Bonnie Bianco

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Lory Bianco in Frankfurt, 2007
Lory Bianco in Frankfurt, 2007
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Cinderella '87
  DE 2 
gold
gold
03/09/1987 (16 weeks)
  AT 15th 02/15/1988 (4 weeks)
  CH 9 04/12/1987 (9 weeks)
Just me
  DE 7th 06/01/1987 (18 weeks)
Stay
  DE 43 06/01/1987 (3 weeks)
True love, Lory
  DE 41 December 19, 1988 (9 weeks)
  AT 13 09/15/1989 (4 weeks)
Singles
Stay (with Pierre Cosso )
  DE 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 03/09/1987 (17 weeks)
  AT 3 05/01/1987 (16 weeks)
  CH 2 04/05/1987 (11 weeks)
Miss You So
  DE 9 05/11/1987 (18 weeks)
  AT 7th 07/15/1987 (14 weeks)
  CH 12 05/24/1987 (9 weeks)
My first love
  DE 52 05/25/1987 (6 weeks)
A cry in the night
  DE 41 08/07/1989 (12 weeks)
  AT 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 08/01/1989 (14 weeks)

Lory Lynn "Bonnie" Bianco (born August 19, 1963 in Greensburg , Pennsylvania ) is an American singer , songwriter and actress .

life and work

Bianco made her first experiences in show business together with her sister Holly Ann Bianco as "Bianca Sisters" and then started a solo career. In the early 1980s she was discovered by producers Guido & Maurizio De Angelis (also known as Oliver Onions) in Hollywood and taken to Italy. From there, Bianco's international career should be targeted. To Bianco's chagrin, the producers insisted on changing the name to Bonnie Bianco.

Her self-titled debut album was released in Italy and Germany in 1983. In the same year Bianco was offered the leading female role in the TV series Cenerentola '80 ( Cinderella '80 in the GDR, Cinderella '87 in the Federal Republic of Germany), which was first broadcast in Italy in 1984. The accompanying soundtrack made for the long-awaited breakthrough in Italy. The follow-up album Un Americana a Roma was able to show not only English-language songs but also some Italian pieces. Bianco presented most of the songs in the very popular cabaret show Al paradise , in which she was a regular. In 1985 she got the leading female role in another TV series, (Molly 'O) .

The contract with the De Angelis brothers expired after 1985 and Bianco started looking for a new team. Her personal manager, Sam Gino, was able to win the German hit-writing team Gunther Mende and Candy de Rouge through Christian de Walden (who also produced Thomas Anders and Brigitte Nielsen ) in 1986 , who contributed two songs to Bianco's next album (including Miss You So ).

In 1987 Cinderella '80 was broadcast on West German TV and triggered a real "Bonnie Bianco hype". Both the soundtrack and the single Stay , a duet with Pierre Cosso , stormed to the top of the West German charts within a short time and stayed there for weeks, but also reached top positions in Austria and Switzerland. Bianco, who had no idea of the completely surprising success with Cinderella , received a recording deal with Metronome (later Universal, now Vivendi ) in no time at all . The album Just Me (on which Bianco also first appeared in songwriter credits) was released in May 1987. With the single Miss You So she landed again in the Top 10 in West Germany and Austria as well as in the Swiss Top 20. At the same time, the old record company Teldec released the "outdated" song material from the Italy years. The single My First Love made it to number 52 in West Germany. At this point, Bianco had three singles in the top 100 charts.

Litigation with Christian de Walden and Metronome caused confusion in late 1987. Some reports mentioned that Bianco would only appear as Lory Scott. The differences were settled in court. Bianco was signed to the German WEA . She wanted to go back to her real name and released the follow-up album True Love, Lory as a nod to her real name. It was too risky for WEA to immediately enter the European market under the name Lory Bianco. The back and forth with Bianco's name caused a career break, the album could not build on the success of its two predecessors and missed the West German Top 40. The hit single A Cry in the Night (written by Dieter Bohlen and not on the first pressing of the album was released in May 1989 under the name Lory "Bonnie" Bianco. The song was the theme song for the Derrick episode Schrei im Nacht and reached number 41 in the German single charts. In Austria the single rose to number 1 in the charts.

With the 1990 released album Lonely Is the Night and the accompanying singles Heartbreaker (written by Klarmann / Weber ), Lonely Is the Night and Talking Eyes, things were then cleared up and everything was released under the name Lory Bianco. But that couldn't help her career anymore and Lonely Is the Night flopped. The album included a cover version of the Elton John classic Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word and the song Unison , which was released by Celine Dion on their album of the same name.

In the 1990s there were only releases that consisted of old songs. In 1997, Bianco recorded Send a Sign to My Heart , a duet with Chris Norman , which was not released as a single as planned, but only appeared on a Norman album. Bianco founded her own label Power Records at the end of the 90s and in 2001 released the first self-written and produced album On My Own, But Never Alone… .

On December 7th, 2007, a double CD was released under the old name Bonnie Bianco with the greatest successes, a previously unreleased title, previously unreleased remixes and songs sung in Spanish by EDEL Music .

In October 2012 the self-published CD Jesus Paid It All with Christian music was released .

Discography

Albums

  • 1983: Bonnie Bianco ( re-released as Rhapsody in 1987 )
  • 1984: Cenerentola '80 (republished as Cinderella '87 in 1987 )
  • 1984: Al Paradise (EP)
  • 1985: Un 'Americana a Roma
  • 1986: Molly 'O (with Steve March)
  • 1987: Stay
  • 1987: Just Me
  • 1988: True Love, Lory
  • 1988: Too Young
  • 1989: True Love (re-release including "A cry in the night")
  • 1990: Lonely Is the Night (as Lory Bianco)
  • 2001: On My Own ... But Never Alone (as Lory Bianco)
  • 2012: Hymns: Jesus Paid It All (as Lory Bianco)

Compilations

  • 1988: Best of Bonnie Bianco
  • 1992: Stay - The Very Best of Bonnie Bianco
  • 1993: You Are the One (as Lory "Bonnie" Bianco)
  • 2007: Miss You So
  • 2007: Best Of (2 CDs)
  • 2017: My Star
  • 2019: My Star 2.0

Singles and EPs

  • 1980: Teenager in Love (US only)
  • 1983: Six Ways
  • 1984: Al paradise (only in Italy)
  • 1984: Stay (with Pierre Cosso , only in Italy, 1987 in Germany)
  • 1985: Sky (only in Italy)
  • 1987: My First Love
  • 1987: Miss You So
  • 1987: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
  • 1987: Bonnie Bianco (EP)
  • 1988: When the Price Is Your Love
  • 1989: Straight from Your Heart
  • 1989: A Cry in the Night (as Lory "Bonnie" Bianco)
  • 1989: Hold On (only in Austria)
  • 1990: Heartbreaker (as Lory Bianco)
  • 1990: Lonely Is the Night (as Lory Bianco)
  • 1992: Talking Eyes (as Lory Bianco)
  • 1993: Stay (The 1993 Remix) (with Pierre Cosso)
  • 2001: I Feel the Rhythm (Promo only - as Lory Bianco)

Filmography

  • 1983: Al paradise (TV series)
  • 1984: Cinderella '80 (Cenerentola '80)
  • 1986: Molly 'O

swell

  1. Chart discography albums soundtrack
  2. Awards: DE
  3. Chart discography Singles
  4. ^ Bonnie Bianco - Bonnie Bianco. Retrieved April 7, 2020 .

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