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Donatello (singer)
Giuliano Illiani (born 11 September 1947), best known as Donatello, is an Italian singer, mainly successful in the first half of the 1970s. Background Born in Tortona, Illiani started his musical career as a member of the band Wanted’s between 1962 and 1966. In 1968 he became guitarist in the Gianni Morandi's backing band. In 1970 Illiani adopted the stage name Donatello and entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Io mi fermo qui", presented in a double performance with the band Dik Dik. The same year Donatello got his first commercial success with the song "Malattia d'amore" which charted tenth on the Italian hit parade. Between 1971 and 1973 he entered the main competition at the Sanremo Music Festival three more times, always being a finalist. In the same years he got two top ten hits with the songs "Com'è dolce la sera" and "Ti voglio". After the 1974 single "Irene", which he presented at Un disco per l'estate Un disco per l'estate (t ...
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Nada (Italian Singer)
Nada (born Nada Malanima November 17, 1953 in Gabbro ( it), Rosignano Marittimo, Province of Livorno) is an Italian singer. She was nicknamed ''Il pulcino del Gabbro'' (''the little chick of Gabbro''). Career Nada's début occurred at the age of fifteen at the 1969 Sanremo Music Festival with the song '' Ma che freddo fa'', which gave her a sudden success, also with the Spanish language version ''Hace frío ya''. The following year she participated in the festival again, singing ''Pa' diglielo a ma together with Ron. She also took part in Canzonissima, a popular TV programme, with ''Che male fa la gelosia''. In 1971 she won the Sanremo Music Festival with '' Il cuore è uno zingaro'', together with Nicola Di Bari, obtaining notable international success. In Sanremo again in 1972 she was third with ''Il re di denari''. Later she returned to Sanremo in 1987 (''Bolero''), in 1999 (''Guardami negli occhi'') and in 2007 (''Luna in piena''). In 1983 she was voted "singer of the ye ...
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Tortona
Tortona (; pms, Torton-a , ; lat, Dhertona) is a '' comune'' of Piemonte, in the Province of Alessandria, Italy. Tortona is sited on the right bank of the Scrivia between the plain of Marengo and the foothills of the Ligurian Apennines. History Known in ancient times as Dertona, the city was probably the oldest colony under Roman rule in the westernmost section of the Valley of the Po, on the road leading from Genua (Genoa) to Placentia (Piacenza). The city was founded c. 123–118 BC at the junction of the great roads; the Via Postumia and the Via Aemilia Scauri which merged to become the Via Julia Augusta. The site made Dertona an important military station under the Romans. Strabo speaks of it as one of the most considerable towns in this part of Italy, and from Pliny wrote that it was a Roman colony. Velleius mentions it among those founded under the Republic, it appears to have been recolonised under Augustus, from whence we find it bearing in inscriptions t ...
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Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region. Italy is also considered part of Western Europe, and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. It has a territorial exclave in Switzerland, Campione. Italy covers an area of , with a population of over 60 million. It is the third-most populous member state of the European Union, the sixth-most populous country in Europe, and the tenth-largest country in the continent by land area. Italy's capital and largest city is Rome. Italy was the native place of many civilizations such as the Italic peoples and the Etruscans, while due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, the country has also historicall ...
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Gianni Morandi
Gianni Morandi (; born 11 December 1944) is an Italian pop singer, actor and entertainer. Early life Gian Luigi Morandi was born in a little village called Monghidoro on the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines. His father Renato was active within the Italian Communist Party and Gianni used to help him sell the party newspapers. At an early age Morandi worked as a shoe-shiner, cobbler and as a vendor of sweets in the village's only cinema. His vocal abilities led him to a number of small gigs, some of which were during the Communist Party's activities. Career He made his debut in 1962 and quickly placed high at or won a number of Italian popular song festivals, including the '' Canzonissima'' festival in 1969. In 1962 he was signed by RCA Italiana and achieved national stardom with the song "Fatti mandare dalla mamma", and remained Italy's darling throughout that decade. In 1970, he represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest with " Occhi di ragazza". His career went into a d ...
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Sanremo Music Festival
The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. It is the longest-running annual TV music competition in the world on a national level (making it one of the world's longest-running television programmes) and it is also the basis and inspiration for the annual Eurovision Song Contest. Unlike other awards in Italy, the Sanremo Music Festival is a competition for new songs, not an award to previous successes (like the for television, the for stage performances, and the Premio David di Donatello for motion pictures). The first edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, held between 29 and 31 January 1951, was broadcast by RAI's radio station Rete Rossa, and its only three participants were Nilla Pizzi, Achille Togliani, and Duo Fasano. Starting from 1955, all editions of the festival have been broadcast live by the ...
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Dik Dik
Dik Dik is an Italian beat-pop- rock band, named after the antelope Dik-dik, formed in the 1960s and still in activity. They were most popular in the late 1960s, when they released a string of hit singles with the contribution of renowned lyric-writer Mogol and songwriter Lucio Battisti,Dik Dik: Suite per una donna assolutamente relativa'' their greatest successes being "Sognando la California" and "Senza luce", respectively covers of " California Dreamin'" by The Mamas and Papas and " A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum. While their early production is mostly inspired by The Beatles, in the 1970s they also experimented in other genres, including progressive rock.Dik Dik: Biografia'' They went on hiatus in the 1980s but later returned to the scene, mostly in revival television shows and live performances. History Dik Dik formed in Milan in 1965. The original line-up included Giancarlo Sbriziolo (aka Lallo) on vocals and bass, Pietro Montalbetti (aka Pietruccio) on guitar, ...
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Un Disco Per L'estate
Un disco per l'estate (translation "A Record for the Summer") was an Italian Summer festival held from 1964 to 2003. It was organized and sponsored by the Italian record industry association, AFI, and by RAI, except for the editions between 1995 and 2000, in which the festival was organized and broadcast by Mediaset.Aldo Grasso – Massimo Scaglioni, ''Enciclopedia della Televisione'', Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. The festival initially consisted in a musical competition with a first elimination round held on radio and the final round aired on TV, then during the years it primarily became a prominent television event, with no contest or just a side competition reserved for emerging artists. See also *List of historic rock festivals A rock festival is an open-air rock concert featuring many different performers, typically spread over two or three days and having a campsite and other amenities and forms of entertainment provided at the venue. Some festivals are singular ev ...
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Dischi Ricordi
Dischi Ricordi is an Italian record company founded on by and Guido Crepax, active from 1958 to 1994. History Dischi Ricordi had its seat in Milan (Via Giovanni Berchet, 2). In 1994, the company was bought by BMG, who acquired the catalog while maintaining the historical logo. In October 1958, the 1st album was released by Maria Callas and, at the beginning of November, the first 45 RPM by Giorgio Gaber. Among the many artists published are: Gino Paoli, Luigi Tenco, Ornella Vanoni, Umberto Bindi, Sergio Endrigo, Enzo Jannacci, Quartetto Cetra, Emilio Pericoli, Bobby Solo, Lucio Battisti, Fabrizio De André, Dik Dik, Equipe 84, Edoardo Bennato, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Patty Pravo, Milva, Mia Martini, Franco Califano. In 1994, the year that saw the artists Aleandro Baldi and Giorgio Faletti (produced by the label) to peak 1st and 2nd at the Sanremo Music Festival, Guido Rignano, last owner signs the bill of sale of the "Gruppo Ricordi" to the multinational BM ...
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People From Tortona
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Italian Pop Singers
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Italian Folk Singers
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