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Giorgio Vanni
Giorgio Vanni (born 19 August 1963) is an Italian songwriter and guitarist. Biography 1963–1995: Early beginnings, the album ''Tomato'' and ''Grande Cuore'' Giorgio Vanni was born in Milan on 19 August 1963, and grew up in San Giuliano Milanese. He approaches to the music very early thanks to his parents which were music lovers. In 1976, when he was 13, he started his first band called Luti's Band. Two years later, he got in touch with reggae music because of Bob Marley's '' Babylon by Bus''. In 1980, he started his first professional pop-rock group called Tomato with Paolo Costa and Claudio D'Onofrio. Two years later they be noticed by the Italian producer Roberto Colombo. In 1983, Tomato had made ''The Island of the Sun'', sung by Giorgio under the pseudonym ''Iudy''. In 1984, Tomato collaborated with Miguel Bosé on his album '' Bandido'' and with Den Harrow, Taffy and Ivan. He later released his first single ''Tam Tam'' in 1984, with the collaboration of Mike ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard language, Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the List of cities in Italy, second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its Metropolitan City of Milan, metropolitan city has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up List of urban areas in the European Union, urban area (whose outer suburbs extend well beyond the boundaries of the administrative Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city and even stretch into the nearby country of Switzerland) is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan), is estimated between 8.2 million and 12.5 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Ogletree
Mike Ogletree (born 1 May 1956) is a Scottish drummer and guitarist of Afro-European descent. A founding member of the Scottish rock band Café Jacques, he is best known for his work in the new wave bands Fiction Factory and Simple Minds.Larkin,Colin (2007) "Simple Minds," ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'', Omnibus Press, p. 1264 He now lives and works in the United States, as well as performing occasional shows there. See also * Fiction Factory * Simple Minds Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1977. They have released a string of hit singles, becoming best known internationally for " Don't You (Forget About Me)" (1985), which topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United S ... References 1956 births Living people 20th-century Scottish musicians 21st-century Scottish musicians British male drummers Scottish male guitarists Scottish expatriates in the United States Scottish new wave musicians Scottish rock drummers Scottish r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandra Valeri Manera
Alessandra is a female given name of Italian origin, meaning ''defender of men''. It is the Italian form of the female given name Alexandra and the female form of the male given name Alessandro. Alessandra may refer to: * Alessandra Ambrosio (born 1981), Brazilian supermodel * Alessandra Biaggi (born 1986), American, New York State Senator * Alessandra Cappa (born 1981), Italian swimmer * Alessandra Cappellotto (born 1968), Italian cyclist * Alessandra de Osma (born 1989), Peruvian attorney and model, and Hanoverian princess by marriage * Alessandra De Rossi (born 1984), Filipino actress * Alessandra Ferri (born 1963), Italian ballerina * Alessandra Januário dos Santos (born 1988), Brazilian volleyballer * Alessandra Lunardi (born 1958), Italian mathematician * Alessandra Mastronardi (born 1986), Italian actress * Alessandra Mirka Gatti (born 1969), Italian singer * Alessandra Mussolini (born 1962), Italian politician * Alessandra Negrini Alessandra Vidal de Negreiros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Mia Risposta
''La mia risposta'' (English: "''My Answer''") is Italian singer Laura Pausini's fifth studio album, issued by CGD East West (Warner) Records in 1998. ''Mi respuesta'' is its Spanish language edition for the hispanophone Hispanophone and Hispanic refers to anything relating to the Spanish language (the Hispanosphere). In a cultural, rather than merely linguistic sense, the notion of "Hispanophone" goes further than the above definition. The Hispanic culture is th ... market. Between February and April 1999, the ''La mia risposta World Tour'' was held to support and promote the album in Europe. The album was not as successful as her previous one, '' Le cose che vivi''. As of September 2000, it has sold around 2 million copies worldwide. The singles taken from the album were "Una Emergenza D'Amore / Emergencia de Amor", "In Asenzza Di Te / En Ausencia de Ti" and "La Mia Risposta / Mi Respuesta", placing themselves in the first places of popularity in Italy, Europe and Latin Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Pausini
