Pino Presti
Encyclopedia
Pino Presti is an Italian
bassist
, arranger
, composer
, conductor
, record producer
, born in Milan
.
Pino Presti was very young when he first entered the music business. He started as a bass guitar
player, than gradually began an arranger
, a composer
, an orchestra conductor and a producer
. Among his collaborations in different genres of music like jazz
, pop
, funk
, soul
, we can find great names such as: Mina
(the most famous Italian pop singer
), Gerry Mulligan
, Astor Piazzolla
, Quincy Jones
, Wilson Pickett
, Shirley Bassey
, Maynard Ferguson
and many others.
Although he had a contract with Durium of Milano as a singer, he decided to concentrate only on performing music. He recorded hundreds of songs with major Italian artists such as: Mina
, Giorgio Gaber
, Ornella Vanoni
, Gino Paoli
, Bruno Lauzi
, Fabrizio De André
, Sergio Endrigo
, Mia Martini
, Franco Battiato
, Adriano Celentano
, Milva
, Pino Donaggio
, Gigliola Cinquetti
, Caterina Caselli
, Bobby Solo
, Fausto Leali
, Michele, Ivan Graziani
, Loredana Berté
and many others.
From 1971 up until her last public appearances at Bussoladomani in 1978, arranged and conducted 86 tracks among which hits
as Grande grande grande
, E penso a te, L'importante è finire, E poi, Città vuota, La pioggia di marzo, Fiume azzurro, Domenica sera and other songs included in albums such as: Mina
, Cinquemilaquarantatre
, Frutta e verdura
, Amanti di valore
, Baby Gate
, La Mina
, Singolare, Mina con bignè, Mina Live '78
For the Italian singer he composed four songs: Tentiamo ancora, for the album Frutta e verdura
(1973), L'amore è un'altra cosa, for Mina®
(1974), Amante amore, for
Mina con Bignè (1977), Bignè, for Ridi pagliaccio
(1988).
On occasion of Mina’s great come back at the vast Bussoladomani theater in Viareggio
on June 24, 1978, Nantas Salvataggio wrote an enthusiastic review of the event in the important newspaper, Il Giorno: « Mina was accompanied by an orchestra as that of a grand Las Vegas
show.
The Italian press, as well as others, defined the concert as a « triumph » and underlined the important contribution of the orchestra (14 members between musicians and chorus) « directed by Pino Presti ».
Between the 70’s and 80’s, he collaborated on recordings and or concerts with prominent personalities of the international music scene such as: Wilson Pickett
, Shirley Bassey
, Quincy Jones
, Gerry Mulligan
, Astor Piazzolla
, Maynard Ferguson
, Severino Gazzelloni
, Franco Cerri
, Shirley Bunnie Foy, Stéphane Grappelli
, Aldemaro Romero
, Gianni Bedori, Eartha Kitt
, Lara Saint Paul
, Bruno De Filippi, George Aghedo, Angel Pocho Gatti, Caterina Valente
, Bill Conti
, Hugo Heredia, Maurice Vander.
He is listed under his real name, Giuseppe Prestipino, on the record: Libertango
with Astor Piazzolla and in Summit-Reunion Cumbre by Gerry Mulligan and Astor Piazzolla. He is listed under the name Giuseppe "Pino" Prestipino Giarritta on the records La Onda Máxima and Onda Nueva Instrumental by the Venezuelan pianist, composer, arranger Aldemaro Romero
.
In April 1975 during the European tour with Mulligan and Piazzolla, he also played at the Olympia Theatre
in Paris
and at the World Music Festival in Palma, Majorca. The combo was composed by Tom Fay (piano), Sergio Farina (el. guitar), Giuseppe Pino Prestipino (el. bass), Tullio De Piscopo
(drums). One set was for Gerry Mulligan, the second was dedicated to Astor Piazzolla and the last one was the reunion of Astor and Gerry and the songs of this last set were those that had been issued on the LP Summit-Reunion Cumbre.
In 1976 he created and produced for Atlantic Records
the first dance
-funk
album in Italy: 1st Round with hit songs such as Smile, Funky Bump, L’estate di Laura, Sunny
.
In 1977 he signed a contract with RAI2
as arranger, conductor and composer of original music for the noted TV show, Auditorio A, directed by Stefano De Stefani. On that occasion, he was the conductor of a big band composed of 56 musicians with star names like: Gino Paoli
, Sergio Endrigo
, Milva
, Pino Daniele
, Maynard Ferguson
, Angelo Branduardi
, Rino Gaetano
, Fausto Leali
, Giorgio Baiocco, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
.
Other top shows were : C’era due volte, directed by Enzo Trapani (1980) and Il cappello sulle ventitré, directed by Fernanda Turvani (1983).
Besides composing music for TV series since the ‘80’s, Pino Presti has been creating and producing albums under various pseudonims for renowned
labels such as: Polydor, Baby Records
, Barclay
, Edizioni Curci, Durium, Dischi Ricordi, Joker, as well as independent ones: Emergency Records
, Soul Xpression, Level One, Self.
He has been living in France
since 2004 and in 2009 created and produced the album, A la Costa Sud – La Musique de la Cote d’Azur (Edizioni Curci) with 28 vocalists and or instrumentalists who are from various continents and nations but who regularly perform in theaters and clubs in the French Riviera
.
In 2011, he composed a five hours soundtrack
comprising music
of different genres for Grand Heritage Hotel Group (and for its related media). These genres range from classic jazz
, to nu jazz
, bossanova
, world music
, and ambient music
.
Italy
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bassist
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
, arranger
Arranger
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, composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, conductor
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
, record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, born in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
.
