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La Bionda
La Bionda were an Italian disco duo consisting of siblings Carmelo (1949–2022) and Michelangelo La Bionda (born 1952). They are considered among the pioneers of the Italo disco music genre. The siblings were born in Ramacca, Sicily and moved to Milan, Lombardy in 1954. History Beginnings Carmelo was born on 2 February 1949, and Michelangelo on 25 August 1952 in Ramacca, Sicily. Their family moved to Milan in 1954. Music career They debuted as songwriters with "Primo sole, primo fiore", a piece the pop band Ricchi e Poveri presented at the Song Festival in Venice in 1970. They also wrote "Neve bianca, Amica, Gentile se vuoi" for the Italian female singer Mia Martini, and " Piccolo uomo" with Bruno Lauzi (lyrics). Michelangelo La Bionda also did some session work. In 1975, he played acoustic guitar on the album ''Volume VIII'' by Fabrizio De André. Between 1972 and 1977, La Bionda recorded two albums of acoustic ballads, ''Fratelli La Bionda s.r.l.'' (1972) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italo Disco
Italo disco (variously capitalized, and sometimes hyphenated as Italo-disco) is a music genre which originated in Italy in the late 1970s and was mainly produced in the 1980s. Italo disco evolved from the then-current underground dance, pop, and electronic music, both domestic and foreign (hi-NRG, Euro disco) and developed into a diverse genre. The genre employs electronic drums, drum machines, synthesizers, and occasionally vocoders. It is usually sung in English, and to a lesser extent in Italian and Spanish. The origin of the genre's name is strongly tied to marketing efforts of the ZYX record label, which began licensing and marketing the music outside Italy in 1982.Folklore that ZYX boss Bernhard Mikulski coined the term ''Italo-disco'' in 1983 was long published on Wikipedia, but is unsubstantiated; to date, reliable third-party documentation has not been found to support whether ZYX label boss Mikulski himself named it, or whether ZYX was even the first to publish t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicky Hopkins
Nicholas Christian Hopkins (24 February 1944 – 6 September 1994) was an English pianist and organist. He performed on many popular and enduring British and American rock music recordings from the 1960s to the 1990s, including on songs recorded by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Kinks, the Steve Miller Band, Jefferson Airplane, Rod Stewart, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Hollies, Cat Stevens, Carly Simon, Harry Nilsson, Joe Walsh, Peter Frampton, Jerry Garcia, Jeff Beck, Joe Cocker, Art Garfunkel, Badfinger, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Donovan. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest studio pianists in the history of popular rock music. In 2025, Hopkins was selected for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Musical Excellence Award category. Early life Nicholas Christian Hopkins was born in Perivale, Middlesex, England, on 24 February 1944. He began playing the piano at the age of three. He attended S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miami Supercops
''Miami Supercops'' () is a 1985 Italian action comedy film starring the comedy team of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. It was their final non-Western film together. The film opens with a bank robbery in Detroit. Only one of the robbers was caught and imprisoned. Following his release, the man was found dead in Miami. Two FBI agents start working undercover as Miami police officers, in hope of locating the last surviving robber and his loot. Synopsis In 1978, $20 million was stolen from a Detroit bank. One of the robbers was caught, one was found dead, and the third disappeared. The money was never found. In 1985, the captured robber was released from jail. He immediately went to Miami, only to be found dead the next day. Now FBI agents Doug Bennet (a cop in New York) and Steve Forest (who has opened a school for helicopter pilots in Tampa Tampa ( ) is a city on the Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. Tampa's borders include the north sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Tu Per Tu
''A tu per tu'' is a 1984 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. Plot summary In Milan, Emanuele is a rich owner who cheats finance; so he is hunted. As happened while he is running away, Emanuele meets poor and bungling taxi driver Gino. Emanuele contrives all the ways to fool the shy Gino, and he put the finances on his trail, while the other thinks for the future to have fun and continue to hide with his girlfriend. But Emanuele, when he discovers that Gino is really in trouble, decides to help him, and so he becomes a poor taxi driver, while Gino a rich and happy man: director of some properties in South Africa. Cast * Paolo Villaggio as Gino Sciaccaluga * Johnny Dorelli as Emanuele Sansoni/Enrichetta Sansoni * Marisa Laurito as Elvira Sciaccaluga * Adriano Pappalardo as the carabiniere * Giuliana Calandra as Patrizia * Franco Ressel as the notary * as lover of Emanuele * as Solange * Salvatore Borgese as Mafiosi leader * Tracy Spencer as Tracy * Lucio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cat And Dog
''Cat and Dog'' (, also known as ''Thieves and Robbers'' and ''Cats and Dogs'') is a 1983 Italian crime comedy film directed by Bruno Corbucci. Plot A playboy (Tomas Milian) who makes a living out of seducing women and stealing their jewellery accidentally ends up witnessing a Mafia murder. He must work together with the man who has been constantly trying to catch him, Lt. Alan Parker (Bud Spencer), in order to save his life. Cast * Bud Spencer: Lt. Alan Parker (dubbed by Edward Mannix) * Tomas Milian: Tony Roma (alias Antonio Rosario Archibald Pipino) * Margherita Fumero: Deborah Smith * Marc Lawrence: Salvatore Licuti * Darcy Shean: Marianne * Billy Garrigues: Sgt. Haig * Raymond Forchion Raymond Forchion is an American actor, writer, producer, and director who has appeared on film, television and stage. Aside from several pilots and TV movies, he has co-starred on series such as ''Burn Notice'', ''Numb3rs'', '' Star Trek: The Ne ...: angry man Release The film prem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Darling, My Dearest
