Giuseppa Marcella Bella (born in Catania

Catania

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, 18 June 1952), professionally known as Marcella Bella, is an Italian

Italy

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 singer. Her brothers Antonio and Salvatore Bella are famous musicians, and her brother Gianni Bella is another popular singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 who has composed several songs for her.

In 1972, she took part in Festival di Sanremo with the song Montagne verdi, and she participated in more musical events later. She has sung versions of her songs and original themes in German

German language

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, English

English language

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 and Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

. In 1974 she recorded "Nessuno mai". Two years later, the Jamaican and German group, Boney M. made an English version, "Take the heat off me".

Singles

• 1969 "Un ragazzo nel cuore"
• 1970 "Bocca dolce"
• 1971 "Hai ragione tu"
• 1972 "Montagne verdi"
• 1972 "Sole che nasce sole che muore"
• 1972 "Un Sorriso e poi perdonami"
• 1973 "Io domani"
• 1973 "Mi ti amo"
• 1974 "Nessuno mai"
• 1974 "L'Avvenire"
• 1975 "E quando"
• 1975 "Negro"
• 1976 "Resta cu 'mme"
• 1977 "Abbracciati"
• 1977 "Non m'importa più"
• 1978 "Mi vuoi"
• 1979 "Lady Anima"
• 1979 "Camminando e cantando"
• 1980 "Baciami"
• 1981 "Pensa per te"
• 1981 "Canto straniero"
• 1982 "Mi mancherai"
• 1982 "Problemi"
• 1983 "Nell'aria"
• 1984 "Nel mio cielo puro"
• 1985 "L'ultima poesia" (with Gianni Bella)
• 1986 "Senza un briciolo di testa"
• 1987 "Tanti auguri"
• 1988 "Dopo la tempesta"
• 1990 "Verso l'ignoto
  You and Me (La Toya Jackson song)
  "You and Me" is a single by La Toya Jackson, taken from her sixth studio album, Bad Girl. The song was originally titled Verso L'Ignoto, sung in Italian by Marcella and Gianni Bella, who entered the song in the annual Sanremo Music Festival held from February 28 to March 3, 1990...
  
  " (with Gianni Bella)
• 1998 "E'un miracolo" (with Gianni Bella)
• 2002 "La regina del silenzio"
• 2007 "Forever per sempre"

LP, CD

• 1972 Tu non hai la più pallida idea dell'amore
• 1973 Mi..ti..amo
• 1974 Metamorfosi
• 1975 L'anima dei matti (metà studio metà live)
• 1976 Bella
• 1977 Femmina
• 1979 Camminando e cantando
• 1981 Marcella Bella
• 1982 Problemi
• 1983 Nell'aria
• 1984 Nel mio cielo puro
• 1986 Senza un briciolo di testa
• 1987 Tanti auguri
• 1988 Marcella '88
• 1990 Marcella Bella canta Battisti
• 1990 Verso l'ignoto
• 1991 Sotto il vulcano
• 1993 Tommaso
• 1995 Anni dorati
• 2002 Passato e presente
• 2005 Uomo bastardo
• 2007 Per sempre Forever (with Gianni Bella)

External links

Website