Ornella Vanoni

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Ornella Vanoni
Vanoni in the 1960s
Vanoni in the 1960s
Background information
Birth nameOrnella Vanoni
Born (1934-09-22) 22 September 1934 (age 86)
OriginMilan, Italy
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • actress
Years active1960–present
Associated actsGino Paoli
WebsiteOrnellavanoni.it

Ornella Vanoni OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [orˈnɛlla vaˈnoːni]; born 22 September 1934) is an Italian singer. She is one of the longest-running Italian artists: she has been in the business since 1956. With the publication of about 112 works (including albums, EPs and collections), she is considered one of the greatest interpreters of Italian pop music and during her long career has sold over 40 million discs.

Artistic career[]

She started her artistic career in 1960 as a theatrical actress of Bertolt Brecht works, under the direction of Giorgio Strehler in his Piccolo Teatro of Milan. At the same time, she started singing, recording for a high-class public. The folklore and popular songs she reinvented in her recordings of this period, especially the ones that sang about the criminal underworld, gave her the nickname cantante della mala ("Underworld Singer").

Owing to the songs "Senza Fine" and "Che cosa c'è" written for her by Gino Paoli, her popularity rose in 1963. Next year, she won the Festival of Neapolitan song with "Tu si na cosa grande". L In the following years, she took part in a series of Festivals of Italian song in San Remo, which resulted in great successes with the songs; "Abbracciami forte" (1965), "Io ti darò di più" (1966), "La musica è finita" (1967), "Casa Bianca" (1968), and "Eternità" (1970). "Casa Bianca", which came second, was the subject of a copyright dispute between the composer Don Backy and the Clan Celentano label.

Later in the period, Vanoni released the hits "Una ragione di più", "Un'ora sola ti vorrei", and "L'appuntamento". "Non Dirmi Niente" is Vanoni's cover of Burt Bacharach's hit "Don't Make Me Over". "L'appuntamento", which was composed in 1970, is a cover of the Brazilian song "Sentado à Beira do Caminho" (Sitting by the Roadside) by Erasmo Carlos and Roberto Carlos.[1] In 1972 she sang the theme to Lucio Fulci's critically acclaimed mystery thriller film Don't Torture a Duckling.

In 1976, Vanoni cooperated with Vinicius de Moraes and Toquinho releasing the hit "La voglia, la pazzia, l'incoscienza e l'allegria". During the 1980s, she released "Ricetta di donna", "Uomini", and "Ti lascio una canzone" (a duet with Gino Paoli). In 1989, she returned to Sanremo Festival with the song "Io come farò". In 1999, she recorded "Alberi", a duet with Enzo Gragnaniello. She was mostly active performing live and as a guest singer in recordings. In 2004, she released a duo album with Gino Paoli to celebrate her 70th birthday.

In addition to her singing career, Ornella Vanoni was active in other arts, starring in stage and TV shows, movies, and posing nude for the Italian edition of Playboy magazine. The inclusion of her former hit "L'Appuntamento" (1970) on the Ocean's Twelve soundtrack sparked a worldwide renewal of interest in Ornella Vanoni.

Discography[]

Filmography[]

Films
Year Title Role Notes
1959 Ragazzi del Juke-Box Barmaid Cameo appearance
1961 Duel of the Titans Tarpeia
1962 Invasion 1700 Woman Cameo appearance
1964 Amori pericolosi Prostitute Segment: "La Ronda"
I ragazzi dell'Hully Gully Singer Cameo appearance
1966 Per un pugno di canzoni Singer Cameo appearance
1971 Il mulino del Po La Sniza Television film
1979 I viaggiatori della sera Nicki
2015 What a Beautiful Surprise Carla

References[]

Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent Italian-language Wikipedia article (retrieved 28 March 2006).

  1. ^ "Comparison page".
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