Maurizio Arcieri (30 April 1942 – 29 January 2015) was an Italian singer who was a member of 1960s
Italian beat
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Rock in Italy
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band
the New Dada
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Career
The New Dada were formed in Milan in 1962 by vocalist Maurizio Arcieri, Franco "Pupo" Longo (drums), Franco Jadanza and Renato "Renè" Vignocchi (guitar), Ferruccio "Ferry" S ...
, and 1970s/'80s band
Krisma
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Career 1976–1979
In 1976, Maurizio Arcieri and his wife Christina Moser ...
.
Career
In the spring of 1967, the New Dada supported
the Beatles
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at their Milan concert. The group eventually split. Some members of the New Dada followed Maurizio as supporting group.
"Ballerina" and "Il comizio" were released.
Maurizio participated at the "
Disco per l'Estate
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" Festival with "Cinque Minuti e poi..."; the song is one of the greatest hits of the year and the leit-motiv of "Quelli belli siamo noi" ("We Are the Beautiful Ones"), a " musicarello" (musical comedy movie) in which Maurizio acts and sings some of his hits. The movie features - among others -
Carlo Dapporto
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, established_title = Founded
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,
Carlo delle Piane
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Ric e Gian
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Life and career
Miniggio started his caree ...
and a young Loredana Bertè. Maurizio was invited as a guest in the most important TV shows of the time. Som videos of those appearances are now available.
The album "Maurizio - 1970" is released.
The albums "Maurizio - 1975" (a collection of Maurizio's cool seventies singles), and "Trasparenze" (a progressive experiment) were released.
Maurizio was then chosen as the Italian narrator for the pan-European album ''
The Rock Peter and the Wolf
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'', a
Polydor
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project that involves
Brian Eno
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,
Phil Collins
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Alvin Lee
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Early life
He w ...
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Manfred Mann
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and many others. In 2014 he also worked in the film-comedy '' Sexy Shop''.
Arcieri died on 29 January 2015, in Varese, Italy, aged 72.
* (1967) "Ballerina" / "Non C'è Bisogno Di Camminare" (Bluebell)
* (1967) " Lady Jane" / T'Amo Da Morire" (Bluebell)
* (1967) "Il Comizio (di Maurizio)" / "Il Fiore All'Occhiello" (SAAR/Joker)
* (1968) "Cinque Minuti e Poi..." / "Un'Ora Basterà" (SAAR/Joker)
* (1968) "Era Solo Ieri" / "Ricomincio Da Zero (Natural Born Loser)" (SAAR/Joker)
* (1969) "Elizabeth" / "Sirena" (SAAR/Joker)
* (1969) "24 Ore Spese Bene Con Amore" / "Cade Qualche Fiocco Di Neve" (Polydor)
* (1971) "Rose Blu" / "Il Mare Tra Le Mani" (Polydor)
* (1971) "L'Uomo e La Matita" / "La Gloria e L'Amore" (Polydor)
* (1972) "Deserto" / "La Decisione" (Polydor)
* (1972) "I Giochi Del Cuore" / "Un Uomo" (Polydor)
* (1973) "Scusa" / "Un Giorno Da Re" (Polydor)
* (1974) "Un Dolce Scandalo" / "Il Grigio Nella Mente" (Polydor)
* (1974) "Stagioni Fuori Tempo" / "Un Dolce Scandalo" (Polydor)
* (1975) "Guardami, Toccami, Guariscimi" / "Prima Estate" (Polydor)
Collaborations
* (1976) ''
Peter and the Wolf
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'', Italian narrative voice (RSO, production by
Jack Lancaster
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In the late 1960s, Lancaster co-founded the British rock group Blodwyn Pig with Jethro Tull guitarist Mick Abrahams and in the late 1970s he was a member of the British progres ...