Gianni Morandi

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Gianni Morandi 2007
Morandi performing in 2005

Gianni Morandi (* 11 December 1944 in Monghidoro , Metropolitan City of Bologna , as Gian Luigi Morandi ) is an Italian singer and actor . In the course of his career, he has sold over 30 million records and has appeared in 18 films and a variety of television shows. In 2005 he was honored with the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Commander) for his services .

biography

The beginnings

Gianni Morandi was born on December 11, 1944 in Monghidoro ( Emilia-Romagna ). He first appeared in public on New Years 1956 when he was twelve . After studying singing in Bologna and appearing again in public since 1958, he won the Bellaria Music Festival on April 15, 1962 . There he was discovered by Franco Migliacci , his future producer, and got a record deal with RCA Italiana . In 1962 he brought out the first singles Andavo a 100 all'ora , Go-Kart Twist and Donna da morire at RCA .

The breakthrough

Gianni Morandi at the Eurovision Song Contest 1970

Morandi's breakthrough came in 1963 with the song Fatti mandare dalla mamma a prendere il latte , which was quickly followed by the hits In ginocchio da te , Non son degno di te and Se non avessi più te , with music films of the same name in which the singer appeared Played the main role. He also won the Cantagiro and Canzonissima competitions as well as the Festival delle rose organized by RCA . In 1966 he married Laura Efrikian , with whom he subsequently had two children, Marianna and Marco.

By the end of the 1960s, Morandi had 13 number one hits, he also starred in a dozen movies and appeared frequently on television shows. In 1967 he had to do his military service, which meant an interruption of his activities for over a year. At the end of the year he received the seventh gold record for more than seven million records sold.

In 1970 Gianni Morandi finally entered the Eurovision Song Contest in Amsterdam with the song Occhi di ragazza for Italy and took eighth place.

Times of crisis

In the 1970s, Morandi's popularity declined significantly, also because 33 "albums were now established, while he was mainly successful with singles. After several commercial failures, he turned to the theater. He was also increasingly active in cinema and television. His participation in the Sanremo Festival in 1972 did not bring the hoped-for success; only with the children's song Sei forte papà , which he described as theme song had taken a moderated from him telecast, managed Morandi 1975 still a number-one hit. Morandi's marriage to Laura also fell apart.

The return

In the 80s, Morandi managed to return to success with songs such as Mariù (contribution to the Sanremo Festival 1980 ), La mia nemica amatissima ( Sanremo 1983 ) or Grazie perché (in a duet with Amii Stewart ). He continued to be present as an actor, for example in the television series Wie im Flug (1984). Morandi plays the pilot Davide, who is separated from his wife Barbara ( Claude Jade ). Their daughter brings the two back together. In 1981 he was also one of the co-founders of the initiative Nazionale italiana cantanti , initiated by the songwriter Mogol , a football team that consists exclusively of well-known Italian singers and plays for charitable purposes.

Morandi's next number one hit came in 1987 when he won the Sanremo Festival with Enrico Ruggeri and Umberto Tozzi with the song Si può dare di più . This song then became the official anthem of the Nazionale cantanti . He then started the Dalla / Morandi project with Lucio Dalla , from which a successful album and a joint tour (followed by a live album ) emerged in 1988 . After further musical successes, concerts and appearances in film and television, Morandi took part in the Sanremo Festival for the fifth time in 1995 , this time in a duet with Barbara Cola . You took second place with In amore . Cola was produced by Morandi himself, who in the meantime had co-founded the label Penguin (later renamed Mormora Music ).

Gianni Morandi with star guest Adriano Celentano at Sanremo 2012

In 1997 Gianni Morandi's second son Pietro was born; the mother was Anna Dan. After the very successful tour in 1996, Morandi continued to release albums in the following years, including several compilations. The television audience saw him in 1999 as the protagonist of the television show C'era un ragazzo . The following year he took part for the sixth and so far last time at the Sanremo Festival and achieved third place. After switching to the Epic label ( Sony Music ), the next album L'amore ci cambia la vita was released in 2002 . Also this year, Morandi presented the show Uno di noi together with Lorella Cuccarini . In 2004 he married his partner Anna Dan. Two years later the singer published his autobiography Diario di un ragazzo italiano .

At the Sanremo Festival 2008 Morandi appeared out of competition with Nel blu dipinto di blu , but in 2011 he took over the moderation of the festival himself, alongside Belen Rodriguez and Elisabetta Canalis . Together with Rocco Papaleo and Ivana Mrázová , he also took over this position in 2012 . The following year he released his next studio album Bisogna vivere , which was preceded by the single Solo insieme saremo felici .

