Alberto Carrara (born 1958), best known as Carrara and King Carrara, is an Italian singer, composer, arranger, music producer, and
disc jockey
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include Radio personality, radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at nightclubs or music fes ...
. He has sold over three million records.
In the 1990s he became a music producer with the label "Disco Magic".
Career
Born in
Bergamo
Bergamo ( , ; ) is a city in the Alps, alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from the alpine lakes Lake Como, Como and Lake Iseo, Iseo and 70 km (43 mi) from Lake Garda, Garda and Lake ...
, Carrara started his career as a disc jockey at 15.
A self-taught musician, in 1983 he obtained his first success, "Disco King". One year later, he got his main success, "Shine on dance", which won the 1984
Festivalbar
The Festivalbar () was an Italian singing competition that took place in the most important Italian squares during summer, such as the Piazza del Duomo, Catania or Piazza Bra, Verona. The first edition took place in 1964 and was broadcast by ...
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Discography
Singles
References
Further reading
* Alberto Gedda, "Oh mio caro ex deejay!", ''La Stampa
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'', 12 September 1984
External links
Carrara
at Discogs
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Italian male singers
Living people
Musicians from Bergamo
Italian Italo disco musicians
English-language singers from Italy
1958 births