Mariolino Barberis

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Mariolino Barberis
Background information
Birth name	Mario Barberis
Born	(1949-08-14)14 August 1949
Origin	Torino, Italy
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instruments	Vocals, piano
Years active	1964
Labels	, , DKF, DRUMS

Mariolino Barberis (born Mario Barberis, Turin, 14 August 1949) is an Italian singer.

Biography[]

At the age of twelve, Barberis started performing in competitions and events in Piedmont. Later, he released some tracks for the of Milan (Monza). In 1964 he participated in the Castrocaro Festival, a famous contest for new voices, where he was noticed by Teddy Reno, who offered him a recording contract with . In the following year he participated in the Cantagiro for Young Newcomers, winning first place with the song^[1]Il duca della luna (text by , music Caligiana, arrangement of Ennio Morricone, on backing vocals with the "Cantori Moderni" by Alessandroni).

Because of his extensive and melodic voice and polio affecting his legs since childhood (which forces him to walk with a cane), he is nicknamed the "Tajoli the sixties by the press.

Barberis started to make live performances accompanied by Flash, a group of three boys from Turin consisting of Marcello Capra on guitars, on bass and on drums that in the next decade will play in Turin with known progressive groups, like the Procession and .

In the following year, 1966, he once again won first place at Cantagiro with and performed in many television shows, including "Settevoci", led by Pippo Baudo. He later changed his label, moving to , a label tied to the Turin studio Format of Happy Ruggiero, which created, among others, a review of "My Place" presented in full by Tony Renis at the Sanremo Festival of 1968 and "This is the city", which Barberis authored with Roger.

Discography[]

• 1961 – ( Collana Canti Ricreativi, Canti Scout volume 1 – direttore del coro: Dusan S.) ( , ECO 1031 ).
• 1961 – ( Collana Canti Ricreativi, Canti Scout volume 2 – direttore del coro: Dusan S.) ( , ECO 1032 ).
• 1961 – ( Consonni E. – Nason L.) / ( Drake E. – Giudici L.) , ECO 1056S ).
• 1965 – – (Guardabassi-Caligiani) – 2:35 (, AN 4056) – arranged and Conducted by Ennio Morricone – chorus (I Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni)
• 1965 – – (Rossi-Romitelli) – 2:11 (, AN 4056) – arranged and Conducted by Ennio Morricone – chorus (I Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni)
• 1966 – ( – Mantovani G. – Caligiani G.) / ( Bacchetti M. – Latessa ) ( , AN 4087 )
• 1967 – ( Barberis M.- Scala R.) / ( Cameron – Franchi ) ( , KF 30042 )
• 1967 – ( Sciorilli E. – Ruggiero F. and his orchestra (arranged) – Tombolato P.) ( , KF 11037 )
• 1968 – ( Renis T. – Ruggiero F. (arrangiamento) – Testa A. ) / Agnese ( Barberis M. – Ferracioli L. – Giorgini B. in Dunn ) ( , KF 30050 )
• 1970 – ( Borghi D. – Panzuti D. ) / ( Barberis M. – Venturia – Testa A. – Langella F. ) ( , KF 30076 )
• 1985 – ( Barberis M. – Russo A. – Iozzo J. ) / ( Barberis M.- Russo A. – Iozzo J. ) ( , EDN 2215 )

Bibliography[]

• Various Authors (edited by ), Il dizionario della canzone italiana, publisher Armando Curcio (1990); heading Barberis, Mariolino, of Enzo Giannelli, pag. 107

References[]

External links[]

• Mariolino Barberis official channel on Youtube