Current projects

Morandi with Claudio Baglioni at the Wind Music Awards 2016

In addition to further concerts and television appearances and the publication of the compilation Autoscatto 7.0 on the occasion of his 70th birthday, Morandi began a collaboration with Claudio Baglioni , which led to the Capitani coraggiosi project and a joint tour in 2015 . In 2017 Morandi took part in Fabio Rovazzi's third single , Volare , which reached number two in the charts.

Discography

Studio albums

Since the album charts in Italy only started in 1964, no information can be determined for Morandi's debut album. Albums from later years that are not in the charts are at the bottom of the table.

  • Gianni Morandi (1963)
year title Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT CH CH
1965 Ritratto di Gianni IT4 (4 months)
IT 		-
RCA
1966 Gianni Tre IT2 (9 months)
IT 		-
RCA
1968 Gianni quattro. Un mondo d'amore IT1 (4 months)
IT 		-
RCA; published in 1967
Gianni 5 IT2 (12 months)
IT 		-
RCA
1970 Gianni 6 IT1 (27 weeks)
IT 		-
RCA
1971 Gianni 7 IT8 (10 weeks)
IT 		-
RCA
1986 Uno su mille IT11 (5 weeks)
IT 		-
RCA
1987 Le italiane sono belle IT6 (14 weeks)
IT 		-
RCA
1988 Dalla / Morandi IT1 (34 weeks)
IT 		-
with Lucio Dalla ; RCA
1989 Dalla / Morandi in Europe IT18 (4 weeks)
IT 		-
with Lucio Dalla; RCA
1990 Varietà IT11 (34 weeks)
IT 		-
RCA
1992 Morandi Morandi IT20 (5 weeks)
IT 		-
RCA
1995 Morandi IT6 (24 weeks)
IT 		-
Penguin
1996 Morandi (nuova edizione) IT42 (1 week)
IT 		-
Penguin
1997 Celeste, azzurro e blu IT7 (18 weeks)
IT 		-
Penguin
2000 Come fa bene l'amore IT14 (36 weeks)
IT 		-
Mormora Music
2002 L'amore ci cambia la vita IT2 (26 weeks)
IT 		CH83 (3 weeks)
CH
Epic / Sony Music
2004 A chi si ama veramente IT9 (21 weeks)
IT 		-
Epic / Sony Music
2006 Il tempo migliore IT7 (15 weeks)
IT 		-
Epic / Sony Music
2009 Canzoni da non perdere IT25 (12 weeks)
IT 		-
Cover album ; Epic / Sony Music
2013 Bisogna vivere IT3 (15 weeks)
IT 		-
Sony Music
2016 Capitani coraggiosi - Il live IT1
platinum
platinum

(50 weeks)IT 		-
Live album, with Claudio Baglioni
Sales: 50,000+
2017 D'amore d'autore IT8 (17 weeks)
IT 		-

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More albums

  • Per amore… per magia… (1967; soundtrack of the film of the same name)
  • Un mondo di donne (1971)
  • Il mondo cambierà (1972)
  • Jacopone (1973)
  • Il mondo di frutta candita (1975)
  • Per poter vivere (1976)
  • Gianni Morandi (1978)
  • Old Parade Morandi (1978)
  • Abbracciamoci (1979)
  • Cantare (1980)
  • Morandi (1982)
  • La mia nemica amatissima (1983)
  • Immagine italiana (1984)

Compilations (selection)

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT CH CH
1991 Questa è la storia IT11 (10 weeks)
IT 		-
RCA
1998 30 volte Morandi IT8 (20 weeks)
IT 		-
Mormora Music
2002 C'era un ragazzo IT16 (13 weeks)
IT 		-
RCA / BMG Ricordi
2007 Grace a tutti IT3
gold
gold

(35 weeks)IT 		-
Epic / Sony Music
Sales: 30,000+
2008 Ancora… grazie a tutti IT17 (18 weeks)
IT 		-
Epic / Sony Music
2009 Grazie a tutti: il concerto IT23 (17 weeks)
IT 		-
Live album ; Epic / Sony Music
2011 Rinascimento. La collezione IT8 (8 weeks)
IT 		-
Sony Music
2014 Autoscatto 7.0 IT17 (8 weeks)
IT 		-
Columbia / Sony Music

Singles (selection)

