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L'importante è Finire
"L'importante è finire" () is a song recorded by Italian singer Mina for her 1975 album ''La Mina''. The song was written by and Cristiano Malgioglio. Overview The song became the first and only single from the album. Immediately after its release, it was censored and banned from central radio and television because of its sexual overtones. Nevertheless, the song became commercially successful, reaching the second place in the chart, where it spent seven weeks in a row – "Sabato pomeriggio" by Claudio Baglioni did not miss her on the first place, – in total, the song spent 31 weeks there. The song "Quando mi svegliai" was chosen as the B-side (words by Daniele Pace, music by Mario Panzeri and Corrado Conti). Pino Presti's arrangement, still considered in the 2020s to be current and taken as a model by the latest generation of artists such as Marracash, is characterized by a slow Bossa nova rhythm, a bassline with shades of funk, the percussive supports of the Hammond ... [...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] |
Moog Synthesizer
The Moog synthesizer ( ) is a modular synthesizer invented by the American engineer Robert Moog in 1964. Moog's company, R. A. Moog Co., produced numerous models from 1965 to 1981, and again from 2014. It was the first commercial synthesizer and established the analog synthesizer concept. The Moog synthesizer consists of separate modules which create and shape sounds, which are connected via patch cords. Modules include voltage-controlled oscillators, amplifiers, filters, envelope generators, noise generators, ring modulators, triggers and mixers. The synthesizer can be played using controllers including keyboards, joysticks, pedals and ribbon controllers, or controlled with sequencers. Its oscillators produce waveforms, which can be modulated and filtered to shape their sounds ( subtractive synthesis) or used to control other modules ( low-frequency oscillation). Moog developed the synthesizer in response to demand for more practical and affordable electronic music ... [...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, Rocío 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 S� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raffaella Carrà
Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni (18 June 1943 – 5 July 2021), known professionally as Raffaella Carrà () and sometimes mononymously as Raffaella, was an Italian singer, dancer, actress, television presenter and model. She is often widely considered a pop culture icon in Europe and Latin America, between the 1970s and 1980s she became a pioneer of feminism and women's rights in the music and television industry, as well as a music icon, gay icon, LGBT icon and an icon fashion icon, of fashion and design. Carrà released 25 studio albums in 37 countries, between Europe and Latin America, selling over 60 million records worldwide, which includes "A far l'amore comincia tu", "Fiesta (Raffaella Carrà album), Fiesta", "Forte forte forte / A far l'amore comincia tu, Forte forte forte", "Pedro (song), Pedro", "Tanti auguri" and "Tuca Tuca", singing in Italian, Spanish, English and French. She became a successful TV host and personality in Italy, Spain and Argentina, being recognized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Love (Katri Helena Album)
''Lady Love'' is the eleventh studio album by Katri Helena, released in 1976 through . The album held the first place in the Finnish chart for fourteen weeks in a row. Track listing # "Syysunelma" (Veikko Samuli, Chrisse Johansson) – 2:39 # "Lady Love" (Pietsch, Dietrich, Ekkehardt, Chrisse Johansson, Veikko Samuli) – 2:33 # "Hän on mennyt pois (Tears and Souvenirs)" ( Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss, Chrisse Johansson) – 3:57 # "Aurinkoon (Morning Sky)" (Hans Bouwens, Chrisse Johansson) – 3:14 # " Hei jos mentäis naimisiin (Can't Give You Anything But My Love)" (Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss, Raul Reiman) – 3:14 # " Yksin kuljen sateeseen (Crying in the Rain)" (Carole King, Howard Greenfield, Pertti Reponen) – 2:00 # "Bye-Bye (Na-Na Is the Saddest Word)" (Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss, Raul Reiman) – 2:53 # "Palman mainingit (Méditerranée)" (Eddy Marnay, Claude Morgan, Raul Reiman) – 3:18 # "Ystäväin (M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katri Helena
Katri Helena Kalaoja (; born 17 August 1945) is a Finnish singer. Career Katri Helena released her first songs in 1963 and has since sold over 630,000 certified records, which makes her the second-best-selling female soloist in Finland behind Madonna and places her also among the top 20 best-selling music artists in the Finnish market. She has represented Finland twice in the Eurovision Song Contest: in 1979 with her song "" and in 1993 with "". She also took part in the Sopot International Song Festival The Sopot International Song Festival or Sopot Festival (later called ''Sopot Music Festival Grand Prix'', ''Sopot Top of the Top Festival'' from 2012–13 and ''Polsat Sopot Festival'' in 2014) is an annual international song contest held in S ... in Poland in 1969, singing "". Personal life Katri Helena has been married three times. She had two daughters and a son with her husband Timo Kalaoja, who died of a heart attack in 1988. His death affected her so much t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discogs
