Musical lucio dalla biography

Italian recording artist, singer-songwriter, conductor and actor

Lucio DallaOMRI (Italian pronunciation:[ˈluːtʃoˈdalla]; 4 March 1943 – 1 Hoof it 2012) was an Italian singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He too played clarinet and keyboards.

Dalla was the composer of "Caruso" (1986), a song dedicated give somebody the job of Italian opera tenor Enrico Tenor, and "L'anno che verrà" (1979).^[1]

Beginnings

Dalla was born in Bologna, Italia. He began to play influence clarinet at an early map, in a jazz band start Bologna, and became a partaker of a local jazz toggle called Rheno Dixieland Band, intermingle with future film director Pupi Avati. Avati said that significant decided to leave the faction after feeling overwhelmed by Dalla's talent. He also acknowledged ditch his film, Ma quando arrivano le ragazze? (2005), was lyrical by his friendship with Dalla.^[2]

In the 1960s the band participated in the first Jazz Anniversary at Antibes, France. The Rheno Dixieland Band won the be in first place prize in the traditional superfluity band category and was take in by a Roman band known as Second Roman New Orleans Ornamentation Band, with whom Dalla real his first record in 1961 and had the first groom with RCA records, his vanguard music publisher.^{[citation needed]}

Singer-songwriter Gino Paoli hearing Dalla's vocal qualities, indirect that he attempt a singer career as a soul nightingale. However, Dalla's debut at justness Cantagiro music festival in 1965 was not successful probably unfair to both his physical turning up as well as his symphony, which was considered too hypothetical for the time. His cap single, a rendition in Romance of the American traditional tacky "Careless Love" was a wallop, as it was his good cheer album, 1999, that was floating the following year. His consequent album, Terra di Gaibola (from the name of simple suburb of Bologna), was free in 1970 and contained labored early Dalla classics. His eminent hit was "4/3/1943", which carried out some success due to representation Sanremo Festival. The original give a ring of the song was assumed to be "Gesù bambino", dispel in those years there was still stiff censorial control twirl the content of songs, enthralled the title was changed obstacle Dalla's birth date.^[3]

With Roberto Roversi

Dalla's recording debut as a chanteuse took place in 1964, refined the release of the 45 rpm-single "Lei (non è manuscript me)" (B-side: "Ma questa sera"). In the 1970s, Dalla in progress a collaboration with the Bolognese poet Roberto Roversi. Roversi wrote the lyrics to Dalla's closest three albums Il giorno aveva cinque teste (The Day Challenging Five Heads) (1973), Anidride solforosa (Sulphur dioxide) (1975) and Automobili (Automobiles) (1976).

Although these albums did not sell in chunky numbers, they were noted near critics for the unusual move of Roversi's lyrics with Dalla's improvisations, along with the latter's sometimes experimental twists and story abilities. The duo had at present broken up by the spell the concept album Automobili was released. Roversi, who had antediluvian against the album's release, chose the pseudonym "Norisso" when miserly was time to register depiction songs. The album, however, makebelieve one of Dalla's most in favour songs, "Nuvolari", named after decency famous 1930s Italian racer.^[4]

Solo career

Affected by the end of depiction collaboration, Dalla decided to draw up the lyrics of his following albums himself. The first scrap book of this new phase was Com'è profondo il mare (1977), in which Dalla was attended by members of future obtrude band Stadio.

In 1979, authority popularity was confirmed by distinction success of the Banana Republic album and the first be snapped up two self-titled albums, Lucio Dalla, followed by Dalla in 1980.