Pino Presti was very young when he first entered the music business. He started as a bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
player, than gradually began an arranger
Arranger
In investment banking, an arranger is a provider of funds in the syndication of a debt. They are entitled to syndicate the loan or bond issue, and may be referred to as the "lead underwriter". This is because this entity bears the risk of being able to sell the underlying securities/debt or the...
, a composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, an orchestra conductor and a producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
. Among his collaborations in different genres of music like jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
, soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
, we can find great names such as: Mina
Mina (singer)
Anna Maria Quaini, Grand Officer , known as Mina, is an Italian pop singer. She was a staple of Italian television variety shows and a dominant figure in Italian pop music from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s known for her three-octave vocal range, the agility of her soprano voice, and her image as an...
(the most famous Italian pop singer
Pop Singer
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), Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan
Gerald Joseph "Gerry" Mulligan was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger. Though Mulligan is primarily known as one of the leading baritone saxophonists in jazz history – playing the instrument with a light and airy tone in the era of cool jazz – he was also...
, Astor Piazzolla
Ástor Piazzolla
Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music...
, Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...
, Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett was an American R&B/Soul singer and songwriter.A major figure in the development of American soul music, Pickett recorded over 50 songs which made the US R&B charts, and frequently crossed over to the US Billboard Hot 100...
, Shirley Bassey
Shirley Bassey
Dame Shirley Bassey, DBE , is a Welsh singer. She found fame in the late 1950s and was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century"...
, Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson was a Canadian jazz musician and bandleader. He came to prominence playing in Stan Kenton's orchestra, before forming his own band in 1957...
and many others.
Early life
Son of an accomplished violinist, Arturo Prestipino Giarritta, has been studying music since the age of 6. When he was 17, he started his career performing as vocalist and bass guitarist in clubs as well as working in recording studios as an instrumentalist.Although he had a contract with Durium of Milano as a singer, he decided to concentrate only on performing music. He recorded hundreds of songs with major Italian artists such as: Mina
Mina (singer)
Anna Maria Quaini, Grand Officer , known as Mina, is an Italian pop singer. She was a staple of Italian television variety shows and a dominant figure in Italian pop music from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s known for her three-octave vocal range, the agility of her soprano voice, and her image as an...
, Giorgio Gaber
Giorgio Gaber
Giorgio Gaber, byname of Giorgio Gaberscik , was an Italian singer-songwriter, actor and playwright. He was also an accomplished guitar player and author of one of the first rock songs in Italian...
, Ornella Vanoni
Ornella Vanoni
Ornella Vanoni, OMRI is one of the most credited pop singers of Italy. She is known for her sophisticated pop style.-Artistic career:...
, Gino Paoli
Gino Paoli
Gino Paoli is an Italian singer-songwriter. He wrote four masterpieces of Italian popular music: "Il cielo in una stanza", "Che cosa c'è", "Senza fine" and "Sapore di sale".- Biography :...
, Bruno Lauzi
Bruno Lauzi
Bruno Lauzi was an Italian singer-songwriter.-Biography:Lauzi was born in Asmara, then part of the Italian Eastern Africa...
, Fabrizio De André
Fabrizio De André
Fabrizio De André was an Italian singer-songwriter.Known for his sympathies towards anarchism, libertarianism, and pacifism, he also was a convicted atheist , and his songs often featured marginalized and rebellious people, prostitutes and knaves, and attacked the Catholic Church...
, Sergio Endrigo
Sergio Endrigo
Sergio Endrigo was an Italian singer-songwriter.Born in Pola, Istria, Italy he has been often compared--for style and nature--to authors of the so called "Genoa school" like Gino Paoli, Fabrizio De André, Luigi Tenco, and Bruno Lauzi.He won the Sanremo Music Festival in 1968 with the song...
, Mia Martini
Mia Martini
Mia Martini was an Italian singer.-Early life:Born Domenica Bertè in 1947 in Bagnara Calabra , she moved to Rome with her sister and her friend Renato Zero.-Career:She recorded her first records as Mimì Berté, but she soon decided to change her name to Mia...
, Franco Battiato
Franco Battiato
Francesco Battiato is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes...
, Adriano Celentano
Adriano Celentano
Adriano Celentano is an Italian singer, songwriter, comedian, actor, film director and TV host.-Biography:Celentano was born in Milan at 14 Via Gluck, about which he later wrote the famous song "Il ragazzo della via Gluck"...
, Milva
Milva
Maria Ilva Biolcati , known as Milva, is an Italian singer, actress and television personality. She is also known as 'La Rossa', , due to the colour of her hair, and additionally as the 'Panther of Goro', which stems from the Italian press having nicknamed the three most popular Italian female...
, Pino Donaggio
Pino Donaggio
Giuseppe "Pino" Donaggio is an Italian composer.Born in Burano , into a family of musicians, Donaggio began studying violin at the age of ten, first at the Benedetto Marcello conservatory in Venice, followed by the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan...
, Gigliola Cinquetti
Gigliola Cinquetti
Gigliola Cinquetti is an Italian singer, TV presenter and journalist.-Biography:At the age of 16 she won the Sanremo Music Festival in 1964 singing "Non ho l'età" , with music composed by Nicola Salerno and lyrics by Mario Panzeri...
, Caterina Caselli
Caterina Caselli
Caterina Caselli is an Italian record producer and former singer and actress.In 1966 she debuted in the Sanremo Festival with "Nessuno mi può giudicare", a song discarded by Adriano Celentano, scoring a notable success. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc...
