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L'immensitÃ
"L'immensità " (in English: ''The Immensity'') is a 1967 Italian song, which was first presented in a double performance by Johnny Dorelli and Don Backy at the Sanremo Music Festival 1967, 17th Sanremo Music Festival, placing ninth. It represents a signature song for both Backy and Dorelli, entering for several weeks in the Italian charts. L'immensità /Soltanto Il Sottoscritto Johnny Dorelli inserted the song in 1967 45s ''L'immensità /Soltanto Il Sottoscritto'' and in 1967 33s ''L'Immensità ''. ''"Soltanto Il Sottoscritto"'' is a Rhythm And Blues song, written by the same Johnny Dorelli. Mina version In 1967, the song was re-recorded by Italian singer Mina (Italian singer), Mina. She performed the song live for the first time on the TV show ' on 22 April 1967, where she was also the host; in May, Mina's album ''Sabato sera – Studio Uno '67'' was released, which also included this song. Released as a single, the song failed to perform well, spending two weeks on the Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mina (Italian Singer)
Mina Anna Mazzini (born 25 March 1940) or Mina Anna Quaini (for the Swiss civil registry), known mononymously as Mina, is an Italian singer and actress. She was a staple of television variety shows and a dominant figure in Italian pop music from the 1960s to the mid-1970s, known for her three-octave vocal range, the agility of her soprano voice, and her image as an Feminism, emancipated woman. In performance, Mina combined several modern styles with traditional Italian melodies and swing music, which made her the most versatile pop singer in Music of Italy, Italian music. With over 150 million records sold worldwide, she is List of estimated best-selling Italian music artists, the best-selling Italian musical artist, as well as one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling music artists of all time. Mina dominated the country's charts for 15 years and reached an unsurpassed level of popularity. She has scored Mina discography, 79 albums and 71 singles on the Italia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabato Sera – Studio Uno '67
''Sabato sera – Studio Uno '67'' is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, issued in 1967. Overview The songs from this album were originally recorded by Mina to participate in the new television program ''Sabato sera'', which replaced the program '' Studio Uno''. Mina took part in the program as a presenter. Previously, the singer has already released albums with material from the ''Studio Uno'' programs. The album consists entirely of songs in Italian. Despite the fact that the previous album, '' Mina 2'', was released using a new technology with stereo sound, this album has a mono sound. The album was released in May 1967, when the show ''Sabato sera'' was already airing on Rai. This was the singer's last studio album released on the Ri-Fi label, the next albums will be released on her own label, PDU. The record reached the first position in the Italian chart. An export version of the album was also prepared for release in Latin America, the title was shortened (to ''Sabat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Dorelli
Giorgio Guidi (born 20 February 1937), known professionally as Johnny Dorelli, is an Italian actor, singer and television host. Early life Giorgio Guidi was born in Meda, Lombardy, Italy. In 1946, he moved with his family to New York City, where his father, Aurelio Guidi, found work as an opera singer under the stage name Nino D'Aurelio. He studied double bass and piano at the High School of Music and Art in New York. His stage name Dorelli was chosen in imitation of how ''D'Aurelio'' was pronounced in English. Career Dorelli's show business career began when he was discovered by bandleader Percy Faith, who brought him on '' The Ken Murray Show''. He later appeared on the show ''By Popular Demand'' conducted by Robert Alda, accompanied by Paul Whiteman. He received great acclaim, with some American newspapers describing Dorelli as a "phenomenal Italian boy". However he returned to Italy in 1955 due to the expiry of his residence permit. He debuted as singer and pianis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Rotaru
Sofiia Mykhailivna Yevdokymenko-Rotaru ( ; ; ; born 7 August 1947), known simply as Sofia Rotaru, is a Ukrainian pop singer of Romanian origin. Rotaru, nicknamed "Bukovinsky Solovey" ("the Nightingale from Bukovina"), emerged in 1966 as a pop folk star in the movie '' Solovei iz sela Marshyntsi'' (Nightingale from Marshyntsi) in the Romanian and Moldovian-speaking world after her manager and future husband Anatoliy Yevdokymenko made her change her music style from folk to pop music with Chervona Ruta. In 1972, she released the multilingual album '' Sofia Rotaru'', re-released three times and covered by numerous singers, establishing herself as a viable pop artist in the countries of the former Soviet Union. She first gained international recognition after participating in 1968 in the International Youth Song Festival in Bulgaria and winning first prize at the Golden Orpheus in 1973 and second prize in the category of Polish songs at the Sopot International Song Festival i ... [...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] |
Chervona Ruta (film)
''Chervona Ruta'' (, Ukrainian: ''Червона рута'', meaning red rue) is a 1971 Soviet musical film written by Miroslav Skochilyas and directed by Roman Oleksiv, starring Sofia Rotaru and Vasyl Zinkevych alongside popular Soviet Ukrainian ensembles. Regarded as one of the first modern Soviet musical films, and the first modern Ukrainian musical filmed in Bukovina and the Carpathian mountains in the Ukrainian SSR, ''Chervona Ruta'' features short dialogues combined with legendary pop-folk songs in the Ukrainian language and characteristic Western Ukraine dances in modern pop choreography. The film was released in both a Ukrainian and a Russian language version, though in both versions all but one of the songs are in Ukrainian. In 2016, '' BBC News Ukrainian'' wrote that ''Chervona ruta'' "popularised Ukrainian songs in a time of Brezhnev's Russification". Plot Oksana (played by Sofia Rotaru) is a young and beautiful Carpathian girl. On the "Donetsk-Verkhovyna" trai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mi Sei Scoppiato Dentro Il Cuore
