Don Backy
Don Backy (actually Aldo Caponi , born August 21, 1939 in Santa Croce sull'Arno ) is an Italian singer and actor .
Life
Backy appeared from the age of sixteen with an amateur group as an interpreter of current American and English hits and in 1961 switched to the professional camp under the pseudonym Agaton . He belonged to the clan around Adriano Celentano until 1968 and was able to record a number of successful titles by the early 1980s, including Fuggiasco , Amico , L'amore , L'immensità and his number one hit of 1968, Canzone . In 1967 and 1969 he took part in the Sanremo Festival . In addition to his singing, he worked as an author, painter and film composer - z. B. for Chernova Ruta .
After a few appearances in guest roles, he began an acting career in 1967, which he pursued until 1975. He was both the sexy hero in The Naked Mare and Der Pfaffenspiegel and the woman slasher Busturi in Wild Dogs in the team with George Eastman . Don Backy has appeared in numerous undemanding commercial films, but also played under Carlo Lizzani in The Bandits of Milan and the homosexual heroes in The Degenerate ; In 1981 he appeared again in front of the camera for Bernardo Bertolucci .
Publications (selection)
LPs
- 1965 - L'amore (Clan Celentano ACC S LP 40005)
- 1968 - Casa bianca (Clan Celentano ACC LP 40009)
- 1969 - Le 4 stagioni di Don Backy (Amico DB LP 7001)
- 1971 - Fantasia (CGD FGL-5085)
- 1973 - Io più te (RCA Italiana DPSL 10613)
- 1978 - Sognando (Ciliegia Bianca CBL 80001)
- 1979 - Vivendo cantando (Ciliegia Bianca CBM 8002)
- 1981 - Difetti e virtù (Ciliegia Bianca CBM 8003)
- 1984 - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter (Forever FE 32702)
- 1988 - Rock'n'Roll (Ciliegia Bianca 2NEM 47301)
- 1990 - Finalmente (New Enigma NEM 47734)
- 1992 - Sulla strada (Ciliegia Bianca CBM 8004)
- 1994 - Per amore per rabbia
- 1998 - Memorie di un Juke Box
- 2003 - Signori si nasce e io lo nacqui
- 2010 - Il mestiere delle canzoni CD (Ciliegia Bianca)
- 2015 - A noi piacevano gli Everly Brothers
- 2017 - Pianeta donna
Books
- 1967: Io che miro il tondo, Feltrinelli
- 1970: Cielo 'O Connors & Franz il Guercio, soci a Parigi, Leti
- 1974: Radiografia a un pupazzo di neve, Giardini
- 1985: L'Inferno, Gruppo Editoriale Lo Vecchio
- 2001: C'era una volta il Clan (memorie di un juke box, '55 -'69), Edizioni Ciliegia Bianca, Rome
- 2002: Clanirycon, L'isola che c'è
Filmography (selection)
- 1968: The Bandits of Milan (Banditi a Milano)
- 1969: The blue-eyed bandit (Barbagia (La società del malessere))
- 1969: The Degenerate (Satyricon)
- 1970: The law of silence (E venne il giorno dei limoni neri)
- 1972: The Pfaffenspiegel (Quando le donne si chiamavano madonne)
- 1972: Una cavalla tutta nuda (also music)
- 1972: Two scoundrels in ancient Rome (Poppea, una prostituta al servizio dell'impero)
- 1973: Two scoundrels "storm" Troy (Elena sì, ma ... di Troia)
- 1974: Beat that the scraps fly (A forza di sberle)
- 1974: Wild Dogs (Cani arrabbiati)
Web links
- Website of the artist
- Don Backy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- detailed biography at mymovies (Italian)
- Backy at Raiuno (until 2000)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi, article Don Backy , in: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese 1998, p. 29
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Backy, Don |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Caponi, Aldo (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian singer and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 21, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santa Croce sull'Arno |