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Alan Sorrenti (born 9 December 1950) is an Italian singer and composer.

Biography

Sorrenti was born in

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, but his mother was Welsh, and he spent much of his childhood in Aberystwyth,

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. As a result, he is fluent in both

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and

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and has sung in both languages throughout his career. Sorrenti's career began in the early 1970s; he released his first album, ''Aria'', in 1972, followed by ''Come un vecchio incensiere all'alba di un villaggio deserto'' in 1973, both consisting mostly of

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and

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tracks. In 1976, Alan Sorrenti shifted genre and released tracks more reminiscent of the dance genre. In late 1979 he scored a major European hit with the single "Tu sei l'unica donna per me", since then covered in a number of different languages. Alan represented Italy in the

1980 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was the 25th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in The Hague, Netherlands, and was organised by host broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) – which agreed to stage the event af ...

with the song " Non so che darei". He finished sixth in the contest but the track became one of that year's bestselling entries in Continental Europe and Scandinavia after the winner Johnny Logan's "

What's Another Year "What's Another Year" was Irish singer and composer Johnny Logan's first Eurovision Song Contest winning song, achieving success in the 1980 edition of the contest, as well as 's second Eurovision victory. Composed by Shay Healy (who also wr ...

". In 2006, Sorrenti participated in the

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O' Scià on the

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island. Alan's younger sister Jenny Sorrenti is also a recording artist and has released two albums with her progressive folk/rock band Saint Just, as well as several solo albums.

Discography

* ''Aria'' (1972) * ''Come un vecchio incensiere all'alba di un villaggio deserto'' (1973) * ''Alan Sorrenti'' (1974) * ''Sienteme, it's time to land'' (1976) * ''Figli delle Stelle'' (1977) * ''L.A. & N.Y.'' (1979) * ''Di notte'' (1980) * ''Alan Sorrenti'' (1981) (Japan) * ''Angeli di strada'' (1983) * ''Bonno Soku Bodai'' (1987) * ''Radici'' (1992) * ''Kyoko mon amour'' (1997) * ''Miami'' (1996) * ''Sottacqua'' (2003) * ''The Prog Years'', 5 Cd-BoxSet (2018)

References

Artist ALAN SORRENTI

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sorrenti, Alan 1950 births Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1980 Italian rock singers Italian composers Italian male composers Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Italy Living people Musicians from Naples Harvest Records artists Italian emigrants to the United Kingdom