Carlo Marrale (born 15 March 1952) is an Italian singer, songwriter and musician.

Early career and Jet

In 1971 Marrale co-founded with keyboardist

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and bassist

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the progressive rock band Jet, in which he performed as guitarist and main vocalist. In 1972 the band released their debut album, ''Fede, speranza, carità'' (Faith, Hope and Charity). The following year they participated to the

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with the song "Anika na-o".

Matia Bazar

In 1975, Jet expanded their line-up with the addition of vocalist

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and drummer

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and changed their name to

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. Matia Bazar went on to become one the most popular Italian bands in the 1970s and the 1980s. Marrale co-wrote many of the band's songs and performed vocals duties, duetting with Ruggiero in several early hits of the group, such as "Stasera...che sera!" (1975), "Per un'ora d'amore" (1975), "Cavallo bianco" (1975), " Solo tu" (1977), " Raggio di luna" (1979), "C'è tutto un mondo intorno" (1979). After Ruggiero's departure from Matia Bazar in 1989, Marrale continued his role as feature vocalist with the band's new lead singer

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Solo career and other activities

In late 1993, Marrale left Matia Bazar to pursue a solo career. In 1994 he participated to the

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with "L'ascensore". On the same year, he released his first solo album ''Tra le dita la vita''. Marrale also wrote songs for artists like

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, Mina,

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. Marrale's song "Odissea" (2003) performed by renowned tenors Salvatore Licitra and

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peaked at No. 1 on the US charts. In November 2007, Marrale released his second solo album, ''Melody Maker''. It featured the track ''Controtendenza''. The music video directed by Vince Ricotta. Marrale is also a painter and a photographer.

Discography

With Jet

* ''Fede, speranza, carità'' (1972)

With Matia Bazar

* ''Matia Bazar 1'' (1976) * ''Gran Bazar'' (1977) * ''Semplicità'' (1978) * ''Tournée'' (1979) * ''Il tempo del sole'' (1980) * ''Berlino, Parigi, Londra'' (1982) * ''Tango'' (1983) * ''Aristocratica'' (1984) * ''Melanchòlia'' (1985) * ''Melò'' (1987) * ''Red Corner'' (1989) * ''Anime pigre'' (1991) * ''Dove le canzoni si avverano'' (1993)

Solo

* ''Tra le dita la vita'' (1994) * ''Melody Maker'' (2007)

Notes

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marrale, Carlo 1952 births Musicians from Genoa Singers from Genoa 20th-century Italian male singers 21st-century Italian male singers 20th-century Italian composers 20th-century male composers 21st-century Italian composers Italian male singer-songwriters 20th-century Italian singer-songwriters 21st-century Italian singer-songwriters Living people Italian male guitarists 20th-century Italian guitarists 21st-century Italian guitarists Italian pop rock singers