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Adriano Celentano
Adriano Celentano (; born 6 January 1938) is an Italian singer-songwriter, actor, showman, and filmmaker. He is dubbed ''Il Molleggiato'' ('the springy one') because of his energetic dancing. Celentano's many albums frequently enjoyed both commercial and critical success. With around 150 million records sold worldwide, he is List of estimated best-selling Italian music artists, the second best-selling Italian musical artist. Often credited as the author of both the music and lyrics of his songs, according to his wife Claudia Mori, some were written in collaboration with others. Due to his prolific career, both in Italy and abroad, he is considered one of the pillars of Music of Italy, Italian music. Celentano is recognized for being particularly perceptive of changes in the music business and is credited for having introduced rock and roll to Italy. As an actor, Celentano has appeared in 39 films, mostly comedies. Early life Celentano was born on 6 January 1938 in Milan, Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nearly 1.4 million, while its Metropolitan City of Milan, metropolitan city has 3.2 million residents. Within Europe, Milan is the fourth-most-populous List of urban areas in the European Union, urban area of the EU with 6.17 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan) is estimated between 7.5 million and 8.2 million, making it by far the List of metropolitan areas of Italy, largest metropolitan area in Italy and List of metropolitan areas in Europe, one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is the economic capital of Italy, one of the economic capitals of Europe and a global centre for business, fashion and finance. Milan is reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Gaber
Giorgio Gaberscik (25 January 1939 – 1 January 2003), known as Giorgio Gaber (), was an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, actor, playwright, and musician. He was also an accomplished guitar player and author of one of the first rock songs in Italian ("Ciao ti dirò", 1958). With Sandro Luporini, he pioneered the musical genre known as ''teatro canzone'' ('theatre song'). Biography Debut He was born in Milan into a lower-middle-class family. His father, Guido Gaberscik, was born in Trieste when the city was still part of Austria-Hungary. The surname Gaberscik is of Slovene origin (Gaberščik). His mother was from the Veneto region. The two met and married in Veneto and later moved to Milan, where Giorgio was born. Gaber began to play as rehabilitation for an injury to his hand which required constant but not strenuous activity to recover his motor skills. Since his health as a child was not the best and his older brother Marcello played guitar, he was encouraged to play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornella Muti
Francesca Romana Rivelli (born 9 March 1955), professionally known as Ornella Muti, is an Italian actress. Among the best-known Italian actresses, in her career, she has worked across various genres, working alongside Italian directors such as Damiano Damiani, Mario Monicelli, Dino Risi, Marco Ferreri, Carlo Verdone, Ettore Scola, Francesca Archibugi, Paolo Virzì, Umberto Lenzi, Francesco Nuti and many others. Outside of Italy, she is best known for her role as Princess Aura in the science fiction cult film ''Flash Gordon'' (1980). Career Muti was born in Rome to a Neapolitan journalist father and Ilse Renate Krause, a Russian Baltic German sculptor from Estonia. Her maternal grandparents emigrated from Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) to Estonia. Muti modeled as a teenager and made her film debut in the 1970 film '' La moglie più bella'' (''The Most Beautiful Wife'') at the age of fourteen. In the early seventies, thanks to the great success of the film, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Bongusto
Alfredo Antonio Carlo Buongusto (6 April 1935 – 8 November 2019), known by his stage name Fred Bongusto, was an Italian light music singer, songwriter and composer who was very popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Career history Bongusto was born in Campobasso. He made his recording debut with the song "Bella Bellissima", a song written by Ghigo Agosti and produced by the Milan-based label Primary. It was released on phonographic record in 1960. Some of his most successful songs include "Amore fermati", "Una rotonda sul mare", "Spaghetti a Detroit" and "Prima c'eri tu", which won the 1966 edition of Un disco per l'estate. Bongusto's proclivity for exploring Latin American rhythms and American Big Band swing made him very popular in South America, especially in Brazil. He had collaborated with Toquinho, Vinicius de Moraes and João Gilberto, who successfully covered Bongusto's song "Malaga" in his 1991 album João. He composed the soundtracks of more than 30 films, including '' D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gino Santercole
Gino Santercole (21 November 1940 – 8 June 2018) was an Italian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He was well known for his breakthrough hit "Questo vecchio pazzo mondo" ("This old crazy world"), a cover of P. F. Sloan's " Eve of Destruction", and for the song "Ma che freddo stasera (Such a Cold Night Tonight)" that he sang in the movie ''Yuppi du'' (1975). Life Early life Santercole was born in Milan, Italy, on 21 November 1940. His family is originally from the south eastern region of Apulia. Santercole's mother, Rosa, was the sister of the singer-songwriter, comedian, and movie director Adriano Celentano. Santercole lost his father as a child. He spent some years in college, and was then forced to go to work by himself. He was fond of rock n' roll, and in his free time he learned to play the guitar. Celentano recruited Santercole for his group, the Rock Boys, when his second guitarist, Ico Cerutti, left the group. Santercole became a Rock Boy just in time to par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katty Line
