Gino Paoli

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Gino Paoli (born September 23, 1934 in Monfalcone , Province of Gorizia ) is an Italian cantautore and former politician .

In addition to his own successes, Paoli wrote numerous songs over the course of his career that were sung by other interpreters, for example for Claudio Villa , Ornella Vanoni , Luigi Tenco , Gianni Morandi , Patty Pravo , Franco Battiato and Marco Masini . He is considered a pioneer of Lucio Dalla , whom he met and promoted in 1964, but also of Francesco De Gregori and Francesco Guccini .

Career

music

Born in Monfalcone, he moved to Genoa just a few months after his birth . Paoli got his passion for music from his mother, who was a pianist. In Genoa he teamed up with other musicians such as Luigi Tenco , Bruno Lauzi and Fabrizio de Andre . This group of songwriters, who were counted as part of the so-called “Genoese School” (Scuola di Genova) , initiated the fashion of Italian author's songs and can thus be described as pioneers of music production in Italy. Later Paoli worked with numerous Italian musicians.

Between 1959 and 1960 he recorded his first songs with Dischi Ricordi : Il cielo in una stanza , which was later made famous by Mina , and La gatta and Sassi , which were great sales successes. At the Sanremo Festival in 1961 he presented the song Un uomo vivo with Tony Dallara , other successful titles were Gli innamorati sono semper soli , Senza fine and Un perfetto delitto d'amor . One of Paolis' internationally best-known songs was Sapore di sale (1963), which he recorded with the orchestra of Ennio Morricone (with Gato Barbieri on saxophone) and which reached the top of the Italian single charts. During these years he also wrote the famous Senza fine for Ornella Vanoni .

After these early successes, Paoli disappeared from the limelight , apart from two Sanremo appearances ( 1964 with Ieri ho incontrato mia madre , together with Antonio Prieto ; 1966 with La carta vincente , together with Ricardo ). In the early 1970s he returned with the album Le due facce dell'amore and received increasing approval from the critics. In 1974 he was awarded the Tenco Prize . In the 80s he achieved successes again with some singles, such as Ti lascio una canzone (1981), Averti addosso (1984), which was awarded a Targa Tenco as the best song, or Una lunga storia d'amore (written for the film Una donna allo specchio from 1984). After a joint tour with Ornella Vanoni, a successful live album was released in 1985, and in 1986 Paoli wrote the two songs Come il sole all'improvviso and Con le mani together with Zucchero .

Paoli in 2004

In 1989 he entered the race again in Sanremo with Questa volta no . In 1991 Paoli returned to the singles charts for the first time with the song Quattro amici after winning the Festivalbar competition. In the course of this success his album Matto come un gatto reached the top of the album charts. Another success came in 1993 with the song La bella e la bestia , a duet with his daughter Amanda , which he had recorded for the Italian soundtrack of the Disney cartoon Beauty and the Beast . In 2002 he returned to the Sanremo Festival and presented Un altro amore , with which he reached third place. Another collaboration with Ornella Vanoni resulted in the album Ti ricordi? No non mi ricordo , followed by another live album together. In the same year, the Cantautore was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Prize at the Sanremo Festival.

Together with the jazz musicians Enrico Rava , Danilo Rea , Flavio Boltro , Rosario Bonaccorso and Roberto Gatto , Paoli released the jazz album Milestones in 2007 . Un incontro in jazz . Two years later he presented the album Storie , accompanied Malika Ayane on one of her Sanremo appearances and celebrated his 50th stage anniversary with the extensive compilation Senza fine , for which he re-recorded Il cielo in una stanza together with Carla Bruni . Another jazz album was released in 2011, and he continued to work with Danilo Rea in the following years (2012 for Due come noi che… , 2013 for Napoli con amore and 2017 for 3 ). In 2013 he became president of the Italian collecting society SIAE , until his voluntary resignation in 2015. In 2018 he received the Premio Chiara in the category Le parole della musica .

politics

In 1987 Gino Paoli stood as a candidate for the Italian Communist Party for election to the Chamber of Deputies and was elected to parliament. After failing to reach re-election in the following legislative period, Paoli soon withdrew from politics after 1992.

