Pooh

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The band performed in 2004
The band performed in 2004
General information
origin Bologna
Genre (s) Beat , pop rock
founding 1966
resolution 2016
Website www.pooh.it
Founding members
Valerio Negrini (until 1971)
Guitar , vocals
 Mauro Bertoli (until 1967)
Guitar, vocals
 Mario Goretti (until 1968)
Bass , vocals
 Gilberto Faggioli (until 1966)
Keyboard , vocals
 Bob Gillot (until 1966)
Last occupation
Keyboard, vocals
 Roby Facchinetti
Guitar, vocals
 Dodi Battaglia
Bass, guitar, vocals, recorder, cello
 Red Canzian
Drums, vocals, percussion, flute
 Stefano D'Orazio
Guitar, bass, vocals
 Riccardo Fogli

Pooh is an Italian pop rock band that was formed in Bologna in 1966 . It is one of the most important and popular music groups on the Italian music scene. She reached the peak of her success in 1971 with the number one hits Tanta voglia di lei and Pensiero , which were followed by a large number of successful albums and singles as well as a victory at the Sanremo Festival in 1990 . On the 50th anniversary of the band, Pooh announced that they would end their activity after 2016.

Band history

The band Pooh was founded by drummer and songwriter Valerio Negrini and emerged from a formation called Jaguars that has been active since 1962 . In 1966 Pooh (named after Winnie the Pooh ) published her first single with Vieni fuori , alongside Negrini at this time Mauro Bertoli, Mario Goretti (both guitar), Gilberto Faggioli (bass) and Bob Gillot (keyboard) were involved. A little later Roby Facchinetti and Riccardo Fogli joined the band and replaced Gillot and Faggioli respectively. At the end of the year the band wanted to compete at the Festival delle rose with the song Brennero '66 , but this had to be censored and renamed Le campane del silenzio because of the political content ( attacks on Italian customs officers in South Tyrol ) . The debut album Per quelli come noi was then released .

Bertoli also left the band after only a year, after which they remained in a formation of four. With Piccola Katy , the band achieved their first chart success in 1968. Soon afterwards, the young guitarist Dodi Battaglia replaced Goretti, who was also retiring. After lengthy disagreements with their label Vedette and efforts to cast off the image of a band tailored only to younger girls, the band switched to CBS . Under the guidance of producer Giancarlo Lucariello, Pooh had two number one hits in 1971, namely with the singles Tanta voglia di lei and Pensiero . This was followed by the album Opera prima , after which, however, founder Negrini withdrew from the limelight (he continued to work for the band as a songwriter); Stefano D'Orazio took his place. In the following year the band was able to build on their great success with the album Alessandra and especially the single Noi due nel mondo e nell'anima .

However, the line-up problems continued: Riccardo Fogli decided to embark on a solo career and announced his exit. It was only after a long search that Red Canzian was accepted as the new bass player in the band. After more albums, Pooh separated from producer Lucariello and took production into his own hands. With Poohlover in 1976 another great success was achieved. This was followed by a major concert tour and various television appearances, until the band switched to the CGD label the following year with the album Rotolando respirando . Attempts to gain a foothold abroad also failed, whereupon the group continued to concentrate on the Italian market and was able to celebrate the next great successes with albums such as ... Stop (1980) or Buona fortuna (1981); from the latter, Chi fermerà la musica was released as a single, which became another number one hit. In 1986 Pooh celebrated its twentieth anniversary with the album Giorni infiniti and a major tour.

With the song Uomini soli , the band first appeared at the Sanremo Festival in 1990 and won. The song became another number one hit. In addition, the band was entitled to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 in Zagreb , but they refused; the Sanremo runner-up Toto Cutugno , who moved up, eventually won the competition. The band's activity did not decline in the 1990s either, the 1996 album Amici per semper was particularly successful . To mark the 30th anniversary appeared in 1997 Mondadori with Quello che non sai the first official biography of the band; it was followed by the compilation The Best of Pooh . In 2002 the band contributed the music to a musical version of Pinocchio , directed by Saverio Marconi . For the soccer World Cup 2006 the band wrote the official anthem of the Italian national soccer team with Cuore azzurro . After Italy's World Cup victory, the song reached number two on the charts.

