Gianni Morandi
Italian pop culture icon Gianni Morandi worked his way up from the bottom of the entertainment industry. Born in 1944, as a child Morandi sold soda and candies at the local movie theater in his native town of Monghidoro to make ends meet. He made his performance debut at age 12, singing in the public square on New Year's Day in 1956. His noticeable musical talent caused his parents to move him from traditional schooling to a school in Bologna, where he studied song and performance with master vocalist Alda Scaglioni. He made his official debut in 1958 in Alfonsine, Ravenna; three years later Morandi formed a band, and was soon referred to as the Italian Paul Anka. In 1962, he won a small talent competition where he met and impressed boxing and entertainment promoter Paul Lionetti, who arranged an audience with RCA executives. That same year, the world was introduced to Morandi via his premier 45, "Andavo a Cento All'ora." Morandi's popularity blossomed in 1969 with his win at the Canzonissima Festival. Although he experienced a slight decline in popularity during the '70s, the next decade was a great one for him, punctuated with his winning performance at the prestigious Sanremo Festival in 1987.
Morandi slowed down a bit in the '90s and 2000s, but still continued to regularly release albums. He saw a late-period comeback -- and his biggest success in decades -- in 2016 when, at the age of 71, he teamed up with similar-vintage pop legend Claudio Baglioni for a project they called Capitani Coraggiosi ("Captains Courageous," named for the novel by Rudyard Kipling). A super-smooth eponymous single, several television specials, and a string of live dates that saw the pair having the time of their lives on-stage culminated in the double-live album Capitani Coraggiosi: Il Live, which went to number one. Over the course of his career, it is estimated that Morandi has sold more than 50 million records. In addition to a successful recording career, he has appeared in numerous films and played a number of popular television roles. Having enjoyed six decades of unmatched success, Gianni Morandi is among Italy's greatest performers of all time.
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Artistas semelhantes
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Abbracciamoci
Pop/Rock - Lançado por RCA Records Label em 1 de jan. de 1979
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Gianni Morandi 1964
Pop - Lançado por RCA Records Label em 19 de dez. de 2014
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Andavo a 100 all'Ora
Pop - Lançado por Ermitage Records em 6 de abr. de 2022
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A Chi Si Ama Veramente
Pop/Rock - Lançado por Epic em 15 de out. de 2004
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Gianni Morandi
Pop/Rock - Lançado por RCA Records Label em 1 de abr. de 1963
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Solo insieme saremo felici
Pop/Rock - Lançado por Columbia em 19 de jul. de 2013
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Gianni Morandi - Rarities 1966 vol. 1
Pop - Lançado por RCA Records Label em 16 de dez. de 2016
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Gianni Morandi - 1967 Recording Session
Italy - Lançado por RCA Records Label em 1 de jan. de 2017
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Per Poter Vivere
Pop/Rock - Lançado por RCA Records Label em 1 de jan. de 1975
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Andavo a cento all'ora
Pop - Lançado por Rock 'n' Roll Experience em 5 de mar. de 2019
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Rarities 1969
Italy - Lançado por Legacy Recordings em 20 de dez. de 2019
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Il Meglio
Pop - Lançado por Vintage Jukebox em 20 de abr. de 2018
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Bisogna vivere
Pop - Lançado por Columbia em 1 de out. de 2013
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Tu Sei L'Unica Donna Per Me
Pop/Rock - Lançado por Epic em 6 de nov. de 2009
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Concerto (Live at RSI, 7 Luglio 1983)
Pop - Lançado por NAR International em 1 de jan. de 1999
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Capitani coraggiosi
Claudio Baglioni, Gianni Morandi
Pop - Lançado por Friends & Partners srl em 19 de jun. de 2015
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Fatti mandare dalla mamma
World - Lançado por Sunny Place Records em 21 de dez. de 2013
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The 12 Days of Christmas with Gianni Morandi, Fabrizio De Andre, Tony Renis, Pino Donaggio & Rita Pavone
Gianni Morandi, Fabrizio De Andrè, Tony Renis, Pino Donaggio & Rita Pavone
Pop/Rock - Lançado por All I Have To Do Is Dream em 6 de dez. de 2019
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Gianni Morandi's Greatest Hits
World - Lançado por Sunny Place Records em 19 de set. de 2014
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Rarities 1970
Italy - Lançado por RCA Records Label em 31 de dez. de 1970
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