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DeFranco
Di Franco (also spelled DiFranco) or DeFranco is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Di Franco * Ani DiFranco (born 1970), American-Canadian singer-songwriter * Doug DiFranco, American hip hop producer from the duo Double Dee and Steinski * Francisco Di Franco (born 1995), Argentine professional footballer * Gianluigi Di Franco (1953–2005), Italian singer * Giovanni Cola di Franco (fl. early 1600), Italian Mannerist architect * Loretta Di Franco (1942–2024), American operatic soprano * Luigi Di Franco (1918–?), Italian footballer DeFranco * Buddy DeFranco (1923–2014), American jazz clarinetist * Philip DeFranco (born 1985), American YouTube personality * The DeFranco Family, Canadian 1970s pop music group See also * Loreto de Franchis (1578–1638), Italian Catholic prelate * Franco (other) Franco may refer to: Name * Franco (name) * Francisco Franco (1892–1975), Spanish general and dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975 * Franco Luambo (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip DeFranco
Philip James DeFranco (born Philip James Franchini Jr.; born December 1, 1985), commonly known by his online nickname PhillyD, and formerly known as sxephil, is an American media host and YouTube personality. He is best known for '' The Philip DeFranco Show'', a news commentary show centered on current events in politics and pop culture. DeFranco has also been involved in the creation of other successful channels on YouTube, such as the YouTube-funded news channel SourceFed and its nerd culture spinoff SourceFed Nerd. His primary channel has accumulated over 6.5 million subscribers and 2.3 billion views, as of March 2025. Having been involved on YouTube for nearly two decades, he has been cited as a pioneer of YouTube and news coverage online, and has won various awards for his online content. Early life DeFranco was born Philip James Franchini Jr. in The Bronx, New York City, New York. He is of Italian descent. He was a student at the University of South Florida (USF), a bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy DeFranco
Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco (February 17, 1923 – December 24, 2014) was an American jazz clarinetist. In addition to his work as a bandleader, DeFranco led the Glenn Miller Orchestra for almost a decade in the 1960s and 1970s. Biography Born in Camden, New Jersey, United States, DeFranco was raised in South Philadelphia. He was playing the clarinet by the time he was nine years old and within five years had won a national Tommy Dorsey swing contest. He began his professional career just as swing music and big bands—many of which were led by clarinetists like Artie Shaw, and Benny Goodman—were in decline. While most jazz clarinet players did not adapt to this change, DeFranco successfully continued to play clarinet exclusively, and was one of the few bebop clarinetists. In 1950, DeFranco spent a year with Count Basie's septet. He then led a small combo in the early 1950s which included pianist Sonny Clark and guitarist Tal Farlow. In this period, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The DeFranco Family
The DeFranco Family, featuring Tony DeFranco, was a 1970s pop music group and family from Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada. The group, all siblings, consisted of guitarist Benny DeFranco (born 11 July 1953); keyboardist Marisa DeFranco (born 23 July 1954); guitarist Nino DeFranco (born 19 October 1955); drummer Merlina DeFranco (born 20 July 1957); and lead singer Tony DeFranco (born 31 August 1959). The group had a number of hits between 1973 and 1977, including "Abra-Ca-Dabra" and their biggest hit, "Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat." Either Tony DeFranco or the entire family made frequent appearances in the teen magazines of this period, such as ''Tiger Beat'' and ''Flip''. By the late 1970s, the group had faded from the pop scene. Biography The five siblings who comprised the DeFranco Family were born to Italian immigrant parents and raised in Port Colborne and Welland, Ontario. Initially performing as the DeFranco Quintet, the group found success after a demo tape of their songs w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ani DiFranco
Angela Maria "Ani" DiFranco (; born September 23, 1970) is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums. DiFranco's music has been classified as folk rock and alternative rock, although it has additional influences from punk rock, punk, funk, hip hop music, hip hop and jazz. She has released all her albums on her own record label, Righteous Babe. DiFranco supports many social and political movements by performing benefit concerts, appearing on benefit albums and speaking at rallies. Through the Righteous Babe Foundation, DiFranco has backed grassroots cultural and political organizations supporting causes including abortion rights and LGBT visibility. She counts American folk singer and songwriter Pete Seeger among her mentors. DiFranco released a memoir, ''No Walls and the Recurring Dream'', on May 7, 2019, via Viking Books and made The New York Times Best Seller list, ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. On February 9, 2024, DiFranco made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Dee And Steinski
Double Dee and Steinski is a duo of hip hop producers, composed of Doug "Double Dee" DiFranco and Steven "Steinski" Stein. They achieved notoriety in the early 1980s for a series of underground hip-hop sample-based collages known as the "Lessons". Although they never had a hit record, they proved highly influential for subsequent artists such as Coldcut, DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, the Avalanches, and Girl Talk. Their music was not widely available on CD until 2008 due to their use of copyrighted material. There have been occasional illegal re-issues, and several internet sites have mp3s of their music available for download. History In 1983, Tommy Boy Records held a promotional contest, in which entrants were asked to remix the single "Play That Beat, Mr. D.J." by G.L.O.B.E. and Whiz Kid. By day, DiFranco worked in a professional music studio, while Stein was a copy supervisor for Doyle Dane Bernbach. Although the two were older (27 and 31, respectively) than most of their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Di Franco