Discogs ( ; short for " discographies") is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. Database contents are user-generated, and described in ''The New York Times'' as "Wikipedia-like". While the site was originally created with the goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music, it now includes releases in all genres and on all formats. By 2015, it had a new goal: that of "cataloging every single piece of physical music ever created." As of 2025, its database contains over 18 million user-submitted album listings. History Discogs was started in 2000 by Kevin Lewandowski who worked as a programmer at Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and Delaware General Corporation Law, incorporated in Delaware. Intel designs, manufactures, and sells computer compo .... It wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musica E Dischi
() was the oldest and longest-running music industry publication in Italy. In 1961, ''Billboard'' defined the publication as the "Italian record bible". History It was founded in October 1945 in Milan, Italy, on the initiative of the journalist and musicologist Aldo Mario De Luigi, a former record executive at La Voce Del Padrone-Columbia-Marconiphone (VCM, now EMI Italy). Originally, the magazine was published under the name ''Musica'' (''Dischi'' was added on the second edition) on a monthly basis. In the 1960s, started to issue a list of best-seller music recordings nationally. After the death of Aldo Mario in 1968, his son Mario De Luigi, already reviewer and editor of the magazine since 1958, became the director. In 1999, the official website was opened. On its 735th issue in December 2009, director Mario De Luigi announced that from March 2010 they would publish an online magazine and stop the publication of the physical magazine after 65 years. In June 2014, the mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized in letter case, lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles related to the music industry. Its Billboard charts, music charts include the Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100, the Billboard 200, 200, and the Billboard Global 200, Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in various music genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm and operates several television shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Sorrisi E Canzoni
''TV Sorrisi e Canzoni'' () is an Italian weekly listings magazine published in Segrate, Italy. History and profile The magazine was established in 1952 in Foligno by Casa Editrice Campi, with the name ''Sorrisi e Canzoni'' and Agostino Campi as editor-in-chief.Giannelli, Enzo (1990). "Sorrisi e Canzoni". Castaldo, Gino (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore. pp.1604-7. After three issues with irregular releases, in June 1953 it adopted the name ''Sorrisi e Canzoni'' and became weekly. Starting from 1955, it began publishing in exclusive the lyrics of the Sanremo Music Festival the week before the competition. In 1960, under the new editor-in-chief Tarquinio Maiorino, it adopted its current name ''TV Sorrisi e Canzoni''. In 1967, it started providing a music chart of national best selling recordings, known as "Superclassifica". In 1971, it established the Telegatto award. Initially covering only radio and television programs and music, under the dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Am Mina
''I Am Mina'' is a compilation album by Italian singer Mina, released on 22 March 2011 by EMI. Overview This album is a trilogy of compilations released in 2011 and also includes albums in French ('' Je suis Mina'') and Spanish ('' Yo soy Mina''). Some of the songs on the compilation have never been released in albums or in Italy. ''I Am Mina'' covers the period from the late 1960s to the early 1990s with English versions of some of his classic works, such as " Il cielo in una stanza" ("The World We Love In"), " Vorrei che fosse amore" ("More Than Strangers") and "Quand'ero piccola". There are several songs from the repertoire of the 70s, when her albums usually topped the charts: "I Still Love You" ("Fate piano"), "Where Would I Be Without Your Love?" ("Ancora dolcemente"), "Love Me" ("Uappa"), with a different arrangement than the original. The album also features English versions of Mina's bestselling singles, such as "Runaway" (" E poi..."), "Never, Never, Never" (" Grande, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Je Suis Mina
''Je suis Mina'' is a compilation album by Italian singer Mina, released on 22 March 2011 by EMI. Overview ''Je suis Mina'' is part of a multilingual triptych along with ''I Am Mina'' and ''Yo soy Mina'', performed in English and Spanish respectively, in this case all the songs are performed in French and are being released on CD for the first time. Mostly there are French versions of songs from the 70s, taken from the albums '' Frutta e verdura'' (1973), '' Mina®'' (1974), ''La Mina'' (1975) and '' Singolare'' (1976). There are French versions of such big hits as " Non credere" ("Ne la crois pas"), " Io e te da soli" and original song "Cigarette" by singer and songwriter Jacques Higelin. The album also includes "C'est une chanson", the last single released for the French market, the original of which, "Una canzone", was taken from the album '' Salomè'' (1981), and its B-side "Quand l'amour vous touche". The French versions of "Sognando" ("A cœur ouvert") and "Ancora dolcement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