With the cover album Beat ReGeneration in 2008, the band remembered the beat music of their early days. When Stefano D'Orazio announced his departure in 2009, the compilation Ancora una notte insieme was published and concluded with a final tour. The three remaining band members continued their activity in 2010 and brought out - with Steve Ferrone as a temporary drummer - the album Dove comincia il sole . After extensive live activity, an album was released in 2012 with Opera seconda (on drums: Phil Mer) in which the band presented their own classics with new arrangements. In 2013 Pooh promised to take a break for several years with the publication of the Poohbox collection (CDs, DVDs and books). In honor of their founder Valerio Negrini, who died in 2013, the band performed once in 2014 with Riccardo Fogli and Stefano D'Orazio as well as many other companions.

On September 28, 2015, the band announced a reunion with Fogli and D'Orazio. After a series of concerts to mark its 50th anniversary, Pooh is set to be finally dissolved at the end of 2016. She made her first appearance as a star guest at the Sanremo Festival 2016 .

occupation

Discography

Studio albums

  • Per quelli come noi (1966)
  • Contrasto (1968)
  • Memories (1969)
year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT CH CH
1971 Opera great IT13 (7 weeks)
IT 		-
CBS
1972 Alessandra IT5 (40 weeks)
IT 		-
CBS
1973 Parsifal IT2 (32 weeks)
IT 		-
CBS
1975 Un po 'del nostro tempo migliore IT3 (26 weeks)
IT 		-
CBS
Forse ancora poesia IT5 (20 weeks)
IT 		-
CBS
1976 Poohlover IT3 (20 weeks)
IT 		-
CBS
1977 Rotolando respirando IT4 (24 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD
1978 boomerang IT5 (31 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD
1979 Viva IT3 (36 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD
1980 Hurricane IT16 (16 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD
…Stop IT2 (22 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD
1981 Buona fortuna IT1 (28 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD
1983 Tropico del north IT2 (20 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD
1984 Aloha IT2 (21 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD
1985 Asia non Asia IT5 (12 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD
1986 Giorni infiniti IT1 (21 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD
1987 Il color dei pensieri IT6 (13 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD
1988 Oasi IT4 (14 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD
1990 Uomini soli IT4 (16 weeks)
IT 		CH24 (3 weeks)
CH
CGD
1992 Il cielo è blu sopra le nuvole IT3 (10 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD
1994 Musicadentro IT6 (7 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD
1996 Amici x semper IT3 (25 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD East West
1999 Un posto felice IT2 (46 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD East West
2000 Cento di queste vite IT1 (27 weeks)
IT 		CH49 (6 weeks)
CH
CGD East West
2002 Pinocchio IT4 (16 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD East West / Warner
2004 Ascolta IT1 (31 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD East West / Warner
2008 Beat ReGeneration IT1 (38 weeks)
IT 		CH71 (2 weeks)
CH
Atlantic / Warner
cover album
2010 Dove comincia il sole IT2
platinum
platinum

(25 weeks)IT 		-
Artist First
Sales: +60,000
2012 Opera seconda IT2
gold
gold

(18 weeks)IT 		-
Artist First
Sales: + 30,000

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT CH CH
1982 Palasport IT3 (24 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD
1984 Goodbye IT9 (9 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD
1995 Buonanotte ai suonatori IT7 (7 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD
2003 Pinocchio. Il grande musical IT62 (2 weeks)
IT 		-
Musical soundtrack
2006 Noi con voi IT13 (19 weeks)
IT 		-
Atlantic / Warner
2011 Dove comincia il sole. Live agosto 2011 IT8 (9 weeks)
IT 		-
Artist first
2016 Palasport Live IT53 (1 week)
IT 		-
Warner
Pooh 50 - L'ultima notte insieme IT1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(62 weeks)IT 		CH24 (2 weeks)
CH
Sony
sales: + 100,000

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Compilations (selection)

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT CH CH
1975 I Pooh 1971-1974 IT15 (9 weeks)
IT 		-
CBS
1981 I Pooh 1978-1981 IT4 (21 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD
1989 Un altro pensiero: da Oasi ad Opera great IT21 (2 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD
1990 25: la nostra storia IT5 (14 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD
1997 The Best of Pooh IT3 (25 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD East West
2001 Best of the best IT3 (76 weeks)
IT 		CH75 (4 weeks)
CH
CGD East West / Warner
2005 La grande festa IT6 (70 weeks)
IT 		-
Atlantic / Warner
2009 Ancora una notte insieme IT2
gold
gold

(21 weeks)IT 		-
Atlantic / Warner
sales: + 35,000
2010 Superbest 1971-1984 IT43 (15 weeks)
IT 		-
Warner
2016 Pooh 50 IT12
gold
gold