, Bobby Solo
Bobby Solo
Bobby Solo is an Italian singer and musician.Solo was born in Rome.In 1964, he participated in the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Una lacrima sul viso" , but he was disqualified for singing with playback which was contrary to the festival regulations. The song, however, became a global hit...
, Fausto Leali
Fausto Leali
Fausto Leali is an Italian singer, famous for his rough and aggressive voice, in sharp contrast with Italian melody conventions. Due to his voice, he is nicknamed "The black white" .-Beginnings:...
, Michele, Ivan Graziani
Ivan Graziani
Ivan Graziani was an Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist.-Biography:Graziani was born at Teramo, Abruzzo....
, Loredana Berté
Loredana Bertè
Loredana Bertè is an Italian singer. In her long career she has worked with some of the best Italian songwriters such as Enrico Ruggeri, Pino Daniele, Ivano Fossati, Mario Lavezzi, Enzo Jannacci and Mango, among others. She has experimented with different genres, from rock to reggae, from funk to...
and many others.
Musical career
After being Mina’s bass guitarist in studio and on tour for many years, Pino Presti became the arranger and conductor of many of Mina’s songs. Also at times a vocalist as in Flamingo and other numbers.From 1971 up until her last public appearances at Bussoladomani in 1978, arranged and conducted 86 tracks among which hits
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...
as Grande grande grande
Grande grande grande
"Grande grande grande" is a 1972 Italian song, written by Alberto Testa and Tony Renis. It was a No. 1 hit for Mina in Italy and for Shirley Bassey released as "Never Never Never" in the U.K., U.S. and Australia.-Mina version:...
, E penso a te, L'importante è finire, E poi, Città vuota, La pioggia di marzo, Fiume azzurro, Domenica sera and other songs included in albums such as: Mina
Mina (1971 album)
Mina is an album by Italian singer Mina released in 1971.The album is one of the singer's most successful, yiedlding the hit singles "Amor Mio" and "Grande grande grande" and outselling every other album release in 1972.- Track listing :...
, Cinquemilaquarantatre
Cinquemilaquarantatre
- Track listing :Side A# Fiume azzurro - 4:01 # Vorrei averti nonostante tutto - 4:38 # Io ti amavo quando - 4:22...
, Frutta e verdura
Frutta e verdura
Frutta e verdura is an album by Italian singer Mina, distributed back to back with the album Amanti di valore.Arranged by Pino Presti except: Non tornare più arranged by Dario Baldan Bembo, Devo tornare a casa mia arranged by Natale Massara. Soundengineer: Nuccio Rinaldis.- Track listing :#Fa...
, Amanti di valore
Amanti di valore
Amanti di valore is an album by Italian singer Mina. All songs written by Carlo Pes, lyrics by Franco Califano.Arranged by Pino Presti and Carlo Pes.Sound engineer: Nuccio Rinaldis.- Track listing :Side A#Amanti di valore - 4:22...
, Baby Gate
Baby Gate (album)
Baby Gate is an album by Italian singer Mina, including re-takes of her jazz songs from late fifties under the pseudonyme Baby Gate.Arranged by Pino Presti. Sound engineer Nuccio Rinaldis.The album was distributed back to back with album Mina®....
, La Mina
La Mina
La Mina is an album by Italian singer Mina, distributed back to back with album Minacantalucio.- Track listing :#Uappa - 3:23 - #Ti accetto come sei - 3:56 -...
, Singolare, Mina con bignè, Mina Live '78
Mina Live '78
Mina Live '78 is an album by Italian singer Mina, released in 1978.Recorded at the Bussola night club on August 23, 1978, it captured the last public appearance made by the singer....
For the Italian singer he composed four songs: Tentiamo ancora, for the album Frutta e verdura
Frutta e verdura
Frutta e verdura is an album by Italian singer Mina, distributed back to back with the album Amanti di valore.Arranged by Pino Presti except: Non tornare più arranged by Dario Baldan Bembo, Devo tornare a casa mia arranged by Natale Massara. Soundengineer: Nuccio Rinaldis.- Track listing :#Fa...
(1973), L'amore è un'altra cosa, for Mina®
Mina®
Mina® is an album by Italian singer Mina, distributed back to back with album Baby Gate.- Track list :# Due o forse tre - 4:12 - # Tutto passerà vedrai - 3:50 -...
(1974), Amante amore, for
Mina con Bignè (1977), Bignè, for Ridi pagliaccio
Ridi pagliaccio vol. 1-2
-CD 1:# Il portiere di notte - 5:37# Moody's Mood - 2:27# Canzoni stonate - 3:53# This Masquerade - 4:23# Into the Groove - 5:02# It's Impossible - 2:57# Un'ora - 3:27# You'll Never Never Know - 2:53# La compagnia - 5:02...
(1988).
On occasion of Mina’s great come back at the vast Bussoladomani theater in Viareggio
Viareggio
Viareggio is a city and comune located in northern Tuscany, Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. With a population of over 64,000 it is the main centre of the northern Tuscan Riviera known as Versilia, and the second largest city within the Province of Lucca.It is known as a seaside resort...
on June 24, 1978, Nantas Salvataggio wrote an enthusiastic review of the event in the important newspaper, Il Giorno: « Mina was accompanied by an orchestra as that of a grand Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area
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show.
The Italian press, as well as others, defined the concert as a « triumph » and underlined the important contribution of the orchestra (14 members between musicians and chorus) « directed by Pino Presti ».
Between the 70’s and 80’s, he collaborated on recordings and or concerts with prominent personalities of the international music scene such as: Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett was an American R&B/Soul singer and songwriter.A major figure in the development of American soul music, Pickett recorded over 50 songs which made the US R&B charts, and frequently crossed over to the US Billboard Hot 100...