''My Darling, My Dearest'' () is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. Plot Cast * Giancarlo Giannini: Gennarino Laganà * Mariangela Melato: Armida * Stefania Sandrelli: Clarabella * Massimo Mollica: Pappalucerna * Sal Borgese: Cicciuzzo * Giuliana Calandra: Zuava * Enzo Liberti: Commendatore See also * List of Italian films of 1981 A list of films produced in Italy in 1981 (see 1981 in film): References Footnotes Sources * External linksItalian films of 1981at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1981 1981 Films A film, also kn ... References External links * 1981 films Italian comedy films Films directed by Sergio Corbucci Films set in Pescara Films shot in Pescara Commedia all'italiana 1981 comedy films 1980s Italian-language films 1980s Italian films Cinema International Corporation films {{1980s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who Finds A Friend Finds A Treasure
''Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure'' ( also known as ''A Friend Is a Treasure'') is a 1981 Italian adventure comedy film, directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring the film duo of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. It was filmed at Key Biscayne, Florida. In the film, a runaway gambler and an actor are accidentally stranded on an isolated Pacific island. They protect the natives from pirates, and steal American money from a Japanese holdout. They then have to permanently defeat the pirate forces in combat. They are rescued by the United States Navy, and return the stolen money to the Americans. Left broke after their adventures, they are seen planning a museum heist by the end of the film. Plot Alan Lloyd (Hill) is an inveterate gambler who accumulates a lot of debt and therefore is forced to flee, pursued by shady employers in the area. Charlie O'Brien (Spencer) is an actor who is hired to advertise a jam (that tastes horrible) and is embarking on a long promotional boat tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Fuzz
''Super Fuzz'' (), also known as ''Super Snooper'', is a 1980 Superhero film, superhero comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. The film stars Terence Hill and Ernest Borgnine. It is about Dave Speed, a bumbling Miami police officer who gains superpowers through an accidental nuclear exposure. Plot Coming fresh from the police academy, Dave Speed is sent to deliver a parking ticket to a member of a tiny Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native American village in the Florida Everglades. Unbeknownst to him, the U.S. government and NASA are preparing to conduct a secret radiation experiment by firing a nuclear missile loaded with red plutonium into the village, which has been evacuated. After Dave arrives at the village, he is hit by the radiation, but survives and returns to civilization. His tale of having been close to the explosion is marveled at by most, but dismissed by Sergeant Willy Dunlop, his partner and friend. Dave soon discovers that he has picked up a wide range of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Corbucci
Bruno Corbucci (23 October 1931 – 7 September 1996) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He was the younger brother of Sergio Corbucci and wrote many of his films. He was born in Rome, where he also died. The vast majority of his directorial efforts are lowbrow comedies. He also directed ''I figli del leopardo'', a parody of ''The Leopard (1963 film), Il gattopardo''. His biggest success came with the long-running "Nico Giraldi" series, which starred Tomas Milian as a foul-mouthed Roman policeman. His 1971 film ''Io non spezzo... rompo'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Selected filmography As screenwriter * ''Who Hesitates Is Lost'' (1960) * ''Toto's First Night'' (1962) * ''Sexy Toto'' (1963) * ''Tears on Your Face'' (1964) * ''Rita the American Girl'' (1965) * ''James Tont operazione U.N.O.'' (1965) * ''James Tont operazione D.U.E.'' (1966) * ''Il vostro super agente Flit'' (1966) * ''4 D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Corbucci
Sergio Corbucci (; 6 December 1926 – 1 December 1990) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and Film producer, producer. He was one of the main exponents of the Spaghetti Western genre during the 1960s and 1970s, with his most notable works including the original Django (1966 film), ''Django'', ''Navajo Joe'', ''The Great Silence'', The Mercenary (film), ''The Mercenary'', and Compañeros (film), ''Compañeros''. He also had a successful career directing comedies. Corbucci is sometimes referred to as "the other Sergio", referring to fellow Spaghetti Western director Sergio Leone. Early life Corbucci was born in Rome in 1926. He had a younger brother Bruno Corbucci, Bruno (1931-1996), also a filmmaker. He originally studied economics at university, before working as a film critic. For a period after World War II, he wrote for Stars and Stripes (newspaper), ''Stars and Stripes''. Career Early work Corbucci made his directorial debut in 1951 with ''Salvate mia figlia''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soundtrack
A soundtrack is a recorded audio signal accompanying and synchronised to the images of a book, drama, motion picture, radio program, television show, television program, or video game; colloquially, a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video, or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the Sound-on-film, synchronised recorded sound. In movie industry terminology usage, a sound film, sound track is an audio recording created or used in film production or post-production. Initially, the dialogue, sound effects, and music in a film each has its own separate track, and these are mixed together to make what is called the ''composite track,'' which is heard in the film. A ''dubbing track'' is often later created when films are dubbed into another language. This is also known as an M&E (music and effects) track. M&E tracks contain all sound elements minus dialogue, which is then supplied by the foreign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One For You, One For Me
"One for You, One for Me" is a song by the Italian disco duo La Bionda from their 1978 album ''La Bionda''. It was written by Carmelo La Bionda, Michelangelo La Bionda and Richard Palmer-James. Track listing and formats * German 7-inch single :A. "One for You, One for Me" – 3:04 :B. "There for Me" – 3:22 Credits and personnel * Carmelo La Bionda – songwriter, vocals * Michelangelo La Bionda – songwriter, vocals * Richard Palmer-James – songwriter * Harry Thumann – engineering * Matthias Härtl – engineering * Charly Ricanek – arranger Credits and personnel adapted from the ''La Bionda'' album and 7-inch single liner notes. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts In popular culture The song was featured in the end credits for ''The Brutalist ''The Brutalist'' is a 2024 Epic film, epic Historical drama, period drama film directed and produced by Brady Corbet, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mona Fastvold. It stars Adrien Brody as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
