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Ernesto Massimo Verardi
Ernesto Massimo Verardi (born 1 March 1936), is an Italian guitarist and composer. Biography Also known as Massimo Verardi or Ernesto Verardi, he began his career in the late 50s, collaborating in the decades that followed in studio and tour, with numerous, renowned performers and arrangers/conductors. He is credited in productions that have seen him play with Mina, as well as in many recordings, in several live concerts as lead guitarist; with Mia Martini, with whom in addition to 4 album, he played, at the singer's express request, in the TV show "Recital de Mia Martini", broadcast in France. Verardi also composed, with lyrics by Luigi Albertelli, the song ''Un altro giorno con me'' which gave the title to the homonym album. Studio collaborations continued with Ornella Vanoni, Shirley Bassey (after the recording in Italy of '' This Is My Life'' he participated, once again as lead guitarist, in a mini-tour, culminating with the New Year's Eve '68 concert at La Bussola Versilia ... [...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] |
New Year's Eve
In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve refers to the evening, or commonly the entire day, of the last day of the year, 31 December, also known as Old Year's Day. In many countries, New Year's Eve is celebrated with dancing, eating, drinking, and watching or lighting fireworks. Many Christians attend a watchnight service to mark the occasion. New Year's Eve celebrations generally continue into New Year's Day, January 1, 1 January, past midnight. The local time zone determines the advent of the New Year; the first places to welcome the New Year are west of the International Date Line: the Line Islands (part of Kiribati), Samoa and Tonga, in the Pacific Ocean. In contrast, American Samoa, Baker Island and Howland Island (part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands) are among the last. By region Africa Algeria In Algeria, New Year's Eve is usually celebrated with family and friends. In the largest cities, there are fireworks at midnight. The Martyrs' Memorial, Algiers, Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikka Costa
Domenica "Nikka" Costa (born June 4, 1972) is an American singer whose music combines elements of pop, soul, and blues. She also had a career as a child singer starting in the early 1980s. She is the daughter of music producer Don Costa. Early life Nikka Costa was born in Tokyo, Japan to Italian-American parents. She was musically-inspired from childhood, often surrounded by famous and talented artists as she traveled the world with her father, the well-known producer and musician Don Costa. At age five, Nikka recorded a single with Hawaiian singer Don Ho. In early 1981, two Italian producers, Danny B. Besquet and Tony Renis, were working with her father on his album ' when they were inspired to record an album featuring Nikka's vocals, with her father accompanying on guitar. The album would go on to be well-received in Europe, and Costa became known as a child star. At age 9, Costa sang with Frank Sinatra in an appearance on the lawn of the White House. In 1981, Costa's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcella Bella
Giuseppa Marcella Bella (born 18 June 1952), known as just Marcella Bella or simply Marcella, is an Italian pop singer with a career spanning six decades. Her repertoire includes several songs composed by her brother Gianni. Life and career Born in Catania into an artistic family (her brothers Antonio and Salvatore are musicians, and her brother Gianni is a singer-songwriter), Bella started her career at very young age, and in 1965 she won the , a victory that was not validated because she was two years younger than the rules required.Lalla Cantore. "Marcella (Marcella Bella)". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. pp. 990-1.Enrico Deregibus. "Marcella Bella". ''Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana''. Giunti Editore, 2010. p. 54. . She made her record debut in 1969, with the single "", using the mononym Marcella. Bella got her first success in 1971, with the single "". In 1972, she had her breakthrough taking part in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pino D'Angiò
Giuseppe Chierchia (; 14 August 1952 – 6 July 2024), known professionally as Pino D'Angiò (), was an Italian singer-songwriter. He was best known for his 1980 hit Italo disco song, " Ma quale idea". Life and career Born in Pompei on 14 August 1952 into a family originating from Mercato San Severino, he was the son of engineer Francesco Chierchia, and teacher Franca Romana. D'Angiò spent his childhood between the United States and Canada, following his father, before returning to Italy in 1963.Bassignano, Ernesto (1990). "D'Angiò, Pino". Castaldo, Gino (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore. pp. 478-9. After completing his military service, he enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine at University of Siena. As a music lover, and in need of extra money, he started singing in local bars, where he met record producer Ezio Leoni, with whom, inspired by Fred Buscaglione's artistic personality and style, he made his recording debut in 1979, with the single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tito Schipa Jr
Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito ( ; , ), was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who served in various positions of national leadership from 1943 until his death in 1980. During World War II, he led the Yugoslav Partisans, often regarded as the most effective Resistance during World War II, resistance movement in German-occupied Europe. Following Yugoslavia's liberation in 1945, he served as its Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, prime minister from 1945 to 1963, and President of Yugoslavia, president from 1953 until his death in 1980. The political ideology and policies promulgated by Tito are known as Titoism. Tito was born to a Croat father and a Slovene mother in Kumrovec in what was then Austria-Hungary. Drafted into military service, he distinguished himself, becoming the youngest sergeant major in the Austro-Hungarian Army of that time. After being seriously wounded and captured by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nino D'Angelo