"Mi sei scoppiato dentro il cuore" () is a song by Italian singer Mina, which was first performed live on the TV program '' Studio Uno'' in the episode of 11 June 1966 and included in the album '' Studio Uno 66''. The author of the lyrics was Lina Wertmüller, and the music was written by Bruno Canfora, who was also the artistic director of the program at that time. Despite the fact that the song was aired back in June, it was released as a single only in December, so it reached only number 17 on the chart. In 2021, the song received a gold certificate from Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana for digital sales since 2009. The B-side was the song "Tu non credi più" (words by Alberto Testa and Mogol, music by Tony Renis, arranged by Augusto Martelli), which in 1967 was performed by Mina in the program ''Sabato sera'' and later included in the album '' Sabato sera – Studio Uno '67''. Track listing ;7" single :A. "Mi sei scoppiato dentro il cuore" – 3:05 :B. "Tu non credi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minage
''Minage'' is a tribute album by Spanish recording artist Mónica Naranjo. The album was released on 16 March 2000 by Epic and Sony Music Sony Music Entertainment (SME), commonly known as Sony Music, is an American multinational music company owned by Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation. It is the recording division of Sony Music Group, with the other half being the .... Months later, a special edition was released with the Spanish versions of the two English language songs in the album, "Enamorada" and "If You Leave Me Now". The Spanish version of "If You Leave Me Now" was called "Seguiré sin ti". It achieved platinum status in Spain the day it was released. ''Minage'' is a tribute album to Italian singer Mina. All of the songs are Spanish covers of her songs, except "Enamorada" and "If You Leave Me Now" alongside a duet with Mina, Naranjo promoted the album through the Minage Tour and television appearances. Track listing Charts Weekly charts Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanremo Music Festival 1967
The Sanremo Music Festival 1967 (), officially the 17th Italian Song Festival (), was the 17th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Sanremo Casino in Sanremo between 26 and 28 January 1967, and broadcast by (RAI). The show was presented by Mike Bongiorno and Renata Mauro. According to the rules of this edition, every song was performed in a double performance by a couple of singers or groups. The winners of the festival were Iva Zanicchi and Claudio Villa with the song "Non pensare a me". Villa was thus selected to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest 1967, with "Non andare più lontano". Following the festival, the biggest success and most popular song was "Cuore matto" by Little Tony (singer), Little Tony, which sold 6 million copies and was the no.1 hit for nine consecutive weeks in the Italian hit parade. During the festival, following the elimination of his song "Ciao amore ciao", performed with his partner Dalida, singer-songwriter Luigi Tenco committed suicid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milva
Maria Ilva Biolcati, (; 17 July 1939 – 23 April 2021), known as Milva (), was an Italian singer, stage and film actress, and television personality. She was also known as ''La Rossa'' (Italian for "The Redhead"), due to the characteristic colour of her hair, and additionally as ''La Pantera di Goro'' ("The Panther of Goro, Emilia–Romagna, Goro"), which stemmed from the Italian press having nicknamed the three most popular Italian female singers of the 1960s, combining the names of animals and the singers' birthplaces. The colour also characterised her leftist political beliefs, claimed in numerous statements. Popular in Italy and abroad, she performed on musical and theatrical stages the world over, and received popular acclaim in her native Italy, and particularly in Germany and Japan, where she often participated in musical events and televised musical programmes. She released numerous albums in France, Japan, Korea, Greece, Spain, and South America. She collaborated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mónica Naranjo
Mónica Naranjo Carrasco (born 23 May 1974) is a Spanish singer widely popular in Spain and Latin America and recognised as one of the most powerful voices of the Spanish and Latin American music scenes. She has performed with singers such as Luciano Pavarotti, RocÃo Jurado and Mina Mazzini amongst others. Biography Early years Mónica Naranjo was born in Figueres. Her parents, Francisco, a construction worker, and Patricia, a housewife, migrated from southern Spain (Seville and Málaga) to the north in the 1960s. Mónica, who is the oldest daughter in the family, has two younger siblings, Raquel and Enrique. Despite her troubled childhood, when she was only 4, she realised that music was her favourite activity. At the age of 14, the young Mónica enrolled in a music school to learn singing, and she also was given a voice recorder as a present so that she could start composing and recording her own songs. Pop career She started singing at a very young age. Cristóbal Sà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Roger
Elena Silvia Roger (born October 27, 1974) is an Argentine actress and singer who won the 2009 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Édith Piaf in '' Piaf''. She has also appeared in the West End in '' Evita'', '' Boeing-Boeing'', and '' Passion''. Argentine career Prior to being cast as Eva Perón in the West End revival of ''Evita,'' Roger was already a performer in her native Buenos Aires. In 1997, she was nominated for the Trinidad Guevara Award as Best Breakthrough Female for her work in ''Yo Que Tu Me Enamoraba.'' She went on to appear in several productions including '' Nine'', ''Houdini'', Dracula, the musical, Beauty and the Beast'', and '' Fiddler on the Roof'', as well as starring in '' Les Misérables'' as Fantine, and '' Saturday Night Fever'' as Annette. For the 2002/2003 season, she was nominated for an ACE Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in ''Jazz, Swing, Tap.'' The following season, she starred in the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