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT CH CH
1963 Go-Kart Twist
Gianni Morandi 		IT15 (1 week)
IT 		-
Fatti mandare dalla mamma a prendere il latte
Gianni Morandi 		IT3 (7 weeks)
IT 		-
Che me ne faccio del latino
Gianni Morandi 		IT11 (2 weeks)
IT 		-
1964 In ginocchio da te
Ritratto di Gianni 		IT1 (29 weeks)
IT 		-
Title song of the film of the same name
Not son degno di te
Gianni 3 		IT1 (19 weeks)
IT 		-
Title song of the film of the same name
1965 Se non avessi più te
Gianni 3 		IT1 (14 weeks)
IT 		-
Title song of the film of the same name
Si fa sera
Gianni 3 		IT1 (18 weeks)
IT 		-
1966 Mi vedrai tornare
Gianni 3 		IT2 (9 weeks)
IT 		-
Title song of the film of the same name
La fisarmonica
Gianni 3 		IT1 (17 weeks)
IT 		-
B-side of Mi vedrai tornare
Notte di Ferragosto
 IT1 (16 weeks)
IT 		-
C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles ei Rolling Stones
Gianni 4 		IT3 (9 weeks)
IT 		-
1967 Se perdo anche te
Gianni 4 		IT1 (10 weeks)
IT 		-
B-side of C'era un ragazzo ...
Un mondo d'amore
Gianni 4 		IT1 (21 weeks)
IT 		-
Israel
Gianni 4 		IT9 (4 weeks)
IT 		-
B-side of Tenerezza
Tenerezza
Gianni 4 		IT5 (14 weeks)
IT 		-
Mezzanotte fra poco
Gianni 4 		IT9 (11 weeks)
IT 		-
1968 Chimera
Gianni 5 		IT3 (23 weeks)
IT 		-
Title song of the film of the same name
Il giocattolo
Gianni 5 		IT1 (20 weeks)
IT 		-
Tu che m'hai preso il cuor
Gianni 3 		IT1 (11 weeks)
IT 		-
B-side Prendi prendi comes from Gianni 5
Scende la pioggia
Gianni 6 		IT1 (16 weeks)
IT 		-
1969 Parliament of Amore
Gianni 6 		IT5 (19 weeks)
IT 		-
Belinda
Gianni 6 		IT1 (18 weeks)
IT 		-
Machi se ne importa
Gianni 6 		IT1 (12 weeks)
IT 		-
1970 Gianni ragazza
tatting 7 		IT5 (17 weeks)
IT 		-
Al bar si muore
Gianni 7 		IT5 (16 weeks)
IT 		-
1971 Capriccio
Gianni 7 		IT2 (11 weeks)
IT 		-
Ho visto un film
Il mondo cambierà 		IT12 (9 weeks)
IT 		-
Buonanotte Elisa
Un mondo di donne 		IT20 (2 weeks)
IT 		-
Cover version; Original by Riccardo Cocciante
1972 Vado a lavorare
Il mondo cambierà 		IT8 (10 weeks)
IT 		-
1973 Il mondo cambierà
Il mondo cambierà 		IT9 (10 weeks)
IT 		-
1976 Be forte papà
Per poter vivere 		IT1 (18 weeks)
IT 		-
1978 La befana trullallà
Gianni Morandi 		IT21 (4 weeks)
IT 		-
1981 Canzoni stonate
Morandi 		IT24 (2 weeks)
IT 		-
1982 Marinaio
Morandi 		IT14 (11 weeks)
IT 		-
1983 La mia nemica amatissima
La mia nemica amatissima 		IT10 (10 weeks)
IT 		-
1984 Grazie perché
I grandi successi - Grazie perché 		IT3 (8 weeks)
IT 		-
feat. Amii Stewart
Nel silenzio splende
Immagine italiana 		IT19 (3 weeks)
IT 		-
1987 Si può dare di più IT1 (16 weeks)
IT 		CH15 (4 weeks)
CH
as Morandi / Ruggeri / Tozzi; with Enrico Ruggeri and Umberto Tozzi
1988 Dimmi dimmi
Dalla / Morandi 		IT11 (8 weeks)
IT 		-
1989 Varietà
Varietà 		IT7 (15 weeks)
IT 		-
1990 Bella signora
Varietà 		IT7 (22 weeks)
IT 		-
2000 Non ti dimenticherò
Come fa bene l'amore 		IT34 (4 weeks)
IT 		-
feat. Alexia
2002 L'amore ci cambia la vita
L'amore ci cambia la vita 		IT7 (14 weeks)
IT 		-
Uno di noi IT44 (3 weeks)
IT 		-
2004 Solo chi si ama veramente
A chi si ama veramente 		IT18 (13 weeks)
IT 		-
2005 Corre più di noi
A chi si ama veramente 		IT50 (2 weeks)
IT 		-
2012 Vita
Dalla / Morandi 		IT50 (1 week)
IT 		-
with Lucio Dalla ; entered the charts on the occasion of Dallas death
2013 Solo insieme saremo felici
Bisogna vivere 		IT12 (15 weeks)
IT 		-
2017 Volare
 IT2
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(17 weeks)IT 		-
Fabio Rovazzi feat. Gianni Morandi
Sales: 200,000+
Number one singles IT15thIT CH-CH
Top 10 singles IT34IT CH-CH
Singles in the charts IT49IT CH1CH

