Bibi Ballandi (26 June 1946 – 15 February 2018) was an Italian television producer. He worked as a manager for numerous artists, including singers such as

Al Bano Albano Antonio Carrisi (; born 20 May 1943), better known as Al Bano, is an Italian singer and actor. Having sold over 25 million records globally and career spanning seven decades, he is one of the most recognisable Italian singers in the worl ...

, Mina, Little Tony,

Rita Pavone Rita Ori Filomena Merk-Pavone (, ; born August 23, 1945) is an Italian-Swiss pop singer, actress and showgirl, who enjoyed success through the 1960s. Known as "the Mosquito of Turin" (), she was also nicknamed "Carrot Hair" () because of the r ...

Orietta Berti Orietta Galimberti (born 1 June 1943), known professionally as Orietta Berti, is an Italian folk-pop singer and television personality. Biography Born in Cavriago, Berti began her career in 1962 and had her first success in 1965 with the s ...

Nicola Di Bari Nicola Di Bari (born 29 September 1940) is an Italian singer-songwriter and actor. He is considered one of the "sacred monsters" of Italian pop music. Life and career Born in Zapponeta, Apulia, Di Bari was the youngest of ten children from a ...

and

Caterina Caselli Caterina Caselli (born 10 April 1946) is an Italian singer, bass player, record producer and music executive. Biography Caselli was born in Modena but grew up in Sassuolo. She started her music career by playing bass in local clubs. In 1966 ...

in the 1960s, and later worked with

Fabrizio De André Fabrizio Cristiano De André (; 18 February 1940 – 11 January 1999) was an Italian singer-songwriter and the most-prominent '' cantautore'' of his time. He is also known as Faber, a nickname given by the friend Paolo Villaggio, as a referen ...

Lucio Dalla Lucio Dalla (; 4 March 1943 – 1 March 2012) was an Italian singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He also played clarinet and keyboards. Dalla was the composer of "Caruso (song), Caruso" (1986), a song dedicated to Italian opera tenor Enri ...

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 ...

and

Roberto Vecchioni Roberto Vecchioni (; born 25 June 1943) is an Italian singer, songwriter, and lyricist. Biography Vecchioni was born in Carate Brianza, now in the province of Monza and Brianza, to a Neapolitan family. In 1968, he graduated in Classical Lite ...

. In 1983 he founded the "Bandiera Gialla" nightclub in

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. Then, he became a television producer and started a collaboration with

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. He produced such television programs as '' Ballando con le Stelle'' and '' Ti lascio una canzone''.

Biography

The son of Iso, a former taxi driver who began accompanying singers and orchestras around

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, he dropped out of school after finishing the eighth grade and became a self-made manager of various artists, first for pleasure, later professionally. In the 1960s he worked alongside Al Bano, Orietta Berti, Nicola Di Bari, Caterina Caselli, Mina, Little Tony, and Rita Pavone, while in the 1970s he collaborated with Lucio Dalla, Francesco De Gregori, Fabrizio De André,

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, and a fledgling

Vasco Rossi Vasco Rossi (born 7 February 1952), also known mononymously as Vasco or with the nickname Il Blasco, is an Italian singer-songwriter and poet. He has published 30 albums (not including unofficial releases) and written over 250 songs, as well as ...

. In 1983 he was among the founders of the Bandiera gialla disco in

. He later became a television producer with his company Ballandi Multimedia, beginning a collaboration with

and then continuing it with other Italian television publishers. He produced many successful television programs of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, notably the one-man shows of

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Adriano Celentano Adriano Celentano (; born 6 January 1938) is an Italian singer-songwriter, actor, showman, and filmmaker. He is dubbed ''Il Molleggiato'' ('the springy one') because of his energetic dancing. Celentano's many albums frequently enjoyed both com ...

, Gianni Morandi, Giorgio Panariello, and

Massimo Ranieri Giovanni Calone (born 3 May 1951), known professionally as Massimo Ranieri, is an Italian singer, actor, television presenter and theatre director. Biography Early life Ranieri was born in Borgo Santa Lucia, Naples, the fifth of eight children ...

, the Saturday night variety shows Ballando con le stelle and Ti lascio una canzone, and other television events of musical and non-musical entertainment. Suffering from

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for about 12 years, he died at age 71 in Imola on Feb. 15, 2018. Il direttore generale della Rai Mario Orfeo, in accordo con la presidente Monica Maggioni, a seguito della sua morte suggerì di intitolargli il Teatro delle Vittorie di

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ma la proposta non ebbe compimento.

Death

He died on 15 February 2018 in

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, aged 71, following a long battle with

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References

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