, Shirley Bassey
Shirley Bassey
Dame Shirley Bassey, DBE , is a Welsh singer. She found fame in the late 1950s and was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century"...
, Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...
, Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan
Gerald Joseph "Gerry" Mulligan was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger. Though Mulligan is primarily known as one of the leading baritone saxophonists in jazz history – playing the instrument with a light and airy tone in the era of cool jazz – he was also...
, Astor Piazzolla
Ástor Piazzolla
Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music...
, Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson was a Canadian jazz musician and bandleader. He came to prominence playing in Stan Kenton's orchestra, before forming his own band in 1957...
, Severino Gazzelloni
Severino Gazzelloni
Severino Gazzelloni , was an Italian flute player. He was born in Roccasecca and died in Cassino. Gazzelloni was the principal flute in the RAI orchestra for 30 years and dedicatee of many works. Composers including Luciano Berio, Pierre Boulez, Bruno Maderna and Igor Stravinsky wrote pieces for...
, Franco Cerri
Franco Cerri
Franco Cerri is an Italian guitarist, born in Milan.Franco Cerri was considered as “the best Italian guitarist” and “the best guitarist that European jazz has produced” and became popular in Italy thanks to his participation to the television show Buone Vacanze...
, Shirley Bunnie Foy, Stéphane Grappelli
Stéphane Grappelli
Stéphane Grappelli was a French jazz violinist who founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934. It was one of the first all-string jazz bands....
, Aldemaro Romero
Aldemaro Romero
Aldemaro Romero was a Venezuelan pianist, composer, arranger and orchestral conductor. He was born in Valencia, Carabobo State.-Biography:...
, Gianni Bedori, Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt
Eartha Mae Kitt was an American singer, actress, and cabaret star. She was perhaps best known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 hit recordings of "C'est Si Bon" and the enduring Christmas novelty smash "Santa Baby." Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the...
, Lara Saint Paul
Lara Saint Paul
Silvana Savorelli , professionally known as Lara Saint Paul, is an Italian singer, entertainer, impresario and record producer.-Sanremo Music Festival:...
, Bruno De Filippi, George Aghedo, Angel Pocho Gatti, Caterina Valente
Caterina Valente
Caterina Valente is a singer, dancer, and actress. She was born into an Italian artist family; her father Giuseppe was a well-known accordion player, her mother, Maria Valente, a musical clown...
, Bill Conti
Bill Conti
William "Bill" Conti is an American film music composer who is frequently the conductor at the Academy Awards ceremony.-Early life and career:...
, Hugo Heredia, Maurice Vander.
He is listed under his real name, Giuseppe Prestipino, on the record: Libertango
Libertango
Libertango is a composition by tango composer Ástor Piazzolla, recorded and published in 1974.The title is a portmanteau merging "Libertad" and "Tango", symbolizing Piazzolla's break from Classical Tango to Tango Nuevo....
with Astor Piazzolla and in Summit-Reunion Cumbre by Gerry Mulligan and Astor Piazzolla. He is listed under the name Giuseppe "Pino" Prestipino Giarritta on the records La Onda Máxima and Onda Nueva Instrumental by the Venezuelan pianist, composer, arranger Aldemaro Romero
Aldemaro Romero
Aldemaro Romero was a Venezuelan pianist, composer, arranger and orchestral conductor. He was born in Valencia, Carabobo State.-Biography:...
.
In April 1975 during the European tour with Mulligan and Piazzolla, he also played at the Olympia Theatre
Paris Olympia
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in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and at the World Music Festival in Palma, Majorca. The combo was composed by Tom Fay (piano), Sergio Farina (el. guitar), Giuseppe Pino Prestipino (el. bass), Tullio De Piscopo
Tullio De Piscopo
Tullio De Piscopo is an Italian drummer and singer.De Piscopo was born the son of a drummer in an orchestra. In 1969 he moved to Turin, where he began a successful career as drummer for several popular artists, including Gerry Mulligan, Ástor Piazzolla, Aldemaro Romero, Gato Barbieri, Mina, Lucio...
(drums). One set was for Gerry Mulligan, the second was dedicated to Astor Piazzolla and the last one was the reunion of Astor and Gerry and the songs of this last set were those that had been issued on the LP Summit-Reunion Cumbre.
In 1976 he created and produced for Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
the first dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
-funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
album in Italy: 1st Round with hit songs such as Smile, Funky Bump, L’estate di Laura, Sunny
Sunny (song)
"Sunny" is the name of a song written by Bobby Hebb. It is one of the most covered popular songs, with hundreds of versions released. BMI rates "Sunny" number 25 in its "Top 100 songs of the century."...
.
In 1977 he signed a contract with RAI2
RAI2
Retinoic acid-induced protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RAI2 gene.-Further reading:...
as arranger, conductor and composer of original music for the noted TV show, Auditorio A, directed by Stefano De Stefani. On that occasion, he was the conductor of a big band composed of 56 musicians with star names like: Gino Paoli
Gino Paoli
Gino Paoli is an Italian singer-songwriter. He wrote four masterpieces of Italian popular music: "Il cielo in una stanza", "Che cosa c'è", "Senza fine" and "Sapore di sale".- Biography :...
, Sergio Endrigo
Sergio Endrigo
Sergio Endrigo was an Italian singer-songwriter.Born in Pola, Istria, Italy he has been often compared--for style and nature--to authors of the so called "Genoa school" like Gino Paoli, Fabrizio De André, Luigi Tenco, and Bruno Lauzi.He won the Sanremo Music Festival in 1968 with the song...
