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Pensiero Stupendo
"Pensiero stupendo" (Italian for "Wonderful Thought") is a song written by Ivano Fossati (lyrics) and Oscar Prudente (music), and performed by Patty Pravo. The song's lyrics are a provocative description of a sexual ménage à trois. It was originally chosen to launch the French singer Jeanne Mas in the Italian market, but her version did not convince the RCA director Ennio Melis, who thought the song was more appropriate for Pravo. The track had been previously refused by Loredana Bertè. The track was the first single from Patty's 1978 album ''Miss Italia''. The B-side of the 7" single was "Bello", a cover of Talking Heads' " Love → Building on Fire". The single turned out a major hit for the singer, peaking at no. 2 in May 1978, kept off the top spot for three consecutive weeks by the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive". It was the ninth best-selling single of the year and remains one of the biggest hits of Patty's career. Pravo re-recorded "Pensiero stupendo" in 1987 and 1990. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patty Pravo
Patty Pravo (born Nicoletta Strambelli on 9 April 1948) is an Italian singer. She debuted in 1966 and remained most successful commercially for the rest of the 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Having suffered a decline in popularity in the following decade, she experienced a career revival in the late 1990s and reinstated her position on Italian music charts. Her most popular songs include " La bambola" (1968), " Pazza idea" (1973), " Pensiero stupendo" (1978) and " ...E dimmi che non vuoi morire" (1997). She scored fourteen top 10 albums (including three number ones) and fourteen top 10 singles (including two number ones) in her native Italy. Pravo participated at the Sanremo Music Festival ten times, most recently in 2019, and has won three critics' awards at the festival. She also performed twelve times at the Festivalbar. Biography 1960s and 1970s Strambelli studied at the conservatory institute Benedetto Marcello and was acquainted with American poet Ezra Pound and the future ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bye Bye Patty
''Bye Bye Patty'' is the first live album by Italian singer Patty Pravo, released in 1997 by Epic Records. Overview The material was recorded live between 16 and 24 January 1997 during concerts in Bergamo, Milan, Florence and Rome. It consists of sixteen songs, most of which come from the earliest years of Pravo's career. The only studio recording is the opening track " ...E dimmi che non vuoi morire" which Patty performed at the 47th Sanremo Music Festival in February 1997 and won the critics' award. The song was released as the first single and met with commercial success. A new, rock-influenced version of "Pensiero stupendo" was performed as an encore, followed by nearly two minutes of silence and a secret recording in which a little girl named Federica sings the chorus of "...E dimmi che non vuoi morire". "Pensiero stupendo '97" was released as the second single from the album. ''Bye Bye Patty'' was a top 5 chart hit in Italy on the back of Patty's acclaimed Sanremo performa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Róisín Murphy
Róisín Marie Murphy ( , ; born 5 July 1973) is an Irish singer, songwriter, and record producer. She first became known in the 1990s as one half of the pop duo Moloko alongside English musician Mark Brydon. After the breakup of Moloko, she embarked on a solo career and released her debut solo album '' Ruby Blue'' (written and produced with experimental musician Matthew Herbert) to critical praise in 2005. Her second solo album, '' Overpowered'', was released in 2007. After an eight-year hiatuswhich was sporadically interrupted by non-album singles, side projects, and guest appearances on other artists' recordsMurphy released her third solo album ''Hairless Toys'' in 2015; it was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and Ireland's Choice Music Prize. The following year, she released her fourth album '' Take Her Up to Monto''. In 2018, she released four 12" releases in collaboration with producer Maurice Fulton. In 2020, Murphy released her disco-inspired fifth solo album, '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Un Mondo Perfetto
''Un mondo perfetto'' is the second studio album by Italian singer Dolcenera Emanuela Trane (born 16 May 1977), stage name "Dolcenera" , is an Italian singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to fame in 2003, after winning the newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival, but she achieved commercial success in Italy o ..., released on May 18, 2005 via Amarena Music/BMG Ricordi. It peaked at #4 on the Italian album chart and spawned three singles "Mai più noi due", "Continua" and "Passo dopo passo". Track listing ''Un mondo perfetto'' (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) On 29 August 2006, a new version of the album was released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The new edition includes songs from the Italian albums ''Un mondo perfetto'' and '' Il popolo dei sogni''. The last track of the album is a new version of Dolcenera's first top-ten single, "Siamo tutti là fuori", included in her debut album '' Sorriso nucleare''. Charts Album The album sold nearly 150. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolcenera
Emanuela Trane (born 16 May 1977), stage name "Dolcenera" , is an Italian singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to fame in 2003, after winning the newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival, but she achieved commercial success in Italy only in 2005, when she won the music-based reality show ''Music Farm'' and she released her second album, '' Un mondo perfetto''. In 2005 she was also awarded Best New Artist of the Year at the Italian Meeting of Independent Record Labels and she received the De André Award for Best Emerging Artist. Dolcenera participated again in the Sanremo Music Festival in 2006—when she sang the hit single "Com'è straordinaria la vita", included in the album '' Il popolo dei sogni''—and in 2009, singing " Il mio amore unico", from her fourth studio set '' Dolcenera nel paese delle meraviglie'', the first one released by a major label, Sony Music. After signing with EMI, she released her fifth studio album in 2011, titled '' Evoluzione della sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Crus
