New Dada was an

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band active between 1962 and 1966.

Career

The New Dada were formed in

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in 1962 by vocalist

Maurizio Arcieri Maurizio Arcieri (30 April 1942 – 29 January 2015) was an Italian singer who was a member of 1960s Italian beat band the New Dada, and 1970s/'80s band Krisma. Career In the spring of 1967, the New Dada supported the Beatles at their Milan co ...

, Franco "Pupo" Longo (drums), Franco Jadanza and Renato "Renè" Vignocchi (guitar), Ferruccio "Ferry" Sansoni (keyboards) and Giorgio Fazzini (bass guitar).Salvatori, Dario. "New Dada". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. pp. 1188-92. Their first single, "Ciò Che Fai" was released in 1965 by the German label Bluebell. In 1965, their manager, Leo Wätcher, convinced

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's management to choose The New Dada as supporting act for their Italian tour. They same year the band won the first edition of the "Beat Bands Festival" in

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. After releasing a handful of

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and their first and only

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, ''I'll Go Crazy'', the band got significant airplay and was invited to

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mes, ''

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'' and ''Andiamoci Piano''. In 1966 The New Dada participated to the 5th edition of the Cantagiro Festival with the song "Non dirne più". On November 1966 they won the "Yellow Record" award at the Bandiera Gialla Beat Club in

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with a cover of

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's " Lady Jane". In 1967, creative tensions within the band resulted in a split, with Arcieri, Fazzini and Longo on one side and Sansoni, Vignocchi and Jadanza on the other. Sansoni, Vignocchi and Jadanza formed the band Ferry, Franco, René, Danny e Gaby with Gaby Lizmi (guitar) and Danny B. Besquet (bass). They signed with CBS and released two singles. In April 1967 they opened for

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before disbanding. Arcieri, Longo and Fazzini joined forces with Giandomenico Crescentini (bass), Roberto Rossetto (keyboards) and Gilberto Ziglioli (guitar), but the band soon became a vehicle for Arcieri's solo career. In 1967 Arcieri formed a new band,

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, with Christina Moser, whom he had met on 22 September 1966 at a private party held for the birthday of Wätcher's daughter Patrizia.

Band members

*Maurizio Arcieri – vocals *Franco "Pupo" Longo – drums *Franco Jadanza – guitar *Renato "Renè" Vignocchi – guitar *Ferruccio "Ferry" Sansoni – keyboards *Giorgio Fazzini – bass

Discography

Albums

* (1966) ''I'll Go Crazy'' (Bluebell)

Singles

* (1965) "Ciò Che Fai" / "Domani Si" (Bluebell) * (1965) "La Tua Voce" / "Domani Si" (Bluebell) * (1965) "L'Amore Vero" / "C'è' Qualcosa" (Bluebell) * (1965) "Batti I Pugni" / "Sick and Tired" (Bluebell) * (1966) "Non Dirne Più" / "Batti I Pugni" (Bluebell) * (1966) "T-Bird" / "I'll Go Crazy" (Bluebell) * (1966) "Lady Jane" / "15ma Frustata" (Bluebell)

References

External links

Official page on Krismatv.net
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