Ivan Graziani (6 October 1945 – 1 January 1997) was an Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Biography
Graziani was born in
Teramo
Teramo (; ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Abruzzo, the capital of the province of Teramo.
The city, from Rome, is situated between the highest mountains of the Apennines ( Gran Sasso d'Italia) and the Adriatic coast. Th ...
, Abruzzo.
His first band was
The Serogan, which he formed in 1963 with Giuseppe Canala, Bruno Tartaglia, and Luciano Cordivani. He then played in
Anonima Sound until 1972, and issued his debut solo album, ''Desperation'', in 1973.
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He launched into acting in 1981 and wrote a book, ''Arcipelago Chieti'', in 1988.
Discography
Studio albums
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La città che io vorrei'' (1973; reissued in 1980 as ''Ivan Graziani – special'')
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Desperation'' (in English, 1974)
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Tato Tommaso Guitar'' (1974)
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Ballata per quattro stagioni'' (1976)
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I lupi'' (1977)
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Pigro'' (1978)
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Agnese dolce Agnese'' (1979)
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Viaggi e intemperie'' (1980)
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Q Concert'' (1980 –
Q Disc with Ron and
Goran Kuzminac)
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Seni e coseni'' (1981)
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Ivan Graziani'' (1983)
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Nove'' (1984)
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Piknic'' (1986)
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Ivangarage'' (1989)
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Cicli e tricicli'' (1991)
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Malelingue'' (1994)
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Per sempre Ivan'' (1999)
Compilations/Live
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Parla tu'' (live, 1982)
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Musica Tua - I Grandi Successi'' (1985)
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Segni d'amore'' (1989)
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Personale di Ivan Graziani'' (1990)
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All The best'' (1994)
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Fragili fiori ... livan'' (live, 1995)
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Antologia'' (1997)
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Gli anni 70'' (1998)
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I miti musica: Ivan Graziani'' (2000)
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Firenze-Lugano no stop'' (2004)
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Ivan Graziani (Slipcase)'' (2007)
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Le più belle di ... Ivan Graziani'' (2007)
Singles
* 1972:
Dropout/True true (
Airplane Records, AD 2011; under the pseudonym ''Rockleberry Roll'')
* Ottobre 1973:
Hi Jack/Give you all my love (
Freedom Records, AD 2015; as ''Rockleberry Roll'')
* 1973:
Longer is the beach/Without saying good-bye (
Freedom Records, ADJ 2015; side A under the pseudonym ''Ivan & Transport''; B-side by ''The Crazy guitars'')
* 1976:
Ballata per quattro stagioni/E sei così bella (Numero Uno, ZN 50349)
* 1977:
I lupi/Lugano addio (Numero Uno, ZBN 7001)
* 1978:
Pigro/Paolina (Numero Uno, ZBN 7041)
* 1979:
Agnese/Taglia la testa al gallo (Numero Uno, ZBN 7123)
* 1980:
Firenze (canzone triste)/Angelina (Numero Uno, ZBN 7193)
* 1981:
Pasqua/Oh mamma mia (Numero Uno, ZBN 7222)
* 1981 –
Lontano dalla paura/Grande mondo (
RCA Italiana
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History
Founded in Rome in 1949 under the Vatican's protec ...
, PB 6561)
* 1982:
Parla tu/Fuoco sulla collina (Numero Uno, ZBN 7259)
* 1984:
Limiti (affari d'amore)/Geraldine (Numero Uno, ZBN 7373)
* 1985 –
Franca ti amo/Vento caldo (Numero Uno, PB 6803)
* 1989:
La sposa bambina/Lugano addio (Carosello Records, Cl 20561)
* 1990:
Tutto il coraggio che hai (Carosello Records, CA 1; no B-side)
* 1990:
Sogno Rosso
''Sogno'' (Dream) is the fifth studio album by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli.
The album sold 2.5 million copies in the United States,
*2004:
Non credere
DVD
*2007:
W Ivan (DVD+CD)
References
External links
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Official site of Ivan Graziani
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1945 births
1997 deaths
People from Teramo
Italian male singer-songwriters
20th-century Italian singer-songwriters
20th-century Italian male singers
Deaths from cancer in Emilia-Romagna
Deaths from colorectal cancer in Italy
Italian people of Sardinian descent