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Filmography

The director is indicated in brackets after the film title.

movie theater

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bibliography

Web links

Commons : Gianni Morandi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

supporting documents

  1. ^ A b Evan C. Gutierrez: Gianni Morandi: Artist Biography. In: Allmusic . Retrieved November 17, 2015 .
  2. ^ Dettaglio decorato: Morandi Sig. Gianni. In: Quirinale.it. Presidenza della Repubblica , accessed November 18, 2015 (Italian).
  3. ^ Giuseppe De Grassi: Occhi di ragazzo . Rai Eri , 2002, p. 38 .
  4. ↑ a b c Biografia: Gianni Morandi. In: Albo d'oro. Musica e dischi , accessed on November 17, 2015 (Italian, paid subscription access).
  5. ^ Giorgio Dell'Arti: Antenna . In: La Stampa . July 8, 2009, p. 45 .
  6. ↑ a b c d Gianni Morandi - biografia. In: Archivio Raiuno. RAI, February 1, 1999, archived from the original on December 22, 2014 ; Retrieved November 17, 2015 (Italian).
  7. ↑ Biografia. In: Morandimania.it. Pp. 17-18 , accessed November 17, 2015 (Italian).
  8. ↑ 23 anni e sette dischi d'oro . In: Giovani . No. 52 , December 28, 1967, p. 28-30 .
  9. ^ Clara Grifoni: Gianni Morandi: in teatro lavoro gratis per ritrovare popolarità e ammiratori . In: La Stampa . November 28, 1973, p. 7 ( online article [accessed November 17, 2015]).
  10. ↑ Biografia. In: Morandimania.it. P. 26 , accessed November 17, 2015 (Italian).
  11. ↑ Vivere la crisi. Morandi racconta il suo momento nero nei Settanta. In: LaStampa.it. December 6, 2008, accessed November 17, 2015 (Italian).
  12. ↑ a b La nostra storia. Nazionale cantanti, accessed November 17, 2015 (Italian).
  13. ↑ Biografia. In: Morandimania.it. P. 37 , accessed on November 17, 2015 (Italian).
  14. ↑ Biografia. In: Morandimania.it. P. 38 , accessed on November 17, 2015 (Italian).
  15. ↑ Fiori d'Arancio by Gianni Morandi. In: TGcom24. Mediaset , November 12, 2004, accessed November 17, 2015 (Italian).
  16. ↑ a b Gianni Morandi. In: Enciclopedia Treccani . Retrieved November 17, 2015 (Italian).
  17. ↑ Ve lo prometto vi farò Volare. In: LaStampa.it . March 15, 2008, accessed November 17, 2015 (Italian).
  18. ^ Festival di Sanremo, ok a Morandi. Ci saranno anche Belen e Elisabetta. In: Corriere.it . RCS Quotidiani, October 5, 2010, accessed November 17, 2015 (Italian).
  19. ↑ “Troppi capricci, Tamara”. La Ecclestone cacciata da Sanremo. In: Repubblica.it . Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso , January 20, 2012, accessed November 17, 2015 (Italian).
  20. ↑ Home Page - Baglioni Morandi Live. Retrieved November 17, 2015 (Italian).
  21. ↑ a b Chart sources (albums):
  22. ↑ a b c Certificazioni. FIMI, accessed July 24, 2017 (Italian).
  23. ↑ Chart sources (singles):
  24. ↑ In ginocchio da te in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  25. ↑ Non son degno di te in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  26. ↑ Se non avessi più te in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  27. ↑ Mi vedrai tornare in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  28. ↑ Chimera in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data
SURNAME Morandi, Gianni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morandi, Gian Luigi (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian singer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Monghidoro