a song composed by Al Bano, Pino Massara and Vito Pallavicini, and performed by Al Bano. The song marked his first commercial success, and launched his career as a singer. The single peaked at first place four weeks on the Italian ...

", which sold over one million copies and launched the career of

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, and "Siamo la coppia più bella del mondo", a duet between

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and

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which was number one at the Italian hit parade for six weeks. In the seventies Massara founded "Bla Bla Records", an alternative recording company that produced the first works of

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and the avant-garde rock band Capsicum Red.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Massara, Pino 1931 births Italian film score composers Italian male film score composers People from the Province of Pavia 2013 deaths Italian male conductors (music) 20th-century Italian conductors (music) 20th-century Italian male musicians