(5 weeks)IT 		-
trio
The Collection 5.0 IT6 (34 weeks)
IT 		-
Warner
sales: + 25,000
2017 Trilogia 1987-1990 IT42 (1 week)
IT 		-
Warner, 4-CD box
2018 Pooh 50 - L'ultimo abbraccio IT6 (5 weeks)
IT 		-
Sony
Number one albums IT7thIT CH-CH
Top 10 albums IT40IT CH-CH
Albums in the charts IT50IT CH4thCH

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Singles (selection)

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1968 Piccola Katy
Contrasto 		IT10 (12 weeks)
IT
B-side of In silenzio
1971 Tanta voglia di lei
Opera great 		IT1 (26 weeks)
IT
Pensiero
Opera great 		IT1 (19 weeks)
IT
1972 Noi due nel mondo e nell'anima
Alessandra 		IT2 (24 weeks)
IT
Cosa si può dire di te?
Alessandra 		IT7 (18 weeks)
IT
Quando una lei va via
Alessandra 		IT9 (7 weeks)
IT
B-side of Cosa si può dire di te?
1973 Io e te per altri giorni
Parsifal 		IT2 (29 weeks)
IT
Infiniti noi
Parsifal 		IT3 (19 weeks)
IT
1974 Se sai se vuoi se puoi
I Pooh 1971-1974 		IT10 (17 weeks)
IT
Per te qualcosa ancora
I Pooh 1971-1974 		IT12 (17 weeks)
IT
1975 Ninna nanna
Forse ancora poesia 		IT8 (15 weeks)
IT
1976 Linda
Poohlover 		IT2 (16 weeks)
IT
1977 Risveglio
I Pooh 1975-1978 		IT17 (8 weeks)
IT
Dammi solo un minuto
Rotolando respirando 		IT2 (20 weeks)
IT
1978 Cercami
Boomerang 		IT4 (25 weeks)
IT
1979 Io sono vivo
Viva 		IT3 (27 weeks)
IT
1980 Notte a sorpresa
Viva 		IT17 (6 weeks)
IT
Canterò per te
... stop 		IT4 (29 weeks)
IT
1981 Chi fermerà la musica
Buona fortuna 		IT1 (24 weeks)
IT
1982 Buona fortuna
Buona fortuna 		IT19 (2 weeks)
IT
Non siamo in pericolo IT4 (11 weeks)
IT
1985 Se nasco un'altra volta
Asia non Asia 		IT3 (11 weeks)
IT
1990 Donne italiane
Uomini soli 		IT5 (8 weeks)
IT
Uomini soli
Uomini soli 		IT1 (20 weeks)
IT
2001 Portami via
Best of the Best 		IT3 (6 weeks)
IT
2002 Il paese dei balocchi
Pinocchio 		IT8 (4 weeks)
IT
2006 Cuore azzurro IT2 (20 weeks)
IT
Anthem of the Italian national football team
on the occasion of the 2006 World Cup
2008 La casa del sole
Beat ReGeneration 		IT24 (6 weeks)
IT
Cover version
2010 Dove comincia il sole
Dove comincia il sole 		IT74 (2 weeks)
IT
2012 Ci penserò domani
Opera seconda 		IT35
gold
gold

(19 weeks)IT
Sales: + 15,000
Number one singles IT4thIT
Top 10 singles IT23IT
Singles in the charts IT30thIT

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Biografia Pooh. In: Albo d'Oro. Musica e dischi , accessed on March 10, 2016 (Italian): "Gruppo fra i più significativi e popolari sulla scena italiana"
  2. ^ Oggi in breve: Pooh, Eagles, Alicia Keys. In: Rockol.it. January 3, 2014, accessed March 12, 2016 (Italian).
  3. ^ Pooh, the video remake of "Pensiero" in esclusiva per Sorrisi. In: Sorrisi.com . Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , September 28, 2015, accessed March 12, 2016 (Italian).
  4. ↑ a b c Chart sources (albums):
    • M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on March 10, 2016 (Italian, paid subscription access; IT until 1995).
    • Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI album . Lulu , 2013, p. 155 (IT 1995-2012).
    • Pooh albums. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed on September 24, 2016 (IT since 2000).
    • Pooh albums. In: Hitparade.ch . Hung Medien, accessed on September 24, 2016 (CH).
  5. ↑ a b c d e f Award archive. FIMI , accessed November 2, 2016 (Italian).
  6. ↑ Chart sources (singles):