, Milva
Milva
Maria Ilva Biolcati , known as Milva, is an Italian singer, actress and television personality. She is also known as 'La Rossa', , due to the colour of her hair, and additionally as the 'Panther of Goro', which stems from the Italian press having nicknamed the three most popular Italian female...
, Pino Daniele
Pino Daniele
Pino Daniele is an Italian vocalist, composer, and musician, whose influences cover a wide number of genres, fusing pop, blues, jazz, Italian and Middle eastern music into his own unique brand of world music.-Studio albums:...
, Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson was a Canadian jazz musician and bandleader. He came to prominence playing in Stan Kenton's orchestra, before forming his own band in 1957...
, Angelo Branduardi
Angelo Branduardi
Angelo Branduardi , is an Italian folk singer and composer who scored relevant success in Italy and European countries such as France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.- Biography :...
, Rino Gaetano
Rino Gaetano
Salvatore Antonio "Rino" Gaetano , was an Italian singer-songwriter.-Biography:Rino Gaetano was born in Crotone, in the southern Italian region of Calabria...
, Fausto Leali
Fausto Leali
Fausto Leali is an Italian singer, famous for his rough and aggressive voice, in sharp contrast with Italian melody conventions. Due to his voice, he is nicknamed "The black white" .-Beginnings:...
, Giorgio Baiocco, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso is an Italian rock band. A popular progressive rock band in the 1970s, they continued making music in the 1980s and 1990s...
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Other top shows were : C’era due volte, directed by Enzo Trapani (1980) and Il cappello sulle ventitré, directed by Fernanda Turvani (1983).
Besides composing music for TV series since the ‘80’s, Pino Presti has been creating and producing albums under various pseudonims for renowned
labels such as: Polydor, Baby Records
Baby Records
Baby Records or Baby Record may be refer to:*Baby Records , Italian record label* Baby Records, recorl label of the Virgin Prunes*Rourke Baby Record, a medical guideline for pediatrics*birth certificate...
, Barclay
Barclay Records
Barclay Records is a French record label founded in the mid-1950s by Eddie Barclay under the alias, Edouard Ruault. Eddie Barclay also founded the Riviera label in the early-1950s....
, Edizioni Curci, Durium, Dischi Ricordi, Joker, as well as independent ones: Emergency Records
Emergency Records
Emergency Records was an independent record label from 1979 to 1989.Founded in the United States in early 1979, Emergency Records specialized in products of the Italian disco sound of the 1970s and 1980s. During that time, the majority of the European production of disco music came from Germany,...
, Soul Xpression, Level One, Self.
He has been living in France
France
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since 2004 and in 2009 created and produced the album, A la Costa Sud – La Musique de la Cote d’Azur (Edizioni Curci) with 28 vocalists and or instrumentalists who are from various continents and nations but who regularly perform in theaters and clubs in the French Riviera
French Riviera
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.
In 2011, he composed a five hours soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
comprising music
Music
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of different genres for Grand Heritage Hotel Group (and for its related media). These genres range from classic jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, to nu jazz
Nu jazz
Nu jazz is an umbrella term coined in the late 1990s to refer to music that blends jazz elements with other musical styles, such as funk, soul, electronic dance music, and free improvisation...
, bossanova
Bossanova
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, world music
World music
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, and ambient music
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
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TV Shows
- 1969 Sanremo Festival (Rai UnoRai UnoRai 1 is the primary television station of RAI, the national public service broadcaster, and the most watched television channel in Italy. It was born as Rai Tv from 1954 to 1961, called Programma Nazionale from 1961 to 1979, after called Rete 1 from 1979 to 1982, then called Rai Uno from 1982 to...
) - Bassist with Wilson PickettWilson PickettWilson Pickett was an American R&B/Soul singer and songwriter.A major figure in the development of American soul music, Pickett recorded over 50 songs which made the US R&B charts, and frequently crossed over to the US Billboard Hot 100... - 1977 Auditorio A (Rai DueRai DueRai 2 is one of the three main television channels broadcast by Italian public television company RAI alongside with Rai 1 and Rai 3. Rai 2 first started transmissions on November 4, 1961...
) - Composer, Arranger, Conductor (Guest appearanceGuest appearanceIn show business , a guest appearance is a participation of an outsider performer , usually called guest artist , in an event , i.e., the participation of a performer which does not belong to the regular crew In performance...
by Maynard FergusonMaynard FergusonMaynard Ferguson was a Canadian jazz musician and bandleader. He came to prominence playing in Stan Kenton's orchestra, before forming his own band in 1957...
) - 1980 C'era due volte (Rai Due) - Composer, Arranger, Conductor (Guest appearances by Peter ToshPeter ToshPeter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh , was a Jamaican reggae musician who was a core member of the band The Wailers , and who afterward had a successful solo career as well as being a promoter of Rastafari.Peter Tosh was born in Grange Hill, Jamaica, an illegitimate child to a mother too young...
) - 1983 Il Cappello sulle ventitré (Rai Due) - Composer, Arranger, Conductor (Hosted by Gino PaoliGino PaoliGino Paoli is an Italian singer-songwriter. He wrote four masterpieces of Italian popular music: "Il cielo in una stanza", "Che cosa c'è", "Senza fine" and "Sapore di sale".- Biography :...