Francisco Di Franco (born 28 January 1995) is an Argentine professional footballer. He is right footed, and plays as a striker. Career Club career Di Franco made his league debut for Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ... during the 2012/13 season. He played two games that season. References External links * Living people 1995 births Footballers from Buenos Aires Province Argentine men's footballers Boca Juniors footballers Tlaxcala F.C. players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Apollon Limassol FC players AEZ Zakakiou players FC Karpaty Lviv players SC Dnipro-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianluigi Di Franco
Gianluigi Di Franco (5 January 1953, in Capri – 19 March 2005, in Naples) was an Italian singer. In the early 1970s he joined the brothers Corrado and Danilo Rustici and formed the progressive rock band Cervello. The group disbanded after one album and Di Franco spent the 1970s working in a psychiatric hospital in Naples as a musicotherapist In the early 1980s Di Franco resumed his music career. He collaborated with percussionist Tony Esposito, singing lead vocals on " Kalimba de luna" (1984) and "As Tu As" (1985). He also worked with Tullio De Piscopo and Mory Kanté on the single "Radio Africa" (1986). In 1988 he released his first solo album, ''Gianluigi Di Franco''.Cesare Rizzi, Fulvio Beretta ''Enciclopedia del Rock Italiano '' 8879660225- Page 244 "Gianluigi Di Franco, da parte sua (Capri 1953) si occupa di musicoterapia in un ospedale psichiatrico prima di tornare in scena negli '80 come cantante di Kalimba de luna e As Tu As (Tony Esposito) e Radio Africa (Tullio De Pis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Cola Di Franco
Giovanni Cola di Franco was an Italian Mannerist architect active between 1596 and 1621, mainly in Naples, where he was born and died. He collaborated with contemporary architects such as Francesco Grimaldi, Bartolomeo Picchiatti and Giovan Giacomo Di Conforto. Bibliography (in Italian) * Francesco Abbate, Storia dell'arte nell'Italia meridionale: il Cinquecento, vol. 3, Roma, Donzelli Editore, 2001, . * Emilio RicciardiIl "Poggio delle Mortelle" nella storia dell'architettura napoletana" degree thesis in ''Storia dell'architettura e della città'', 2006. * Francesco Domenico Moccia and Dante Caporali (ed.), NapoliGuida. Tra luoghi e monumenti della città storica, Clean, 2001, . 16th-century Italian architects 17th-century Italian architects 16th-century Neapolitan people 17th-century Neapolitan people {{Italy-architect-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loretta Di Franco
Loretta Di Franco (October 28, 1942 – December 30, 2024) was an American operatic soprano. She was known for her more than 900 performances at the Metropolitan Opera from 1961 to 1995. Biography Di Franco was born in New York City on October 28, 1942. She first worked as a secretary and studied voice with Maud Webber and Walter Taussig. She became a member of the opera chorus of the Metropolitan Opera (Met) in New York City, and was eventually promoted to singing small comprimario roles, beginning with one of the pages in Wagner's ''Tannhäuser'' and the peasant girl in Mozart's ''The Marriage of Figaro'' in 1961. She went on to win the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 1965 which led to her engagement as a soloist. Her first substantial role was Chloe in Tchaikovsky's '' The Queen of Spades''. She continued to appear annually at the Met for the next 30 years, performing both leading and supporting roles. Her roles at the Met included Annina in '' La traviata' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Di Franco
Luigi Di Franco (born 18 November 1918, date of death unknown) was an Italian footballer. Biography Playing as a left winger, Di Franco played in the Yugoslav Championship with SK Jedinstvo Belgrade where he got first registered at January 1937 and played until 1941. In 1941, he moved to a more popular Belgrade club SK Jugoslavija. With the beginning of the Second World War, the national league was divided, and Di Franco (spelled as ''Di Franko'' or ''Difranko'' in the Serbian press) finished second with SK Jugoslavija in the 1940–41 season. With the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, Di Franco returned to Italy, signing with the Serie A side Venezia. They finished the 1942–43 season at 13th place. At the end of the war, in 1945, Di Franco signed with Mestrina, which was playing in the Serie B. However, at the end of the 1946–47 season, they were relegated to Serie C. Luigi Di Franco stayed with Mestrina until 1949. Di Franco moved to Colombia to become player-manager of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loreto De Franchis
Loreto de Franchis or Loreto di Franco (1578–1638) was a Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Minori (1636–1638) ''(in Latin)'' and Bishop of Capri (1634–1636). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Loreto de Franchis was born in Castel di Sangro, Italy in 1578 and was ordained a priest in 1604. On 22 March 1634, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Capri. On 26 March 1634, he was consecrated bishop by Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Bishop of Capaccio, Fausto Caffarelli, Archbishop of Santa Severina, with Giovanni Battista Altieri Giovanni Battista Altieri (20 June 1589 – 26 November 1654) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal. Early life Giovanni Battista Altieri was born 20 June 1589 in Rome, the son of Lorenzo Altieri and Vittoria Delfin, a noble Venetian lady. Al ..., Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, serving as co-consecrators. On 1 December 1636, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Minori. He served as B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco (other)
Franco may refer to: Name * Franco (name) * Francisco Franco (1892–1975), Spanish general and dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975 * Franco Luambo (1938–1989), Congolese musician, the "Grand Maître" * Franco of Cologne (mid to late 13th century), German music theorist Prefix * Franco, a prefix used when referring to France, a country ** Franco, a prefix used when referring to French people and their diaspora, e.g. Franco-Americans, Franco-Mauritians * Franco, a prefix used when referring to Franks, a West Germanic tribe Places * Franco (Mirandela), a village in Portugal * El Franco, a municipality of Asturias in Spain * Presidente Franco District, in Paraguay * Franco, Virginia, an unincorporated community, in the United States Other uses * Franco (band), Filipino band * Franco (''General Hospital''), a fictional character on the American soap opera ''General Hospital'' * Franco, the Luccan franc, a 19th-century currency of Lucca, Italy * ''Franco, Ciccio e il pir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
