Marco Ferradini (born 28 July 1949) is an Italian pop-rock singer-songwriter and musician.

Career

Born in

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, Ferradini debuted as a guitarist in several groups. He started his career as a singer-songwriter in 1978, with the song "Quando Teresa verrà", which he entered the competition at the

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. His main success was the song "Teorema" (part of the EP ''Schiavo senza catene''), which became in a short time a classic in Italy. In 1983 he competed at the Sanremo Festival with the song "Una catastrofe bionda"; the subsequent eponymous album contained the song "Lupo solitario DJ" which became during the years one another classic of his

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Discography

;Albums * 1978 – ''Quando Teresa verrà'' (Spaghetti Records ZPLSR 34051) * 1981 – ''Schiavo senza catene'' (Spaghetti Records ZPGSR 33415) * 1982 – ''Q Concert'' (RCA Italiana PG 33428) (with Goran Kuzminac and

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) * 1983 – ''Una catastrofe bionda'' (Spaghetti Records ZPLSR 34177) * 1985 – ''Misteri della vita'' (Muvicom MULP 3001) * 1986 – ''Marco Ferradini'' (Muvicom MULP 3002) * 1991 – ''È bello avere un amico'' (Dischi Ricordi SMRL 6435) * 1992 – ''Ricomincio da... Teorema'' (Dischi Ricordi SMRL 6457) * 1995 – ''Dolce piccolo mio fiore'' (Pull 480339 2) * 2001 – ''Geometrie del cuore'' (Hi-Lite/Ca' Bianca records HLCD 9073) * 2005 – ''Filo rosso'' (INC/Duck DUBCD 1042)

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* * 1949 births Living people People from Como Italian pop singers Italian rock singers Italian male singer-songwriters 20th-century Italian singer-songwriters 21st-century Italian singer-songwriters 20th-century Italian male singers 21st-century Italian male singers {{Italy-singer-stub