Umberto Bindi
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Umberto Bindi was an Italian
singer-songwriter
.
He is especially known for the popular song he co-wrote with Gino Paoli
, Il Mio Mondo (You're My World
), which he recorded in Italian in 1963. It was later performed by singers in English and other languages.
Bindi was born in Bogliasco
(Province of Genoa
), Italy
, and was classically trained. He wrote his first song,T’ho perduto (I’ve Lost You), in 1950. He made his professional debut in Italian popular music in 1959 with his composition Arrivederci. The song was recorded by Marino Barreto Jr. and soon became the best-selling single in Italy for that year. A remarkable cover was recorded by Chet Baker
in 1960 for the Italian movie Urlatori alla sbarra.
Bindi's first LP
, Umberto Bindi e le sue canzoni, was released in 1960. Bindi also wrote and recorded a number of songs that would make him known to a larger public in Italy. A few of these became classic hits there: Il Nostro Concerto (Our Concert), 1960, number 2 on Italy's best-selling singles list for the year), Riviera (1961), and Il Mio Mondo. The latter was recorded in English in 1964 by the British
pop
singer Cilla Black
, and remained number 1 on the British pop charts for five weeks.
Umberto Bindi's earthy and passionate voice was unique and instantly recognizable. However, his singing career in Italy stalled, and he and music critics long attributed this to the Italian media's discomfort in the 1960s with Bindi's homosexuality. The singer nevertheless made a few concert appearances.
Bindi died at a Rome
hospital from heart
disease at the age of 70.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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...
.
He is especially known for the popular song he co-wrote with 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 :...
, Il Mio Mondo (You're My World
You're My World
"You're My World" is a ballad originally recorded in 1963 as "Il Mio Mondo" by Umberto Bindi, who co-wrote the Italian-language version with Gino Paoli. Rendered with English lyrics by Carl Sigman as "You're My World",the song has reached No...
), which he recorded in Italian in 1963. It was later performed by singers in English and other languages.
Bindi was born in Bogliasco
Bogliasco
Bogliasco is a comune in the Province of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about 11 km southeast of Genoa. Together with the comuni of Camogli, Recco, Pieve Ligure and Sori, it is part of the so-called Golfo Paradiso...
(Province of Genoa
Province of Genoa
The Province of Genoa is a province in the Liguria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Genoa.It has an area of 1,838 km², and a total population of about 900,000...
), Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, and was classically trained. He wrote his first song,T’ho perduto (I’ve Lost You), in 1950. He made his professional debut in Italian popular music in 1959 with his composition Arrivederci. The song was recorded by Marino Barreto Jr. and soon became the best-selling single in Italy for that year. A remarkable cover was recorded by Chet Baker
Chet Baker
Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer.Though his music earned him a large following , Baker's popularity was due in part to his "matinee idol-beauty" and "well-publicized drug habit."He died in 1988 in Amsterdam, the...
in 1960 for the Italian movie Urlatori alla sbarra.
Bindi's first LP
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
, Umberto Bindi e le sue canzoni, was released in 1960. Bindi also wrote and recorded a number of songs that would make him known to a larger public in Italy. A few of these became classic hits there: Il Nostro Concerto (Our Concert), 1960, number 2 on Italy's best-selling singles list for the year), Riviera (1961), and Il Mio Mondo. The latter was recorded in English in 1964 by the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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...
singer Cilla Black
Cilla Black
Cilla Black OBE is an English singer, actress, entertainer and media personality, who has been consistently popular as a light entertainment figure since 1963. She is most famous for her singles Anyone Who Had A Heart, You're My World, and Alfie...
, and remained number 1 on the British pop charts for five weeks.
Umberto Bindi's earthy and passionate voice was unique and instantly recognizable. However, his singing career in Italy stalled, and he and music critics long attributed this to the Italian media's discomfort in the 1960s with Bindi's homosexuality. The singer nevertheless made a few concert appearances.
Bindi died at a Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
hospital from heart
Heart
The heart is a myogenic muscular organ found in all animals with a circulatory system , that is responsible for pumping blood throughout the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions...
disease at the age of 70.
Albums
- Umberto Bindi e le sue canzoni (1960)
- Umberto Bindi (1961)
- Con il passare del tempo (1972)
- Io e il mare (1976)
- D'ora in poi (1982; re-issued as Le voci della sera in 1996)
- Bindi (1985)
- Di coraggio non si muore (1996)
Singles
- Arrivederci/Odio (Ricordi) (1959)
- Amare te/Nuvola per due (Ricordi) (1959)
- Girotondo per i grandi/Basta una volta (Ricordi) (1959)
- Tu/Non so (Ricordi) (1959)
- Un giorno, un mese, un anno/Lasciatemi sognare (Ricordi) (1960)
- Appuntamento a Madrid/Il confine (Ricordi) (1960)
- È vero/Luna nuova sul Fuji-Yama (Ricordi) (1960)
- Il nostro concerto/Un giorno, un mese, un anno (Ricordi) (1960)
- Se ci sei/Chiedimi l'impossibile (Ricordi) (1960)
- Un paradiso da vendere/Marie Claire (Ricordi) (1960)
- Non mi dire chi sei/Amare te (Ricordi) (1961)
- Riviera/Vento di mare (Ricordi) (1961)
- Noi due/Appuntamento a Madrid (Ricordi) (1961)
- Ninna nanna/Girotondo per i grandi (Ricordi) (1961)
- Jane/Carnevale a Rio (Ricordi) (1962)
- Un ricordo d'amore/Vacanze (RCA) (1962)
- Il mio mondo/Vieni, andiamo (RCA) (1963)
- Ave Maria/Un uomo che ti ama (RCA) (1964)
- Quello che c’èra un giorno/Il giorno della verità (RCA) (1964)
- Per vivere/Storia al mare (Ariston) (1968)
- Mare/Ma perché (Variety) (1969)
- Io e il mare/Flash (Durium) (1976)
- L'alba/Bogliasco notturno (Durium) (1976)
- Letti (con i New Trolls)/Chiara / Miracolo miracolo (solo New Trolls) (Fonopoli Stage) (1976)