English (en-US)

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Al Bano

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Albano Antonio Carrisi (born 20 May 1943), better known as Al Bano, is an Italian and Albanian tenor, actor, and winemaker. Having sold over 165 million records globally, he is one of the most recognisable Italian singers in the world whose career spans seven decades. He has gained worldwide notability due to his four and a half octave vocal rangeas well as mésalliance with Romina Power, daughter of Hollywood legend Tyrone Power. Carrisi is acclaimed for singing with operatic affinity in pop, rock and italodisco repertoires. In 2016, he was awarded Albanian citizenship due to his close ties with the country and a forename referring to the land.

He was born in the town of Cellino San Marco (province of Brindisi, Puglia in Southern Italy), where he still lives.

His mother Iolanda Ottino named him Albano because, when he was born, his father Carmelo Carrisi was fighting in Albania for the Royal Italian Army during World War II. He has one brother, Franco Carrisi (Kocis).

He made his debut in 1966 both as a singer, at the Festival delle Rose, and on television. He won the Disco per l'Estate, an Italian song contest, with "Pensando a te" in 1968. He recorded some major hits such as "La siepe" and "Nel sole" at that time. "Nel sole" sold 600,000 copies in Italy within three months of release in 1967, and eventually over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc in July 1968.

Soon afterwards, he started a musical collaboration with Romina Power (daughter of the American actor Tyrone Power), whom he married in 1970. After their marriage, they recorded "Storia di due innamorati". They sang as the duo Al Bano & Romina Power for almost thirty years; their work has been especially popular in Italy, Austria, France, Spain, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and Germany. They released "Dialogo" in 1975 and took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 with the song "We'll Live It All Again" ("Noi lo rivivremo di nuovo"). They sang "Sharazan" in 1981 and the following year they took part in the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Felicità", which came second. They won first prize in 1984 singing "Ci sarà" and again took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with "Magic Oh Magic". Both their Eurovision entries placed 7th. Other hits of 1987 include: "Nostalgia canaglia" (awarded 3rd prize at Festival di Sanremo '87) and "Libertà". Those successful songs were followed by "Cara terra mia", which came in third once more at the 1989 Sanremo Music Festival, and "Oggi sposi" which placed 8th at the 1991 Sanremo Music Festival.

Al Bano returned to his solo career in 1996 with "È la mia vita" which was followed by "Verso il sole" in 1997 and "Ancora in volo" in 1999 (that year, his duo – and his marriage – with Romina broke up). He also played in "Herşeye Rağmen" ("Nonetheless" in Turkish) music video of Sima (full name was Sima Sarıkaya), a Turkish singer in 1997. In 2000, Al Bano returned to the Eurovision stage, providing backing vocals for the Swiss entry (performed in Italian) "La vita cos'è?" performed by Jane Bogaert. This song placed 20th out of 24 in the contest. On 16 October 2001, Carrisi was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). ...

Source: Article "Albano Carrisi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Al Bano (de son vrai nom Albano Carrisi) est un chanteur populaire italien né le 20 mai 1943 à Cellino San Marco (Province de Brindisi, Italie). Il est connu pour son duo musical Al Bano et Romina Power avec sa femme Romina Power.

Son père l'a prénommé Albano car il avait combattu en Albanie lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Il débute dans le monde de la chanson au Festival delle rose en 1966 et, à la télévision sur Settevoci, programme présenté par Pippo Baudo.

En 1967 il obtient son premier succès avec la chanson Nel sole, qui atteint la première place du hit-parade des ventes de 45 tours en Italie.

Il chante ensuite Io di notte, L'oro del mondo et Il ragazzo che sorride (Le garçon qui sourit), dernière chanson écrite par Mikis Theodorakis qui se réfère aux tragiques événements de 1967 en Grèce, l'installation au pouvoir du Régime des Colonels.

En 1968 il participe pour la première fois au festival de Sanremo avec La siepe et la critique lui attribue le prix spécial de la meilleure chanson. En 1969 il remporte le concours Un disco per l'estate (Un disque pour l'été) avec Pensando a te (En pensant à toi).

Le 26 juillet 1970 il épouse Romina Power - fille de la star hollywoodienne Tyrone Power - avec qui il avait chanté le duo Storia di due innamorati (Histoire de deux amoureux), qui lui donne quatre enfants: Cristel, née en 1985 (qui participe à La Fattoria, version italienne de La Ferme Célébrités), Romina Jr, née en 1987, Yari, né en 1973, et Ylenia, née en 1970 et disparue à La Nouvelle-Orléans en 1994.

En 1975 ils interprètent Dialogo (Dialogue) et en 1976 ils participent au Concours Eurovision de la chanson avec We'll live it all again.

En 1981 ils interprètent Sharazan et l'année suivante ils sont à San Remo avec Felicità (Bonheur), qui se classe en seconde position. Ils remportent le Festival en 1984 avec Ci sarà et en 1985 ils sont de nouveau au Concours Eurovision de la chanson avec Magic oh magic.

En 1987 sortent les tubes Nostalgia canaglia (Nostalgie canaille), troisième à San Remo, et Libertà (Liberté). Suit ensuite Cara terra mia, encore troisième à San Remo en 1989. En 1991 le couple interprète au festival Oggi sposi.

Lorsque sort l'album Dangerous Al Bano, affirme que Michael Jackson lui a volé une partie du thème musical d'une chanson de 1987, I Cigni di Balaka dans sa chanson Will You Be There.

En 1995, Al Bano entame des poursuites au pénal. En mai 1999, un tribunal romain juge Michael Jackson coupable de plagiat, et le condamne à payer une amende de quatre millions de lires, avant de suspendre cette décision d'amende, les avocats de Michael Jackson ayant fait appel. Un expert en musicologie avait déterminé que 37 notes sur 40 étaient identiques.

Dans un procès au civil, Al Bano est également débouté par un tribunal milanais qui juge que Michael Jackson est innocent de violation de copyright.

En 1996 Al Bano entame une carrière solo avec È la mia vita (C'est ma vie), suivie de Verso il sole en 1997 et Ancora in volo (Encore en vol) en 1999.

En 1999 il se sépare de sa femme Romina et épouse la présentatrice télé Loredana Lecciso, avec laquelle il vit de 2001 jusqu'à novembre 2005 et a deux enfants: Yasmine (née en 2001) et Bido (en 2002). ...

Source: Article "Al Bano" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Al Bano

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Spanish; Castilian (es-ES)

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Albano Carrisi, más conocido como Al Bano (Cellino San Marco, Brindisi, Puglia; 20 de mayo de 1943), es un cantante popular italiano. Estuvo casado con la actriz y cantante estadounidense Romina Power durante casi tres décadas (1970-1996), con quien formó un dúo musical y con la que tuvo cuatro hijos: Ylenia Maria Sole (1970-1994), Yari Marco (1973), Cristèl Chiara (1985) y Romina Iolanda (1987).

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