Daniela Davoli ( Annamaria Fiorillo; born 5 August 1957) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter, mainly successful in the second half of the 1970s.
Life and career
Born in
Pisa
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, after participating to several musical contests Davoli moved to Rome where she was put under contract by the label Aris.
She made her record debut in 1974, with the double single "I ragazzi giù nel campo", a song with lyrics by
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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and
Dacia Maraini
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which was used for the Italian soundtrack of the film ''
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''.
She got her first hit in 1976, with the song "Due anni fa" which ranked seventh on the Italian hit parade.
In 1977 she entered the main competition at
Sanremo Music Festival
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with the song "Invece con te", and the single peaked at number 11 on the Italian hit parade.
[ The same year Davoli participated at the ]World Popular Song Festival
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in Tokyo
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with the song "Confessioni", not reaching the finals, and had another top ten hit with the single "Se fossi come lei".fotoromanzi
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actress for the magazines ''Lancio'' and ''Kiss''.
Discography
Album
* 1976 - ''Fra tanto amore''
* 1978 - ''Mia''
* 1978 - ''Jour après jour'' (only released in Canada)
Singles
* 1974 - "I ragazzi giù nel campo" (Aris, AN 402)
* 1975 - "Mille volte donna" (Aris, AN 407)
* 1976 - "Due amanti fa" (Aris, AN 409)
* 1976 - "Dimme perché" (Aris, AN 420)
* 1976 - "Se fossi come lei" (Aris, AN 427)
* 1977 - "E invece con te..." (Aris, AN 439)
* 1977 - "Chissà cosa cerchi" (Aris, AN 442)
* 1978 - "Diverso amore mio" (Aris, AN 447)
* 1978 - "Mia" (Aris, AN 451)
* 1980 - "Incertezza d'amore" (Discospray, AG 10151)
References
External links
*
Daniela Davoli
at Discogs
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Musicians from Pisa
1964 births
Italian pop singers
Italian women singers
Living people