Gaetano "Nino" D'Angelo (born 21 June 1957) is an Italian singer, songwriter, actor, television personality, film director, screenwriter and author. He was born to a poor family in San Pietro a Patierno, a suburb of Naples, and dropped out of school, taking jobs like ice cream vendor and wedding singer. His first album, ''A storia mia'' ( Neapolitan: "My Story") was received very well, especially in Sicily. In 1979 he married Annamaria with whom he had two sons. He started a career as an actor in '' sceneggiate'' musical dramas, a genre native to Naples, and later as a cinema actor. His first film was ''Celebrità'', released in 1981, a star vehicle written around his singing and the first of five films he acted in that was directed or produced by Ninì Grassia. In 1982 he released the album ''Un jeans e una maglietta'' ("Jeans and a T-shirt") and a film with the same title. The album sold over one million copies and the film surpassed the Hollywood movie '' Flashdance'' at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierangelo Bertoli
Pierangelo Bertoli (5 November 1942 – 7 October 2002) was an Italian singer-songwriter and poet. Close to Communism, libertarian communist issues his works told mainly about Environmentalism, environment, laïcité, antimilitarism and social issues regarding marginalized and rebellious people. Biography Born in Sassuolo, in the Province of Modena and belonging to a working-class family, when he was four, he developed poliomyelitis and he lost use of his legs. He started his career of singer at the end of 1973 with the album ''Rosso colore dell'amore'' (1974) and one year later with the self-produced album ''Roca Blues''. One of his most famous album was ''A muso duro'' of 1979. In 1990, he collaborated with Elio e le Storie Tese. In 1991 (with Tazenda) and 1992 he took part to the Festival della canzone italiana, Sanremo Music Festival. His last album, ''301 guerre fa'' (2002) was composed with the collaboration of his son Alberto and Luciano Ligabue. He also collaborated and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iva Zanicchi
Iva Zanicchi (; born 18 January 1940) is an Italian pop singer and politician. She has a mezzo-soprano voice and is nick-named by the press as the "Eagle from Ligonchio" (). Biography Iva Zanicchi was born in Ligonchio, in the province of Reggio Emilia, to Zefiro Zanicchi (1909–2004) and Elsa Raffaelli (1914–2010). Her career began in 1962 at the Castrocaro Music Festival, where she earned third place. She won the Sanremo Music Festival in 1967 with "Non pensare a me", in 1969 with " Zingara" and again in 1974 with "Ciao cara, come stai?". Zanicchi remains the only woman singer to have won that festival's prize three times. In 1969, she represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest in Madrid with " Due grosse lacrime bianche", finishing 13th. She represented Italy in the V Festival Internacional da Canção in Rio with "Tu non-sei più innamorato di me" in 1970. A concert at the Paris Olympia and a tour (United States, Canada, South America and the Soviet Union) f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massimo Bubola
Massimo Bubola (15 March 1954) is an Italian singer-songwriter, record producer and arranger. During his career, he cooperated with lot of Italian musicians in writing lyrics and musics, and his most significant cooperation was with Fabrizio De André.Discography of Massimo Bubola /ref> As author, Bubola cooperated also with , the , , |
Pino Donaggio
Giuseppe "Pino" Donaggio (born 24 November 1941) is an Italian musician, singer, and composer of film and television scores. A classically-trained violinist, Donaggio is known for his collaborations with director Brian De Palma, and for his work in both European and American genre cinema. He has won two Italian Golden Globe Awards, and has been nominated for two David di Donatello, four Golden Ciak, two Nastro d'Argento, and a Saturn Award. Life and career Born in Burano (an island of Venice), into a family of musicians, Donaggio began studying violin at the age of ten, first at the Benedetto Marcello conservatory in Venice, followed by the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan. At the age of 14, he made his solo debut in a Vivaldi concert for Italian radio, then went on to play for both the I Solisti Veneti and the Solisti di Milano. The discovery of rock and roll during the summer of 1959 ended Donaggio's classical career when he made his singing debut with Paul Anka. He the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianni Bella
Giovanni "Gianni" Bella (born 14 March 1947) is an Italian composer and singer-songwriter, brother of singer Marcella Bella and the uncle of diplomat and lawyer Giacomo Merello. Background Born in Catania, Bella started his career as composer for his sister, singer Marcella Bella authoring several hits with lyricist Giancarlo Bigazzi. In the seventies he debuted as a singer himself, scoring his first major success in 1974 with the song "Più ci penso", which ranked second in the Italian hit parade. In 1976 he topped the hit parade and won the Festivalbar contest with the song " Non si può morire dentro", originally planned to be sung by his sister. In 1981 he entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Questo amore non si tocca"; he returned in Sanremo five more times between 1986 and 2007, three times in couple with his sister Marcella. In 1983 Bella stopped the collaboration with Bigazzi and started a new phase alongside Mogol; between late 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