)
Albums
- 1st Round - Atlantic RecordsAtlantic RecordsAtlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
(1976) - Maja Andina - Saar Records (1990)
- A La Costa Sud - Edizioni Curci (2009)
Singles
- Rimani ancora/Oh! Jenny - Durium (1964)
- In un posto fuori dal mondo/Messaggio d'amore - Belldisc (1969)
- Karin/No sabe - Dischi Ricordi (1970)
- Smile/L'estate di Laura - Atlantic RecordsAtlantic RecordsAtlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
(1975) - Funky Bump/C.so Buenos Ayres - Atlantic Records (1976)
- Shitân Disco Shitân - BarclayBarclay RecordsBarclay Records is a French record label founded in the mid-1950s by Eddie Barclay under the alias, Edouard Ruault. Eddie Barclay also founded the Riviera label in the early-1950s....
(1977) - Sundown - Durium (1978)
- You Know The Way part I/You Know The Way part II - Baby RecordsBaby RecordsBaby Records or Baby Record may be refer to:*Baby Records , Italian record label* Baby Records, recorl label of the Virgin Prunes*Rourke Baby Record, a medical guideline for pediatrics*birth certificate...
(1979) - You Know The Way - Vinyl 12" 33 ⅓ RPM - Emergency RecordsEmergency RecordsEmergency Records was an independent record label from 1979 to 1989.Founded in the United States in early 1979, Emergency Records specialized in products of the Italian disco sound of the 1970s and 1980s. During that time, the majority of the European production of disco music came from Germany,...
(1980) - Money (That What I Want) - Vinyl 12" 33 ⅓ RPM - Baby RecordsBaby RecordsBaby Records or Baby Record may be refer to:*Baby Records , Italian record label* Baby Records, recorl label of the Virgin Prunes*Rourke Baby Record, a medical guideline for pediatrics*birth certificate...
(1980) - To Miami/Mama's Away - Cetra Records (1980)
- Dancing Nights/And I Love Her - Polydor RecordsPolydor RecordsPolydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...
(1983) - Ya No Puedo Vivir (The Bush Remixes) - Vinyl 12" 33 ⅓ RPM - Blow Up Disco (1991)
- Once Again Now - Vinyl 12" 33 ⅓ RPM - Soul Xpression (1992)
- Divine - Vinyl 12" 33 ⅓ RPM - Level One (2001)
- Feel Like a Woman - CD Single - Self (2005)
As performer, arranger, conductor on other artists' albums
- MinaMina (1971 album)Mina is an album by Italian singer Mina released in 1971.The album is one of the singer's most successful, yiedlding the hit singles "Amor Mio" and "Grande grande grande" and outselling every other album release in 1972.- Track listing :...
- Artist: MinaMina (singer)Anna Maria Quaini, Grand Officer , known as Mina, is an Italian pop singer. She was a staple of Italian television variety shows and a dominant figure in Italian pop music from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s known for her three-octave vocal range, the agility of her soprano voice, and her image as an...
- PDU (1971) - CinquemilaquarantatreCinquemilaquarantatre- Track listing :Side A# Fiume azzurro - 4:01 # Vorrei averti nonostante tutto - 4:38 # Io ti amavo quando - 4:22...
- Artist: Mina - PDU (1972) - Altro - Artist: Mina - PDU (1972)
- Del mio meglio n. 2Del mio meglio n. 2- Track listing :Side A#Ballata d'autunno 5:40 #Parole parole 3:55 #Uomo 3:55 #Fate piano 3:50...
- Artist: Mina - PDU (1973) - Frutta e verduraFrutta e verduraFrutta e verdura is an album by Italian singer Mina, distributed back to back with the album Amanti di valore.Arranged by Pino Presti except: Non tornare più arranged by Dario Baldan Bembo, Devo tornare a casa mia arranged by Natale Massara. Soundengineer: Nuccio Rinaldis.- Track listing :#Fa...
- Artist: Mina- PDU (1973) - Amanti di valoreAmanti di valoreAmanti di valore is an album by Italian singer Mina. All songs written by Carlo Pes, lyrics by Franco Califano.Arranged by Pino Presti and Carlo Pes.Sound engineer: Nuccio Rinaldis.- Track listing :Side A#Amanti di valore - 4:22...
- Artist: Mina - PDU (1973) - Mina (1974 album) - Artist: Mina - PDU (1974)
- Baby Gate (album)Baby Gate (album)Baby Gate is an album by Italian singer Mina, including re-takes of her jazz songs from late fifties under the pseudonyme Baby Gate.Arranged by Pino Presti. Sound engineer Nuccio Rinaldis.The album was distributed back to back with album Mina®....
- Artist: Mina - PDU (1974) - Aulehla & Zappa - Artist: Aulehla & Zappa - PDU (1974)
- Del mio meglio n. 3Del mio meglio n. 3Del mio meglio n.3 is a compilation album by Italian singer Mina released in 1975.- Track listing :#E poi... - 4:53 - #La pioggia di marzo - 3:44 -...
- Artist: Mina - PDU (1975) - La MinaLa MinaLa Mina is an album by Italian singer Mina, distributed back to back with album Minacantalucio.- Track listing :#Uappa - 3:23 - #Ti accetto come sei - 3:56 -...
- Artist: Mina - PDU (1975) - SingolareSingolareSingolare is an album by Italian singer Mina, distributed back to back with album Plurale.- Track listing :# Sognando - Arranged by Pino Presti# Devo dirti addio - Arranged by Gianni Ferrio...
- Artist: Mina - PDU (1976) - Del mio meglio n. 4 - Artist: Mina - PDU (1977)
- Mina con Bignè - Artist: Mina - PDU (1977)
- Minantologia - Artist: Mina - PDU (1977)
- You Know Why - Artist: Roxy Robinson - OUT (1977)
- Di tanto in tanto - Artist: Mina - PDU (1978)
- Mina Live '78Mina Live '78Mina Live '78 is an album by Italian singer Mina, released in 1978.Recorded at the Bussola night club on August 23, 1978, it captured the last public appearance made by the singer....
