Nicola Di Bari
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Di Bari and Nada celebrate victory at the Sanremo Music Festival 1971
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| Born | Michele Scommegna 29 September 1940 (age 83) Zapponeta, Italy |
| Occupation | Singer |
Nicola Di Bari, born Michele Scommegna on 29 September 1940, is an Italian singer-songwriter and actor. He is considered one of the "sacred monsters" of Italian pop music.[1]
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Life and career
Born in Zapponeta, Apulia, Di Bari was the youngest of ten children in a family of farmers.[2] He gave up his accountancy studies to go to work in the North Italy, and after a short stay in Rome he moved in Milan where he made many different jobs.[2] In 1962, in Cologno Monzese, he won a song contest with a song of which he was also the author, "Piano pianino".[2] In 1964 he got his first commercial success with the song "Amore ritorna a casa".[1] Between 1965 and 1967 he entered the competition at three editions of the Sanremo Music Festival, in couple with Gene Pitney.[3]
In 1970 Di Bari obtained a great commercial and critical success with the song "La prima cosa bella", which ranked second at the Sanremo Music Festival and first on the Italian hit parade.[3][4] In 1971 he won the Sanremo Music Festival and Canzonissima, with the songs "Il cuore è uno zingaro" and "Chitarra suona più piano".[3] In 1972, he won again the Sanremo Festival and represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "I giorni dell'arcobaleno" ("The Days of the Rainbow").[3] In the following years Di Bari grew his international popularity, especially in Latin America, where he recorded several albums in Spanish and where he gradually focused his career.[1][3]
Selected discography
Albums
- 1965 Nicola Di Bari (Jolly records, LPJ 5041)
- 1970 Nicola Di Bari (RCA, PSL 10464)
- 1971 Nicola Di Bari (RCA, PSL 10494)
- 1971 Nicola di Bari canta Luigi Tenco (RCA, PSL 10520)
- 1972 I giorni dell'arcobaleno (RCA, PSL 10533)
- 1973 Paese (RCA, PSL 10571)
- 1973 Un altro Sud (RCA, DPSL 10597)
- 1973 La colomba di carta (RCA, TPL1-1043)
- 1974 Ti fa bella l'amore (RCA, TPL1-1104)
- 1977 Nicola Di Bari (Carosello, CLN 25068)
- 1981 Passo dopo passo (WEA, T 58327)
- 1982 L'amore è... (Carosello, CLN 25096)
- 1985 Innamorarsi (CBS, 57047)
- 1987 Encanto (CBS DIL, 11350)
Singles
- 1963 "Piano... pianino.../Perché te ne vai" (Jolly, J 20217)
- 1964 "Amore ritorna a casa/Senza motivo" (Jolly, J 20229)
- 1964 "Non farmi piangere più/Ti tendo le braccia" (Jolly, J 20255)
- 1965 "Tu non potrai capire/Una cosa di nessuna importanza" (Jolly, J 20280)
- 1965 "Amici miei/Amo te, solo te" (Jolly, J 20282)
- 1965 "Piangerò/Il rimpianto" (Jolly, J 20294)
- 1965 "Un amore vero/Non sai come ti amo" (Jolly, J 20331)
- 1966 "Lei mi aspetta/Ridi con me" (Jolly, J 20346)
- 1967 "Guardati alle spalle/Judy" (Jolly, J 20406)
- 1968 "Se mai ti parlassero di me/Giramondo" (RCA, PM 3416)
- 1968 "Il mondo è grigio, il mondo è blu/Solo ciao" (RCA, PM 3448)
- 1969 "Eternamente/La vita e l'amore" (RCA, PM 3488)
- 1970 "La prima cosa bella/...e lavorare" (RCA, PM 3510)
- 1970 "Vagabondo/La mia donna" (RCA, PM 3531)
- 1970 "Una ragazzina come te/Zapponeta" (RCA, PM 3554)
- 1971 "Il cuore è uno zingaro/Agnese" (RCA, PM 3575)
- 1971 "Anima/Pioverà pioverà" (RCA, Pl 1)
- 1971 "Un uomo molte cose non le sa/Sogno di primavera" (RCA, PM 3611)
- 1971 "Chitarra suona più piano/Lontano, lontano" (RCA, PM 3627)
- 1972 "I giorni dell'arcobaleno/Era di primavera" (RCA, PM 3639)
- 1972 "Occhi chiari/Un minuto... una vita" (RCA, PM 3673)
- 1972 "Paese/Qualche cosa di più" (RCA, PM 3693)
- 1974 "Sai che bevo, sai che fumo/Libertà" (RCA, TPBO 1121)
- 1975 "Beniamino/Tema di Beniamino" (RCA, TPBO 1150)
- 1976 "La più bella del mondo/Anna, perché" (Carosello, Cl 20415)
- 1976 "E ti amavo/Momento" (Carosello, Cl 20435)
- 1977 "Lei, mia/Favole" (Carosello, Cl 20450)
- 1979 "Chiara/Partire perché" (VIP, 10205)
- 1982 "Innamorati noi/Solamente una vez" (Carosello, Cl 20510)
- 1983 "Vorrei/Sono triste" (Polydor, 815 409-7)
CDs
- 1995 Il meglio di Nicola Di Bari ("The Best of Nicola di Bari"), (DV More Records, DV 5874)
- 1999 I più grandi successi ("The Greatest Hits"), (Duck Records)
Selected filmography
Actor
- I ragazzi dell'Hully Gully ("The kids of hully gully"), directed by Marcello Giannini (1964)
- Questi pazzi, pazzi italiani ("These crazy, crazy Italians"), dir. by Tullio Piacentini (1965)
- Viale della canzone ("Song Avenue"), dir. by Tullio Piacentini (1965)
- Altissima pressione ("Ultimate pressure"), dir. by Enzo Trapani (1965)
- L'immensità (La ragazza del Paip's) ("Immensity - The girl of the Paip's"), dir. by Oscar De Fina 1967
- La ragazza del prete ("The girl of the preacher man"), dir. by Domenico Paolella 1970
- Torino nera ("Black Turin"), dir. by Carlo Lizzani (1972)
Soundtrack composer
- Preparati la bara! ("You'd Better Smile"), dir. Ferdinando Baldi by (1968)
- Torino nera ("Black Turin"), dir. by Carlo Lizzani (1972)
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 B & N, Volume 32,Edizioni 7–12. Società Gestione Editoriali, 1971. p. 90.
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External links
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by | Sanremo Music Festival Winner 1971 |
Succeeded by Nicola Di Bari with "I giorni dell'arcobaleno" |
| Preceded by
Massimo Ranieri
with "Vent'anni" |
Winner of Canzonissima 1971 |
Succeeded by Massimo Ranieri with "Erba di casa mia" |
| Preceded by | Sanremo Music Festival Winner 1972 |
Succeeded by Peppino di Capri with "Un grande amore e niente più" |
| Preceded by | Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 |
Succeeded by Massimo Ranieri with "Chi sarà con te" |
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- 1940 births
- Living people
- People from the Province of Foggia
- Italian pop singers
- Italian male singers
- Italian Eurovision Song Contest entrants
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1972
- Sanremo Music Festival winners
- Italian male film actors
- Spanish-language singers of Italy
