Via Verdi are an Italian
Italo disco
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musical group
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formed in 1983. Their most commercially successful song "Diamond" was a
number one hit
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on the Italian hit parade in 1986.
Other hits included "Sometimes" and "You and Me", which respectively reached numbers sixteen and twenty-five on the Italian charts.
After disbanding at the end of the 1980s, the surviving members of Via Verdi reformed in the 2000s.
Members
Current lineup
* Marco Grati – guitars
* Glauco Medori – keyboards
* Remo Zito – vocals
* Simone Medori – drums, percussion
Former members
* Patrizio Giuliante – author and arrangements
* Maurizio Varano – drums
* Massimo Marchione – drums
* Mauro Pedini – drums
* Marco Fabbri – drums
* Mauro Saracini – drums
* Primiano Pavani – drums
* Armando Grati – bass
* Aurelio Scalabroni – vocals
* Luca Mancinelli – vocals
Discography
Albums
* ''Trailer'' (1987)
* ''The Time Machine'' (2020)
Singles
* "Diamond" (1985) – Italy No. 1
* "Sometimes" (1986) – Italy No. 16
* "You and Me" (1987) – Italy No. 25
* "Love Is a Dream" (1989)
* "Diamond (Thirty-Fifth Dawn)" (2020)
* "Shades of Red" (2022)
References
External links
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Musical groups established in 1983
Italian pop music groups
Italo disco groups
Musical groups from Milan
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