- Artist: Mina - PDU (1978) - In Due - Artist: WessWessWesley Johnson aka Wess was an American-born Italian singer perhaps mostly known for representing Italy along with Dori Ghezzi in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 in Stockholm, Sweden, placing 3rd...
and Dori GhezziDori GhezziDori Ghezzi is an Italian singer who was active as a recording artist between 1966 and 1989. In the 1970s, Ghezzi worked mainly in a duo with American singer Wess, and the couple represented Italy in the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest....
- Durium (1979) - Filipponio - Artist: Filipponio - Cetra Records (1980)
- Del mio meglio n. 6 Live - Artist: Mina - PDU (1981)
- Il Flauto d' oro - Artist: Severino GazzelloniSeverino GazzelloniSeverino Gazzelloni , was an Italian flute player. He was born in Roccasecca and died in Cassino. Gazzelloni was the principal flute in the RAI orchestra for 30 years and dedicatee of many works. Composers including Luciano Berio, Pierre Boulez, Bruno Maderna and Igor Stravinsky wrote pieces for...
- PDU (1983) - All'arrembaggio - Artist: Filipponio - Spice7 (1984)
- Del mio meglio n. 8 - Artist: Mina - PDU (1985)
- Del mio meglio n. 9 - Artist: Mina - PDU (1987)
- Oggi ti amo di piùOggi ti amo di piùOggi ti amo di più is an album by Italian singer Mina, issued in 1988.The album includes new recordings of the classic "Il cielo in una stanza" and "E se domani".- Track list :#Grande grande grande - 4'00 -...
- Artist: Mina - PDU (1988) - Ridi pagliaccio - Artist: Mina - PDU (1988)
- Mazzini canta Battisti - Artist: Mina - PDU (1994)
- Mina Studio Collection - Artist: Mina - PDU (1998)
- Mina Love Collection - Artist: Mina - PDU (2000)
- Colección Latina - Artist: Mina - PDU (2001)
- The Platinum CollectionThe Platinum Collection (Mina album)The Platinum Collection is a compilation album by Italian singer Mina, issued in 2004.The 52-track, three-disc box set details Mina's recording career at PDU starting in 1968...
- Artist: Mina - PDU (2004) - Platinum Collection 2 - Artist: Mina - PDU (2006)
- Je suis Mina - Artist: Mina - EMI RecordsEMI RecordsEMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...
(2011) - Yo soy Mina - Artist: Mina - EMI RecordsEMI RecordsEMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...
(2011) - I am Mina - Artist: Mina - EMI RecordsEMI RecordsEMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...
(2011)
As performer
- 12 Bacchette per una chitarra - Artist: Franco CerriFranco CerriFranco Cerri is an Italian guitarist, born in Milan.Franco Cerri was considered as “the best Italian guitarist” and “the best guitarist that European jazz has produced” and became popular in Italy thanks to his participation to the television show Buone Vacanze...
- gta (1966) - Dedicato a mio padreDedicato a mio padreDedicato a mio padre is the first independently produced album by Italian singer Mina.-Track listing:# Lazy River - 2:49# I Should Care - 3:15# I discorsi - 3:06# Somos - 2:29# La canzone di Marinella - 3:15# The Man That Got Away - 2:44...
- Artist: Mina - PDU (1967) - This Is My Life (La vita)This Is My Life (La vita)This Is My Life is a 1968 album by Shirley Bassey that was released in Italy on the United Artists label .Bassey had started living as a tax exile in 1968, and was not permitted to work in Britain for two years...
- Artist: Shirley BasseyShirley BasseyDame Shirley Bassey, DBE , is a Welsh singer. She found fame in the late 1950s and was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century"...
- United ArtistsUnited ArtistsUnited Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....
(1968) - Mina alla Bussola dal vivoMina alla Bussola dal vivoMina alla Bussola dal vivo is Italian singer Mina's first live album.Mina was the first italian woman to record an live album during her performance at the Bussola, a popular night club in Marina di Pietrasanta, Versilia, Tuscany, Italy...
- Artist: Mina - PDU (1969) - Love and more Love - Artist: Puccio Roelens - Vedette Records (1969)
- L'orchestra di Augusto Martelli dal vivo - Artist: Augusto Martelli - PDU (1970)
- Del mio meglioDel mio meglioDel mio meglio is a compilation album by Italian singer Mina released in 1971. The first in a series of compilation albums released under the "Del mio meglio" title.- Track listing :# Io vivrò senza te - 4:13# Se stasera sono qui - 3:39...
- Artist: Mina - PDU (1971) - La Onda Máxima - Artist: Aldemaro RomeroAldemaro RomeroAldemaro Romero was a Venezuelan pianist, composer, arranger and orchestral conductor. He was born in Valencia, Carabobo State.-Biography:...
- Antor (1972) - Fratelli La Bionda s.r.l. - Artist: La BiondaLa BiondaLa Bionda is a musical duo formed by brothers Carmelo and Michelangelo La Bionda, who are considered the inventors of Italian disco music.-Biography:The grew up in Milan....
- Dischi Ricordi (1972) - Metti una sera Cerri - Artist: Franco CerriFranco CerriFranco Cerri is an Italian guitarist, born in Milan.Franco Cerri was considered as “the best Italian guitarist” and “the best guitarist that European jazz has produced” and became popular in Italy thanks to his participation to the television show Buone Vacanze...