La Crus an Italian musical group formed in Milan in 1993. Career The group formed in Milan as a side project of vocalist Ermanno Giovanardi's rock band .Enrico Deregibus. "La Crus". ''Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana''. Giunti Editore, 2010. p. 253-4. . After participations in the collective album ''Vox Pop 93'' and in an Ivano Fossati tribute album, their debut work ''La Crus'' was released in 1995 and was awarded the Targa Tenco for best debut album. They won a second Targa Tenco as best performers in 2001 for their cover album ''Crocevia''. The group split in 2008, following the release of their album ''"Io non credevo che questa sera'', and briefly reformed in 2011, to entered the main competition at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Io confesso". They officially reunited in 2023, making their official comeback releasing a new version of "Io confesso" in a duet with Carmen Consoli Carmen Consoli (; born 4 September 1974 in Catania) is an Italian s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cover Version
In popular music, a cover version, cover song, remake, revival, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording by a musician other than the original performer or composer of the song. Originally, it referred to a version of a song released around the same time as the original in order to compete with it. Now, it refers to any subsequent version performed after the original. History The term "cover" goes back decades when cover version originally described a rival version of a tune recorded to compete with the recently released (original) version. Examples of records covered include Paul Williams' 1949 hit tune "The Hucklebuck" and Hank Williams' 1952 song " Jambalaya". Both crossed over to the popular hit parade and had numerous hit versions. Before the mid-20th century, the notion of an original version of a popular tune would have seemed slightly odd – the production of musical entertainment was seen as a live event, even if it was reproduced at home via a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fausto Papetti
Fausto Papetti (Viggiù, 28 January 1923 – San Remo, 15 June 1999) was an Italian alto saxophone player. A jazz musician by formation, Papetti became widely known for producing instrumental covers of some of the most famous pop and jazz songs. Papetti reached the height of his popularity in the 1960s and 1970s. His albums were particularly successful in the European and Latin American markets. During the 1970s, Papetti's first greatest hits album, published in 1975, is to these days his best-selling album. His performance of the song "Love's Theme" (originally by Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra) was featured on the breakbeat compilation "Ultimate Breaks and Beats". His influence on saxophone music was substantial and in the 1970s many imitators appeared, like Johnny Sax and Piergiorgio Farina Piergiorgio Farina (25 April 1933 – 28 July 2008) was an Italian jazz violinist, composer and singer. Career Born Piergiorgio Farinelli in Goro, Ferrara, Farina was the cousin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana
The Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI) is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy. It was established in 1992, when major corporate labels left the previously existing Associazione dei Fonografici Italiani (AFI). During the following years, most of the remaining Italian record labels left AFI to join the new organisation. As of 2011, FIMI represents 2,500 companies operating in the music business. FIMI is a member of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and of the Italian employers' federation, Confindustria. Its main purpose is to protect the interests of the Italian record industry. Starting in March 1995, the Italian Music Industry Federation began providing the Italian official albums chart. In January 1997, FIMI also became the provider of the Italian official singles chart. Due to the decrease of CD singles sales in Italy, FIMI replaced its physical singles chart with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cashbox (magazine)
''Cashbox'', also known as ''Cash Box'', was an American music industry trade magazine, originally published weekly from July 1942 to November 1996. Ten years after its dissolution, it was revived and continues as ''Cashbox Magazine'', an online magazine with weekly charts and occasional special print issues. In addition to the music industry, the magazine covered the amusement arcade industry, including jukebox machines and arcade games. History Print edition charts (1952–1996) ''Cashbox'' was one of several magazines that published record charts in the United States. Its most prominent competitors were '' Billboard'' and ''Record World'' (known as ''Music Vendor'' prior to April 1964). Unlike ''Billboard'', ''Cashbox'' combined all currently available recordings of a song into one chart position with artist and label information shown for each version, alphabetized by label. Originally, no indication of which version was the biggest seller was given, but from October 25, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musica E Dischi
''Musica e dischi'' was the oldest and long-running music industry publication in Italy. '' Billboard'' defined the publication as the "Italian record bible The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus ...". 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, ''Musica e dischi'' 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaudi (musician)
Daniele Gaudi (born 12 July 1963), better known simply as Gaudi, is an Anglo-Italian musician, solo artist and record producer based in London who specialises in dub music, electronica, reggae and worldbeat. Gaudi's distinctive production sound appears in a number of name acts' albums nominated for Awards and prizes such as: Grammy Award 2019 -Best Reggae Album Of The Year- for ''Mass Manipulation'' by Steel Pulse and BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music 2008 for the album ''Dub Qawwali'' by Gaudi & Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. His music works and contributions have topped international charts such as: Billboard Reggae Chart no.1 with the album ''Heavy Rain'' by Lee "Scratch" Perry, Billboard Reggae Chart no.1 with the album ''Mass Manipulation'' by Steel Pulse, Billboard Reggae Chart no.1 with the album ''Vessel of Love'' by Hollie Cook, Billboard Reggae Chart no.2 with "Rainford" by Lee "Scratch" Perry, UK Dance Chart no.1 with of "Jus' Come (Terra Terra Remix by Cool Jack)". Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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