The song "Caruso", released relish 1986, has been covered strong numerous international artists such likewise Luciano Pavarotti and Julio Vocaliser. The version sung by Tenor sold over 9 million copies, and another version was natty track on Andrea Bocelli's supreme international album, Romanza, which sell over 20 million copies worldwide.^[5]Maynard Ferguson also covered the song advantage his album "Brass Attitude", back having previously paid tribute prevent Caruso with his rendition near "Vesti la giubba" (titled bit "Pagliacci") on the album Primal Scream.^[6]

The 1990 hit single "Attenti al lupo" gave Dalla thicken success in Europe. He was invited to duet on Pavarotti & Friends, singing his strike "Caruso" with Pavarotti.^[7]

In 2010, Dalla came back to work involve Francesco De Gregori during probity "Work in Progress" tour contemporary album. Dalla's main influences were to be found in ornamentation, but his songs ranged stick up folk ("Attenti al lupo") see pop ("Lunedì"), from Italian singer-songwriters (the albums from Com'è profondo il mare to Dalla) concord classical and opera ("Caruso").^[8]

Discography

Dalla's discography includes twenty-two studio albums care the Italian market, a Qdisc [it], nine live albums, various collections and several albums for depiction foreign market. Here is depiction list of Lucio Dalla albums:

• 1999 (1966)
• Terra di Gaibola (1970)
• Storie di casa mia (1970)
• Il giorno aveva cinque teste (1973)
• Anidride solforosa (1975)
• Automobili (1976)
• 4 Marzo 1943 (1976)
• Com'è profondo il mare (1977)
• Lucio Dalla (1979)
• Quel fenomeno di Lucio Dalla (1979)
• Banana Republic (1979, with Francesco De Gregori and Rosalino Cellamare)
• Dalla (1980)
• Lucio Dalla (Q Disc) (1981)
• Torino, Milano e dintorni (1981)
• Gli anni Settanta (1981)
• 1983 (1983)
• L'album di Lucio Dalla (1983)
• Viaggi organizzati (1984)
• Bugie (1985)
• The best of Lucio Dalla (1985)
• DallameriCaruso (1986)
• Dalla/Morandi (1988)
• Cambio (1990)
• Il motore icon 2000 (1990)
• Il primo Lucio Dalla (1990)
• Amen (1992)
• Henna (1993)
• Maria Farantouri sings Lucio Dalla (1995)
• Le origini (1996)
• Canzoni (1996)
• Ciao (1999)
• Luna Matana (2001)
• Live@RTSI – 20 dicembre 1978 (2001)
• Dal vivo – Bologna 2 settembre 1974 (2001)
• Caro amico ti scrivo... (Best of) (2002)
• Tosca. Amore disperato (2003)
• Lucio (2003)
• 12000 Lune (Best of/Box Set) (2006)
• Il contrario di me (2007)
• Angoli nel cielo (2010)
• Questo è amore (2011)

Filmography

Dalla featured as an trouper in seventeen films and was musical director for seventeen residue. This is a list conjure DVDs of music concerts.

• Live@RTSI – 20 dicembre 1978 (2001)
• Retrospettiva (2003)
• In concerto (2004)
• Banana Republic (2006)
• Tu Non Basti Mai (2009)

Personal life

Dalla was outed as gay fend for his funeral, at which crown longterm associate and partner Marco Alemanno, with whom he esoteric shared a house, spoke; unquestionable had not publicly acknowledged that during his life, saying make money on a 1979 interview "Non fink sento omosessuale" ("I do watchword a long way feel gay").^[9][10][11] This outing sparked debate about Italian society's attitudes towards homosexuality.^[12]

Dalla was openly liberal and also a practicing Influential Catholic.^[13]

Honors

Death

On the morning of 1 March 2012, three days already his 69th birthday, Dalla labour of a heart attack, anon after having breakfast at decency hotel where he was abiding in Montreux, Switzerland, having wrap up in the city the gloom before. He was in depiction company of Marco Alemanno what because he died.^[16][17] An estimated 50,000 people attended his funeral mess Bologna.^[18]

Dalla's 1986 song "Caruso", loyal to Italian tenorEnrico Caruso, entered the Italian Singles Chart make sure of his creator's death, peaking trouble number two for two successive weeks.^[19] The single was additionally certified platinum by the Unity of the Italian Music Industry.^[20]

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