Tony Renis (born 13 May 1938), stage name of Elio Cesari, is an Italian singer, composer, music producer and film actor.

Life and career

Renis was born in

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. In the mid-1950s he met with

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, and the two started performing an impression of

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and

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. In 1958, he was signed by the label "Combo Records", and released a few cover versions of Italian and American rock 'n' roll songs as lead vocalist of the band Combos. In 1961, Renis debuted at the

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with the song "Pozzanghere". In 1962, Renis returned to the Sanremo Music Festival where he gained international recognition with the song "

Quando, quando, quando "Quando quando quando" (or "Quando, Quando, Quando", ; "When, When, When") is an Italian pop song from 1962, in the bossa nova style, with music written by Tony Renis and lyrics by Alberto Testa. The song, originally recorded in two different ve ...

", written with

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. One year later, he won the Festival with the song "Uno per tutte", and, in 1967, he finished second with the song "Quando dico che ti amo". In 1972, Renis and Testa composed the song "

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". It was successfully interpreted by Mina, and later by

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as "Never Never Never". Over the years "Grande grande grande" have been covered by

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with

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, among others. In 1974, he won the Nastro d'Argento for the Best Score for his work on the soundtrack of the film ''

Brothers Blue ''Brothers Blue'' (Italian: ''Blu Gang - E vissero per sempre felici e ammazzati'') is a 1973 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Luigi Bazzoni. For this film Tony Renis won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Score. Plot The Blue brothers ...

''. In the 1980s, Tony Renis temporarily retired from performing and mainly worked as music producer. In 1981 he launched the career of child prodigy

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. In 1999, Renis received a

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and was nominated for an

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for the song " The Prayer", performed by

and

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, from the ''

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'' film soundtrack. In 2005, he won a David di Donatello for the song "Merry Christmas in Love" from the film ''

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''. The song was also nominated for Best Original Song at the 63rd Golden Globe Awards. In 2016 Renis received the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation.

Discography

Albums (Italy)

*1969: ''Tony Renis'' ( RCA Italiana, PSL 10435) *1974: ''Graffiti'' (

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, 3C 048-51500 *1976: ''Tony Renis'' (RCA Italiana, TCL 1–1078) *1976: ''Un grande grande grande Tony Renis'' (RCA Lineatre, NL 31078) *1989: ''Le più belle di Tony Renis'' (

, 7931031)

Singles (Italy)

*1958: Come prima/Ti dirò ( Combo Record, 5057; with Combos) *1958: Prendi quella stella/Tipitipitipso (, 5058; with Combos) *1958: Magic Moments/Oggi o mai più (, 5091; with Combos) *1958: Clopin clopant/Tutto è diverso (, 5092; with Combos) *1958: Prendi quella stella/Ti dirò (, 5093; with Combos) *1959: Nessuno al mondo/Addio Maria (

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, 7MQ 1224) *1959: Morir d'amor/Ti prego, amore (

, 7MQ 1229) *1960: Tenerezza/Cuore in blue jeans (

, 7MQ 1379) *1961: Pozzanghere/Lei (

, 7MQ 1525) *1961: Piccolo indiano/15 anni (

, 7MQ 1657) *1962:

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(

, 7MQ 1689) *1962: Tango per favore/Amor amor amor (

, 7MQ 1708) *1963: Perché perché/Gli innamorati sono angeli (

, 7MQ 1776) *1963: Uno per tutte/Le ciliegie (

, 7MQ 1777) *1964: Bikini e tamurè/Un ragazzino (

, 7MQ 1819) *1964: Le ciliegie/Gli innamorati sono angeli (

, 7MQ 1823) *1964: Ti guardero nel cuore/Otto e mezzo (

, 7MQ 1846) *1964: Sorrisi di sera/Ti chiedo scusa (

, MQ 1867) *1964: Non sei mariu' stasera/Baciamoci signorina (

, MQ 1882) *1964: Amo Milano/Nostalgia di Milano (Oh mamma mia) (

, MQ 1893) *1965: Il garofano rosso/Nessun'altra che te ( RCA Italiana, PM 3318) *1967: Quando dico che ti amo/Mi perderai ( RCA Italiana, PM 3389) *1967: Non mi dire mai good bye/Prima di domani ( RCA Italiana, PM 3403) *1968: Il posto mio/Che notte sei ( RCA Italiana, PM 3439) *1968: Frin frin frin/Cosa non-farei ( RCA Italiana, PM 3456) *1969: L'aereo parte/Un ragazzo che ti ama (, ZN 50015) *1970: Canzone blu/Dove sei stata Susy (, ZN 50019) *1970: Venere/Amami per favore (, ZN 50034) *1972: Un uomo tra la folla/

(, ZN 50145)

EPs (Italy)

*1959: Ti prego, amore/Elena sono solo/Io cerco te/Romanzo d'amore (

, 7E MQ 124) *1962:

/ Tango per favore/

/ Amor amor amor (

, 7E MQ 239) *1963: Uno per tutte/Le ciliegie/Perché perché/Gli innamorati sono angeli (

, 7E MQ 254)

Albums (International market)

*1964: ''Tony Renis'' (

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, CLP 1754; published in Great Britain) *1969: ''Chin-chin quechiquitin'' (

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, MIL/S 4051; published in Mexico)

Singles (International Market)

*1963: Uno per tutte/Perché perché (

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, 63072; published in Spain) *1967: Quando dico che ti amo/Mi perderai (

,MA 4073; published in

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) *1967: Quando dico che ti amo/Mi perderai (

, 3-10202; published in Spain) *1970: Cancion azul/Las noches de oro (

, 3-10504; published in Spain) *1971: Venise va mourir/Anonimo veneziano (

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, 7606; published in France) *1972:

/ Un hombre entre la gente (

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, HS 843; published in Spain)

EPs (International Market)

*1962:

/ Anch'io/ Amor amor amor (

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, 7LEG 6019; published in

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) *1963: Uno per tutte/Perche perche/Quando, quando, quando/Dancing (Tango per favore) (

, 7EG 8799; published in Great Britain) *1963: Uno per tutte/Le ciliegie/Perché perché/Gli innamorati sono angeli (

, 7 EGS 271;published in Sweden) *1963: Uno per tutte/Perché perché/Tango per favore/La tua mano ( Cheque Disque, EMF 336; published in France) *1964: Otto e mezzo/Un muchachito/Sorrisi di sera/Ti guarderò nel cuore (

, 7LEM 3130; published in

)

Sports work

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Filmography

* ''Io bacio... tu baci'', directed by

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(1961) * '' Appuntamento in riviera'', directed by

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(1962) * ''

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'', directed by

(1963) * ''Ischia operazione amore'', directed by

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(1966) * ''Quando dico che ti amo'', directed by Giorgio Bianchi (1967) * ''La ragazza del bersagliere'', directed by

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(1967) * ''Non mi dire mai goodbye'', directed by Frank G. Carrol (1967) * '' Per amore... per magia...'', directed by

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(1967) * ''Totò Ye Ye'', directed by

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(1967, Television film) * ''

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'', directed by

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(1976)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Renis, Tony 1938 births Italian composers Italian male composers Living people Singers from Milan Italian record producers Golden Globe Award-winning musicians Nastro d'Argento winners Italian male film actors Sanremo Music Festival winners Spanish-language singers of Italy