Life

Paoli is married. He has a son from his first marriage and a daughter, Amanda Sandrelli, from a relationship with actress Stefania Sandrelli . He has two more sons from his second marriage.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1971 Le due facce dell'amore IT12 (9 weeks)
IT
Durium
1985 La luna e il sig. Hyde IT13 (7 weeks)
IT
Five
1989 L'ufficio delle cose perdute IT6 (22 weeks)
IT
Ricordi
1991 Matto come un gatto IT1 (29 weeks)
IT
Warner
1992 Senza contorno solo… per un'ora IT14 (11 weeks)
IT
Warner
1994 King Kong Paoli IT11 (13 weeks)
IT
Warner
1995 Amori dispari IT24 (2 weeks)
IT
Warner
2002 Se IT17 (8 weeks)
IT
Sony
2004 Ti ricordi? No, non mi ricordo IT3 (26 weeks)
IT
Sony
with Ornella Vanoni
2009 Storie IT17 (5 weeks)
IT
Sony BMG
2012 Due come noi che ... IT31 (6 weeks)
IT
Egea
with Danilo Rea
2013 Napoli con amore IT87 (2 weeks)
IT
Evolution
with Danilo Rea
2019 Appunti di un lungo viaggio IT14 (6 weeks)
IT
Warner

More studio albums

  • 1961 - Gino Paoli (Dischi Ricordi, MRL 6006)
  • 1962 - Le cose dell'amore (Dischi Ricordi, MRL 6025)
  • 1964 - Basta chiudere gli occhi (RCA Italiana, PML 10375)
  • 1966 - Le canzoni per Emmeti (CGD East West; with Lea Massari )
  • 1967 - Gino Paoli and The Casuals (CBS, 52437; with The Casuals )
  • 1971 - Rileggendo vecchie lettere d'amore (Durium, msAI 77291)
  • 1971 - L'altra faccia di Gino Paoli (CGD, FG 5097)
  • 1972 - Amare per vivere (Durium, msAI 77309)
  • 1974 - I semafori rossi non sono Dio (Durium)
  • 1975 - Ciao, salutime un po 'Zena (Durium)
  • 1977 - Il mio mestiere (Durium, msAI 77384/77385)
  • 1980 - Ha tutte le carte in regola (RCA Italiana)
  • 1986 - Cosa farò da grande (Five Records)
  • 1996 - Appropriazione indebita (Fonit Cetra)
  • 1998 - Pomodori (Fonit Cetra)
  • 2017 - 3 (Parco della Musica; with Danilo Rea)

Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1985 Vanoni / Paoli… insieme IT3 (17 weeks)
IT
CGD
with Ornella Vanoni
1990 Gino Paoli '89 dal vivo IT11 (10 weeks)
IT
Fonit Cetra
2005 Vanoni & Paoli Live 2005 IT15 (14 weeks)
IT
with Ornella Vanoni
2007 Milestones. Un incontro in jazz IT6 (16 weeks)
IT
2011 Un incontro in jazz IT26 (5 weeks)
IT
with Danilo Rea, Flavio Boltro, Rosario Bonaccorso
and Roberto Gatto

More live albums

Compilations (selection)

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1985 Vanoni / Paoli… semper IT20 (5 weeks)
IT
Ariston
with Ornella Vanoni
2000 Per una storia IT27 (17 weeks)
IT
Warner
2006 Canzoni da ricordare IT22 (11 weeks)
IT
Epic
2009 Senza fine IT65 (2 weeks)
IT
Sony

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1960 La gatta
Gino Paoli 		IT13 (6 weeks)
IT
Dischi Ricordi, SRL 10.114
B-side: Io vivo nella luna
Sassi
Gino Paoli 		IT3 (10 weeks)
IT
Dischi Ricordi, SRL 10.161
B-side: Mesh
1961 Un uomo vivo
Gino Paoli 		IT4 (13 weeks)
IT
Dischi Ricordi, SRL 10.177
B-side: In un caffè
Gli innamorati sono semper soli
Gino Paoli 		IT12 (6 weeks)
IT
Dischi Ricordi, SRL 10.197
B-side: Senza fine
Senza fine
Gino Paoli 		IT3 (5 weeks)
IT
Dischi Ricordi, SRL 10.197
A-side: Gli innamorati sono semper soli
Un perfetto delitto d'amor IT11 (2 weeks)
IT
Dischi Ricordi, SRL 10.208
B-side: Me in tutto il mondo
1963 Sapore di sale
Basta chiudere gli tatting 		IT1 (10 weeks)
IT
RCA Italiana, PM45-3204
B-side: La nostra casa
1991 Quattro amici
Matto come un gatto 		IT10 (6 weeks)
IT
1993 La bella e la bestia
Senza contorno solo… per un'ora 		IT12 (6 weeks)
IT

