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C’era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones
(Mauro Lusini-Franco Migliacci) – Gianni Morandi, 1966 The composer was Mauro Lusini, while Franco Migliacci had written the lyrics in ten minutes, between the first and second courses in a typical Rome tavern. Franco had written them for him, the person who would shortly record the song. And Mauro was proud. He understood that he […]
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Una casa in cima al mondo
(Pino Donaggio-Vito Pallavicini) – Pino Donaggio, 1966 That too came out in the summer, that of 1965. I had told Pallavicini that I had a new piece, I had sent him the tape and I was waiting for him to show up from one day to the next. At that time I was staying at […]
ARTICOLI, VOCI DI ENCICLOPEDIA E LIBRI IN INGLESE
REFERENCE WORKS Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World. Vol XI. Genres: Europe, Bloomsbury, London/New York, 2017 – eds, Paolo Prato and David Horn Avanspettacolo (Gianni Borgna) Canti degli alpini (Ignazio Macchiarella) Canti delle mondine (Ambrogio Sparagna e Paolo Prato) Canti di passione (Ambrogio Sparagna e Paolo Prato) Canto a tenores (Ignazio Macchiarella) Canzone (Franco […]
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Twenty neapolitan recordings from 1920
To give an idea of which songs were released by the Neapolitan recording industry, the most prosperous one nationally, here is a list taken from the huge Phonotype catalogue of a hundred years ago, which included, in addition to songs, vocal music (opera, sacred repertoire, operetta), instrumental music, theatre and verbal documents: F. Rondinella, La […]
Hit parade 1971 – the best-selling italian singles
Lucio Pensieri e parole (Thoughts and Words) Pooh, Tanta voglia di lei (Really Wanting Her) Mina, Amor mio (My Love) Bruno Lauzi, Amore caro amore bello (Dear Love, Beautiful Love) Iva Zanicchi, Un fiume amaro (A Bitter River) Pooh, Pensiero (Worry) Lucio Dalla, 4/3/1943 Iva Zanicchi, La riva bianca la riva nera (The White Shore, […]
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4/3/1943
(Lucio Dalla-Paola Pallottino) – Lucio Dalla, 1971 One day, at the beginning of 1970, Lucio showed me two texts that had been sent in an envelope by a lady from Bologna. Envelopes such as these would often arrive in the offices of record companies, or reached singers in person. Basically, they always ended up in […]
Jesahel
On the other hand I had the Delirium with Jesahel under my belt, a success beyond Europe that had seven versions in France alone and was released in England, even though in 1972 it was a completely closed territory for us. An Italian song hardly ever ended up in the English charts, and yet Jesahel had reached a good […]
L’immenso
(Amedeo Minghi) – Amedeo Minghi, 1976 L’immenso really stems from the need to affirm my inner conviction that songs must belong to those who sing it. I had written songs for others for years, I had also written songs for myself but always with much input by other musicians, like Aldo Pizzolo or Renato Serio, who […]
Mogol e Bob Dylan
I translated Dylan’s lyrics. I had a contract that stipulated that Dylan could accept my translations or not. He cared a lot about my work, and that’s why he read everything I proposed. I started with Blowin’ in the wind. He sent a telegram of acceptance to the publisher each time. Then his lyrics became more […]
Nel sole
(Pino Massara, Vito Pallavicini) – Al Bano, 1967 At the end of April 1967 I recorded Nel sole, the song that, as I said before, was and still is my warhorse. Even though I had never studied music, I composed songs. I followed my instincts, I elaborated on the guitar the melodies that formed inside me […]