Renato Angiolini (9 November 1923, in
Gallarate
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It is the junction of railways to Va ...
– 3 February 1985, in
Milan
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) was an
Italian
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songwriter and pianist.
He is best known as the composer for songs 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 ...
,
Massimo Ranieri
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Biography Early life
Ranieri was born in Naples ( at Santa Lucia), the fifth of eight children in the family. When he was 10, yo ...
,
I Giganti
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In the 1960s, they had a number of hits including ''Una ragazza in due'', an Italian version of Mister Murray's ''Down Comes the Rain''. They are renowned for having released one of the earliest ...
, and
Lucio Battisti
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Battisti released 18 studio albums ...
.
His song ''Le Colline Sono In Fiore'' was released on 18 November 1965 as ''The River'' by
Ken Dodd
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A life ...
accompanied by
Geoff Love and his Orchestra. Dodd's version of the song, with lyrics by
Mort Shuman
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, reached number 3 in the UK singles chart soon after it was released.
Many of his works are uncredited and therefore largely untraceable. However, he was frequently credited as Toang, which is a name derived from the last two letters of his first name and the first three of his last name.
Angiolini produced or co-produced a number of films, starting with the 1963 Italian comedy film ''
I cuori infranti
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Cast
Segmen ...
'', which he co-produced with
Renato Jaboni.
Filmography
:
I cuori infranti
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Cast
Segmen ...
(1963)
:
Amore facile
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Film and TV
* '' A ...
(1964)
:
Una ragazza tutta d'oro
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(1967)
:
I ragazzi di Bandiera Gialla
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(1968)
:
My Name Is Shanghai Joe
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(1973)
:
Calling All Police Cars
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(1975)
:
Milano violenta
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Cast
*Claudio Cassinelli ...
(1976)
Partial discography
Albums
:1973: Evviva il liscio (Derby, DBR 53335)
:1984: Il grande liscio (CGD, 20419)
References
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1923 births
1985 deaths
Italian male songwriters
Italian film producers
Italian male pianists
20th-century pianists
20th-century Italian male musicians
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