- Jazz Italiano-Music (1973) - Dal mio lontano - Artist: Renato Pareti - Ducale (1973)
- LibertangoLibertangoLibertango is a composition by tango composer Ástor Piazzolla, recorded and published in 1974.The title is a portmanteau merging "Libertad" and "Tango", symbolizing Piazzolla's break from Classical Tango to Tango Nuevo....
- Artist: Astor PiazzollaÁstor PiazzollaÁstor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music...
- Carosello (1974) - Summit-Reunion Cumbre - Artist: Gerry MulliganGerry MulliganGerald Joseph "Gerry" Mulligan was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger. Though Mulligan is primarily known as one of the leading baritone saxophonists in jazz history – playing the instrument with a light and airy tone in the era of cool jazz – he was also...
, Astor PiazzollaÁstor PiazzollaÁstor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music...
- erre-t-v (1974) - Gerry Mulligan meets Enrico Intra - Artist: Gerry Mulligan, Enrico Intra - Produttori Associati (1976)
- Onda Nueva Instrumental - Artist: Aldemaro Romero - Velvet Música (1976)
- Silence and Other Sounds - Artist: Roxy Robinson - ONE (1977)
- Dissonanza-Consonanza - Artist: Enrico Intra - Musica Jazz (1999)
As performer, arranger, conductor on other artists' singles
- Grande grande grandeGrande grande grande"Grande grande grande" is a 1972 Italian song, written by Alberto Testa and Tony Renis. It was a No. 1 hit for Mina in Italy and for Shirley Bassey released as "Never Never Never" in the U.K., U.S. and Australia.-Mina version:...
- Artist: MinaMina (singer)Anna Maria Quaini, Grand Officer , known as Mina, is an Italian pop singer. She was a staple of Italian television variety shows and a dominant figure in Italian pop music from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s known for her three-octave vocal range, the agility of her soprano voice, and her image as an...
- PDUPDUPDU may stand for:* Partia për Drejtësi dhe Unitet , a former political party in Albania* Partidul Democrat al Unirii , a political group in Romania...
(1971) - Domenica sera - Artist: Mina - PDU (1973)
- E poi - Artist: Mina - PDU (1973)
- Lamento d'amore - Artist: Mina - PDU (1973)
- La scala buia - Artist: Mina - PDU (1974)
- L'importante è finire - Artist: Mina - PDU (1975)
- Nuda - Artist: Mina - PDU (1976)
- Città Vuota (It's a Lonely Town) - Artist: Mina - PDU (1978)
- Dentro - Artist: Beba LoncarBeba LoncarDesanka "Beba" Lončar is a Serbian-Italian film actress. She appeared in 52 films between 1960 and 1982. She was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, now Serbia...
- CBS RecordsCBS RecordsCBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J...
(1978) - Momento - Artist: WessWessWesley Johnson aka Wess was an American-born Italian singer perhaps mostly known for representing Italy along with Dori Ghezzi in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 in Stockholm, Sweden, placing 3rd...
& Dori GhezziDori GhezziDori Ghezzi is an Italian singer who was active as a recording artist between 1966 and 1989. In the 1970s, Ghezzi worked mainly in a duo with American singer Wess, and the couple represented Italy in the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest....
- Durium (1979) - Pazzo non amore mio/L'Unica - Artist: Filipponio - Cetra Records (1979)
- Regina del futuro/Noia - Artist: Marisa Sacchetto - F1 Team (1981)
- Quale appuntamento - Artist: Eleonora GiorgiEleonora GiorgiEleonora Giorgi is an Italian actress, screenwriter and film director.Giorgi was born in Rome. She made her film debut in a minor role in Paolo Cavara's horror film Black Belly of the Tarantula . Giorgi has appeared in nearly fifty films, including Pasquale Festa Campanile's Conviene far bene...
- Dischi Ricordi (1981)
As performer
- Che vale per me/Eccomi - Artist: Eartha KittEartha KittEartha Mae Kitt was an American singer, actress, and cabaret star. She was perhaps best known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 hit recordings of "C'est Si Bon" and the enduring Christmas novelty smash "Santa Baby." Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the...
- RCARCARCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was an American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. The RCA trademark is currently owned by the French conglomerate Technicolor SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Technicolor...
(1968) - La vita/Without A Word - Artist: Shirley BasseyShirley BasseyDame Shirley Bassey, DBE , is a Welsh singer. She found fame in the late 1950s and was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century"...
- United ArtistsUnited ArtistsUnited Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....
(1968) - Domani domani/Pronto sono io - Artist: Shirley Bassey - United Artists (1968)
- Yes/To Give - Artist: Shirley Bassey - United Artists (1968)
- E' giorno/If You Go Away - Artist: Shirley Bassey - United Artists (1968)
- Chi si vuole bene come noi/Epirops - Artist: Shirley Bassey - United Artists (1968)
- Com'è piccolo il mondo/Manchi solo tu - Artist: Shirley Bassey - United Artists (1968)
- Concerto d'autunno/You Are My Way Of Life - Artist: Shirley Bassey - United Artists (1969)
- Ora che sei qui/Something - Artist: Shirley Bassey - United Artists (1970)
- Non preoccuparti/Adesso ricomincerei - Artist: Lara Saint PaulLara Saint PaulSilvana Savorelli , professionally known as Lara Saint Paul, is an Italian singer, entertainer, impresario and record producer.-Sanremo Music Festival:...
, arranger-conductor Quincy JonesQuincy JonesQuincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...
- Polydor (1973) - Cara Fatina/Lettera a Pinocchio - Artist: Tony Renis, arranger-conductor Quincy Jones - ref : CDI (2001)
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