Italian singer
Gianni Morandi
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Morandi in 2005
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Birth name
| Gian Luigi Morandi
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Born
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1944-12-11
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11 December 1944
(age 79)
Monghidoro
,
Emilia-Romagna
, Kingdom of Italy
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Genres
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Occupation(s)
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- Singer
- actor
- television personality
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Instrument(s)
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Years active
| 1962?present
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Labels
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Website
| morandimania
.it
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Musical artist
Gian Luigi
"
Gianni
"
Morandi
(
Italian:
[?d?anni
mo?randi]
; born 11 December 1944) is an Italian
pop
singer, actor and entertainer.
Early life
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Gian Luigi Morandi was born in a little village called
Monghidoro
on the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines. His father Renato was active within the
Italian Communist Party
and Gianni used to help him sell the party newspapers. At an early age Morandi worked as a shoe-shiner, cobbler and as a vendor of
sweets
in the village's only cinema. His vocal abilities led him to a number of small gigs, some of which were during the Communist Party's activities.
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Career
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He made his debut in 1962 and quickly placed high at or won a number of Italian popular song festivals, including the
Canzonissima
festival in 1969. In 1962 he was signed by
RCA Italiana
and achieved national stardom with the song "Fatti mandare dalla mamma", and remained Italy's darling throughout that decade.
In 1970, he represented Italy at the
Eurovision Song Contest
with "
Occhi di ragazza
". His career went into a decline in the 1970s but underwent a revival in the 1980s. He won the Festival of Sanremo in 1987 with "
Si puo dare di piu
" together with
Enrico Ruggeri
and
Umberto Tozzi
, placed second in 1995 and third in 2000 and 2022.
It is estimated that Morandi has sold 50 million recordings.
[2]
He has written a number of autobiographical books and appeared in 18 films. In TV he played
Claude Jade
's husband Davide in the 1984
TV series
Voglia di volare
. He also played as actor in several TV series, as well as the host in popular Italian television shows.
In 1966 he married actress
Laura Efrikian
,
[3]
with whom he played in several
musicarelli
films
together.
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The couple divorced in 1979.
[5]
Morandi was chosen to be the presenter of
Sanremo Music Festival 2011
, together with
Belen Rodriguez
and
Elisabetta Canalis
. They were joined by comedians Luca Bizzarri and Paolo Kessisoglu from
Italia 1
's satire show
Le Iene
.
[6]
In October 2011, he was confirmed as the presenter of the
Sanremo Music Festival 2012
.
[7]
At the beginning of 2016, Gianni Morandi started a tour called "Capitani Coraggiosi Tour" with
Claudio Baglioni
. A double album will be published on 5 February.
[8]
In 2017 he sang with Fabio Rovazzi the song "Volare", a big hit.
In 2019 his 1964 song "
In ginocchio da te
" gained renewed popularity as it was featured in one of the main scenes of the
South Korean
movie
Parasite
, which won four
Oscars
the following year, including
Best Picture
.
Morandi participated at the 2022 Sanremo Festival, where his song "Apri tutte le porte" finished in 3rd place, in a competition of 25 other singers.
Discography
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Studio albums
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- Gianni Morandi
(1963)
- Ritratto di Gianni
(1964)
- Gianni 3
(1966)
- Per amore... Per magia...
(1967)
- Gianni 4 ? Un mondo d'amore
(1967)
- Gianni 5
(1968)
- Gianni 6
(1970)
- Gianni 7
(1970)
- Un mondo di donne
(1971)
- Il mondo cambiera
(1972)
- Jacopone
(1973)
- Il mondo di frutta candita
(1975)
- Per poter vivere
(1976)
- Old Parade Morandi
(1978)
- Abbraciamoci
(1979)
- Cantare
(1980)
- Morandi
(1982)
- La mia nemica amatissima
(1983)
- Immagine italiana
(1984)
- Uno su mille
(1985)
- Le italiane sono belle
(1987)
- Dalla/Morandi
(1988)
- Varieta
(1989)
- Morandi Morandi
(1992)
- Morandi
(1995)
- Celeste azzurro e blu
(1997)
- Come fa bene l'amore
(2000)
- L'amore ci cambia la vita
(2002)
- A chi si ama veramente
(2004)
- Il tempo migliore
(2006)
- Canzoni da non perdere
(2009)
- Bisogna vivere
(2013)
- D'amore d'autore
(2017)
- Evviva!
(2023)
Live albums
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- Cantare
(1980)
- Morandi in teatro
(1986)
- Live @RTSI Gianni Morandi
(1999)
- Grazie a tutti, il concerto
(2009)
- Capitani coraggiosi ? Il live
(2016)
Filmography
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Films
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Television
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Honours
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References
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External links
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- Note: Entries scored out signify where Italy did not compete
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1970s
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1980s
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2000s
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2010s
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2020s
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