Alessandro "Alex" Britti (born 23 August 1968) is an Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Biography
When he was 17, he started his first band, playing
blues
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at clubs in Rome, and eventually moved to
Milan
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. In 1989 he established the Alex Britti Blues Band. He has worked with
Buddy Miles
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,
Billy Preston
William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, backing Little Richa ...
,
Louisiana Red
Iverson Minter (March 23, 1932 – February 25, 2012), known professionally as Louisiana Red, was an American blues guitarist, harmonica player, and singer, who recorded more than 50 albums. A master of slide guitar, he played both traditional a ...
and has toured Europe with
Rosa King.
In the mid-1990s, he toured with
Francesco De Gregori
Francesco De Gregori Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, OMRI (born 4 April 1951) is an Italian singer-songwriter. In Italy, he is popularly known as "Il Principe dei cantautori" ("The Prince of the singer-songwriters"), a nickname referrin ...
. The experience prompted Britti to switch to a more soft rock-oriented sound. He had his first hit in 1998 when "
Solo una volta (o tutta la vita)" made it to the top of the Italian charts.
In 1999 he won in the newcomers category at the
Sanremo Festival
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with the song "
Oggi sono io".
Discography
Albums
* 1998 - ''It.Pop''
* 2000 - ''La vasca''
* 2003 - ''Tre''
* 2005 - ''Festa''
* 2008 - ''Alex Britti MTV Unplugged''
* 2009 - ''.23''
* 2013 - ''Bene così''
* 2015 – ''In nome dell'amore - Volume 1''
* 2017 – ''In nome dell'amore - Volume 2''
* 2022 – ''Mojo''
Singles
* 1998 - "
Solo una volta (o tutta la vita)"
* 1998 - "Gelido"
* 1999 - "
Oggi sono io"
* 1999 - "Mi piaci"
* 2000 - "Una su 1.000.000"
* 2000 - "La vasca"
* 2001 - "Sono contento"
* 2003 - "7000 caffè"
* 2003 - "La vita sognata"
* 2003 - "Lo zingaro felice"
* 2005 - "Prendere o lasciare"
* 2006 - "Festa"
* 2006 - "Quanto ti amo"
* 2006 - "Solo con te"
* 2006 - "Notte di mezza estate"
* 2008 - "Milano"
* 2008 - "L'isola che non c'è"
* 2009 - "Piove"
* 2009 - "Buona fortuna"
* 2011 - "Immaturi"
* 2013 - "Baciami (e portami a ballare)"
* 2013 - "Bene così"
* 2014 - "Non è vero mai"
( Bianca Atzei ft. Alex Britti)
* 2015 - "
Ciao amore, ciao"
( Bianca Atzei ft. Alex Britti)
* 2015 - "Perché?"
References
External links
Official site
1968 births
Living people
Italian pop singers
21st-century Italian male singers
20th-century Italian male singers
Italian male singer-songwriters
21st-century Italian singer-songwriters
20th-century Italian singer-songwriters
Sanremo Music Festival winners of the newcomers section
Singers from Rome
Italian blues guitarists
Italian blues musicians
Italian male guitarists
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