More singles

  • 1959 - La tua mano / Chiudi (Dischi Ricordi, SRL 10.047)
  • 1959 - Dormi / Non occupatemi il telefono (Dischi Ricordi, SRL 10.048)
  • 1959 - La notte / Per te (Dischi Ricordi, SRL 10.074)
  • 1959 - Dedicato a te / Senza parole (Dischi Ricordi, SRL 10.075)
  • 1960 - Co-eds / Maschere (Dischi Ricordi, SRL 10.115)
  • 1960 - Il cielo in una stanza / Però ti voglio bene (Dischi Ricordi, SRL 10.116) (IT [2018]:goldgold Gold [25,000+])
  • 1960 - Grazie / Volevo averti per me (Dischi Ricordi, SRL 10.130)
  • 1961 - Un vecchio bambino / Tu prima o poi (Dischi Ricordi, SRL 10.209)
  • 1962 - Le cose dell'amore / Due poveri amanti (Dischi Ricordi, SRL 10.256)
  • 1962 - Devi sapere / Non andare via (Dischi Ricordi, SRL 10.260)
  • 1962 - Una di quelle / Anche se (Dischi Ricordi, SRL 10.291)
  • 1963 - Basta chiudere gli occhi / Domani (RCA Italiana, PM45 3181)
  • 1963 - Sapore di sale / La nostra casa (RCA Italiana, PM45-3204)
  • 1963 - Che cosa c'è / Sarà so (RCA Italiana, PM45-3234)
  • 1964 - Ieri ho incontrato mia madre / Ricordati (RCA Italiana, PM45-3244)
  • 1964 - Vivere ancora / Ricordati (RCA Italiana, PM45-3274)
  • 1964 - Lei sta con te / Vivere ancora (RCA Italiana, PM45-3284)
  • 1965 - Sarà lo stesso / Prima di vederti (RCA Italiana, PM45-3304)
  • 1965 - Rimpiangerai rimpiangerai / Il poeta (RCA Italiana, PM45-3310)
  • 1966 - Un uomo che vale / Semper (CGD, N 9603)
  • 1966 - La carta vincente / La vita è un valzer (CGD, N 9607)
  • 1966 - A che cosa serve amare / Due ombre lunghe (CGD, N 9611)
  • 1967 - Il mondo in tasca / Io che sarei (CGD, N 9655)
  • 1968 - Se Dio ti da / Dormi (Durium, CN A 9271)
  • 1968 - I giorni senza te / La vita è come un ring (Durium, CN A 9286)
  • 1969 - Come si fa / Monique (Durium, CN A 9305)
  • 1969 - Albergo a ore / Il tuo viso di sole (Durium, CN A 9314)
  • 1970 - Un po 'di pena / Accadde so (Durium, CN A 9324)
  • 1971 - Con chi fai l'amore Mimì / Mamma mia (Durium, Ld A 7735)
  • 1972 - Non si vive in silenzio / Amare per vivere (Durium, Ld A 7754)
  • 1973 - Un amore di seconda mano / Amare inutilmente (Durium, Ld A 7808)
  • 1975 - La ragazza senza nome / È facile amarti (Durium, Ld A 7882)
  • 1977 - Parole d'amore / Madama malinconia (Durium, Ld A 7981)
  • 1980 - Tu no / Livorno (RCA Italiana, PB 6533)
  • 1984 - Una lunga storia d'amore / I cinque sensi (Five Record, FM 13065)
  • 1985 - Ti lascio una canzone / Coppi (Five Record, FM 13102)
  • 1986 - Da lontano / Tema di Anna (Five Record, FM 13145)

Web links

Commons : Gino Paoli  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ruedi Ankli: The «Great Italian Songbook» , Neue Zürcher Zeitung , July 20, 2007, accessed on August 24, 2018.
  2. ^ Angela Barwig: Francesco Guccini and the development of the Italian author's song. LIT, Münster 2008, ISBN 978-3-8258-1759-6 , p. 44 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  3. ^ Richard Brütting: Italy Lexicon. Schmidt, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-503-03772-1 , pp. 152/153 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  4. ↑ Albo d'Oro. Club Tenco, accessed August 24, 2018 (Italian).
  5. ^ Albo d'oro del Premio Chiara Le Parole della Musica. Premio Chiara, accessed August 24, 2018 (Italian).
  6. ^ Italian Chamber of Deputies, 10th legislative period, data sheet by Gino Paoli
  7. ↑ a b c d chart sources:
  8. ^ Certificazioni, Gino Paoli. FIMI, accessed October 15, 2018 (Italian).
personal data
SURNAME Paoli, Gino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Cantautore and politician, member of the Camera dei deputati
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Monfalcone