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Life and career

Born in

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, he studied piano and guitar at the Scuola Civica di Milano. He started his career in 1963, as the singer and guitarist for the band The Trappers. In 1966, following the dissolution of the band, he replaced

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in the

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until 1968, when he had to leave the band after being drafted into the Italian army. In 1969 he debuted as a composer with the

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hit "

Il primo giorno di primavera "Il primo giorno di primavera" (literally "The first day of spring") is a 1968 song composed by Mario Lavezzi, Cristiano Minellono and Mogol and performed by the musical group Dik Dik. The song was one of the band's major hits, its lyrics were ...

". In 1970 he co-founded the pop-rock group Flora Fauna e Cemento, then in 1974 he was part of the

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musical project

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. In the second half of the 1970s Lavezzi started a solo career as singer-songwriter; he also started collaborating as a composer and a record producer for several albums of

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. He later wrote songs for many notable artists, including

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, and scored the 1984

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comedy film '' Amarsi un po''', which starred

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. Lavezzi is the uncle of Italo-disco one hit wonder

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Discography

; Albums * 1974 - ''Il Volo'' * 1976 - ''Iaia'' * 1978 - ''Filobus'' * 1979 - ''Cartolina'' * 1983 - ''Agrodolce'' * 1984 - ''Guardandoti, sfiorandoti'' * 1991 - ''Voci'' * 1993 - ''Voci 2'' * 1997 - ''Voci e chitarre'' * 1999 - ''Senza catene'' * 2004 - ''Passionalità'' * 2009 - ''A più voci'' * 2011 - ''L'amore è quando c'è''

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lavezzi, Mario Singers from Milan 1948 births Italian pop singers Italian composers Italian male composers Italian singer-songwriters Living people Italian record producers Italian guitarists