Laura Pausini (; born 16 May 1974) is an Italian singer. She rose to fame in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with her debut single " La solitudine", which became an Italian standard and an international hit. Her self-titled debut album was released in Italy on 23 April 1993 and later became an international success, selling two million copies worldwide. Its follow-up, ''Laura'', was released in 1994 and confirmed her international success, selling three million copies worldwide. Pausini has released fourteen studio albums, two international greatest hits albums and two compilation albums for the Hispanic and Anglophone market only, respectively. She mostly performs in Italian and Spanish, but she has also recorded songs in English, French, Portuguese and more recently, Catalan. Pausini appeared as a coach on both the Mexican and Spanish versions of international reality television singing competition franchise '' The Voice'', wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grande Cuore
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Sai Cosa Sento Per Te/Musica Nei Bar
Sai or SAI may refer to: Companies * Science Applications Incorporated, original name of Leidos * ICAO designator for Shaheen Air, a Pakistani airline * Skandinavisk Aero Industri, a former Danish aeroplane manufacturer * Software Architects, Inc., a North American computer software company * Springfield Armory, Inc., an American firearm manufacturer and importer * Supersonic Aerospace International, an American aerospace firm Fiction * Fujiwara no Sai, a character in ''Hikaru no Go'' media * Sai (''Naruto''), a character in ''Naruto'' media * Hinoki Sai, a character in the '' Betterman'' universe * Sai Akuto, protagonist of ''Ichiban Ushiro no Dai Maō'' * Sai Argyle, a fictional character in the manga and anime Gundam series * Sai, a term of respect in Stephen King's ''The Dark Tower'' universe * Sai no Hanaya, a character in the ''Yakuza'' series Government * Solar America Initiative * Sports Authority of India, an Indian government body * Supreme audit instituti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanremo Music Festival
The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. It is the longest-running annual TV music competition in the world on a national level (making it one of the world's longest-running television programmes) and it is also the basis and inspiration for the annual Eurovision Song Contest. Unlike other awards in Italy, the Sanremo Music Festival is a competition for new songs, not an award to previous successes (like the for television, the for stage performances, and the Premio David di Donatello for motion pictures). The first edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, held between 29 and 31 January 1951, was broadcast by RAI's radio station Rete Rossa, and its only three participants were Nilla Pizzi, Achille Togliani, and Duo Fasano. Starting from 1955, all editions of the festival have been broadcast live by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tazenda
Tazenda is a Sardinian ethnic pop- rock band. The group was formed in Sardinia in 1988 by Andrea Parodi, Gigi Camedda and Gino Marielli. The group's music is characterized by the influence from traditional Sardinian music; the lyrics of most of its songs are in Sardinian language (especially in its Logudorese dialectal variety) rather than Italian. The name of the band was taken from Second Foundation, a novel of the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov. In the novel the planet "Tazenda" (the name of which comes from the English expression "Star's End") plays an important role. The choice, according to Tazenda, of this name was because of an assonance with their own language. Discography Studio albums * 1988 - '' Tazenda'' * 1991 - '' Murales'' * 1992 - '' Limba'' * 1995 - '' Fortza paris'' * 1998 - ''Sardinia'' * 2005 - '' ¡¡¡Bum-ba!!!'' * 2007 - '' Vida'' * 2008 - ''Madre Terra'' * 2012 - '' Ottantotto'' * 2021 – '' Antìstasis'' Compilation albums * 1997 - '' Il sole di Ta ... [...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 libertarian communist issues his works told mainly about 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 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 realized a singled called "Promissas" with the Sardini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Vecchioni
Roberto Vecchioni (born 25 June 1943) is an Italian singer-songwriter, singer-lyricist, lyricist, teacher and writer. Biography Vecchioni was born in Carate Brianza, Province of Monza and Brianza, to a Neapolitan family . In 1968 he graduated in Classical Literature at the Catholic University of Milan, where he subsequently worked for two years as assistant lecturer of History of Religion. Later he was appointed professor of literature and history at a Milanese High School, an activity that he continued for almost thirty years and that would influence several of his songs. His career in the Italian music industry began in the late 1960s as songwriter for Italian pop stars such as Ornella Vanoni, Gigliola Cinquetti, Mina, Iva Zanicchi and the band Nuovi Angeli. Vecchioni's first solo album, ''Parabola'' was released in 1971. In 1973 he took part in the Sanremo Festival with "L'uomo che si gioca il cielo a dadi". His 1974 LP, '' Il re non si diverte'', won the Best Year's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