Katty is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Katty Barry (1909–1982), Irish restaurateur * Katty Besnard, singer and guitarist of the Plastiscines * Katty Fuentes (born ), Mexican beauty pageant winner * Katty García (born 1988), Ecuadorian theater and television actress * Katty Kay (born 1964), English journalist * Katty Kowaleczko (born 1964), Chilean actress of Polish ancestry * Katty Martínez (born 1998), Mexican footballer * Katty Piejos (born 1981), French handball player * Katty Santaella (born 1967), Venezuelan judoka See also *Kattie (other), Kattie, a disambiguation page *Catty *Katy (other) {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky Gianco
Ricky Gianco (born Riccardo Sanna on 18 February 1943), formerly known as Ricky Sann, is an Italian singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer, considered one of the founders of Italian rock music. Career Born in Lodi, Gianco started playing guitar as a child, and at 11 years old he won a music contest for amateur musicians, soon gaining some popularity thanks to his participation to numerous Mike Bongiorno's shows. In 1958 he was guitarist of the band "Pepe, Pietruccio & Lallo", an early incarnation of Dik Dik. He first adopted the stage name Ricky Sann as a tribute to Ricky Nelson. He made his recording debut with the single "Ciao ti dirò", which is regarded by some critics as the first Italian original rock song.Cotto, Massimo (1990). "Gianco, Ricky". Castaldo, Gino (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore. pp.772-3. In 1960, he formed "Ricky Sanna e il suo complesso", a band with Enzo Jannacci and Luigi Tenco. His 1960 song "Dubbi" is co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola & The Janglers
Ola & the Janglers were a garage rock and beat group, founded in Stockholm, Sweden in 1962. Its lead member was Ola Håkansson. Guitarist Claes "Clabbe" af Geijerstam wrote many of their hits. He was later a member of the duo Nova (Swedish name "Malta") with Göran Fristorp. The duo won the Swedish part of the Eurovision in 1973. (ABBA was number 3 with " Ring Ring". Clabbe was also a program leader and later worked on ABBA's tours. Among the hits they scored in their native country were " She's Not There", "No, No, No" (1965), "Love Was on Your Mind", " Poetry in Motion", "Alex Is the Man" (1966), "I'm Thinking of You" (1965), "Strolling Along", and " Runaway" (1968). The group's 1969 hit " Let's Dance", a cover of the Chris Montez song, reached #92 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Backy
Don Backy (born Aldo Caponi on 21 August 1939) is an Italian singer-songwriter and actor. Life and career Born in Santa Croce sull'Arno, Caponi spent his early years in Castellammare di Stabia before returning to his hometown in 1955.Bassignano, Ernesto; Lipari Felice (1990). "Don Backy". Castaldo, Gino (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore. pp.575-6. In the late 1950s, particularly after watching the film ''Rock Around the Clock'', he became passionate of rock and roll and decided to pursue a musical career, founding the rock band Kiss. After self-producing several singles, mainly consisting of cover versions of American rock songs, in 1961 he started a professional career with the stage name Agaton. Thanks to the song "La storia di Frankie Ballan", inspired by American folk singers, Caponi attracted the interest of Adriano Celentano's record label Clan Celentano, that put him under contract. Adopted the stage name Don Backy, he soon became a prom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Dolce Vita
''La Dolce Vita'' (; Italian for 'the sweet life' or 'the good life'Kezich, 203) is a 1960 satirical comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini and written by Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, and Brunello Rondi. The film stars Marcello Mastroianni as Marcello Rubini, a tabloid journalist who, over seven days and nights, journeys through the "sweet life" of Rome in a fruitless search for love and happiness. The screenplay can be divided into a prologue, seven major episodes interrupted by an intermezzo, and an epilogue, according to the most common interpretation.Cf. Bondanella 1994, p. 143 and Kezich, p. 203 Released in Italy on 5 February 1960, ''La Dolce Vita'' was both a critical success and worldwide commercial hit, despite censorship in some regions. It won the Palme d'Or at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Costumes. It was nominated for three more Oscars, including Best Director for Federico Fellini, and Best Original Scree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini (; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. His films have ranked highly in critical polls such as that of '' Cahiers du Cinéma'' and '' Sight & Sound'', which lists his 1963 film '' '' as the 10th-greatest film. Fellini's best-known films include '' I Vitelloni'' (1953), ''La Strada'' (1954), '' Nights of Cabiria'' (1957), '' La Dolce Vita'' (1960), '' 8½'' (1963), '' Juliet of the Spirits'' (1965), '' Fellini Satyricon'' (1969), '' Roma'' (1972), '' Amarcord'' (1973), and '' Fellini's Casanova'' (1976). Fellini was nominated for 17 Academy Awards over the course of his career and accepted four Oscars in total for Best Foreign Language Film (the most for any director in the history of the award). He received an honorary award for Lifet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucio Fulci
Lucio Fulci (; 17 June 1927 – 13 March 1996) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Although he worked in a wide array of genres through a career spanning nearly five decades, including Commedia all'italiana, comedies and spaghetti Westerns, he garnered an international cult following for his ''giallo'' and horror films. His most notable films include the Gates of Hell trilogy, ''Gates of Hell'' trilogy—''City of the Living Dead'' (1980), ''The Beyond (1981 film), The Beyond'' (1981), and ''The House by the Cemetery'' (1981)—as well as ''Massacre Time'' (1966), ''One on Top of the Other'' (1969), ''Beatrice Cenci (1969 film), Beatrice Cenci'' (1969), ''A Lizard in a Woman's Skin'' (1971), ''Don't Torture a Duckling'' (1972), ''White Fang (1973 film), White Fang'' (1973), ''Four of the Apocalypse'' (1975), ''Sette note in nero'' (1977), ''Zombi 2'' (1979), ''Contraband (1980 film), Contraband'' (1980), ''The New York Ripper'' (1982), ''Murder Rock'' (1984), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
