Johnny Dorelli

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Johnny Dorelli (* 20th February 1937 in Meda , Lombardy as Giorgio Guidi ) is an Italian actor , television presenter and singer-songwriter of easy listening , jazz , swing and pop .

Life

Johnny Dorelli was born in Meda, not far from Milan , in 1937 to the tenor Nino D'Aurelio and his wife Teresa. He grew up in the United States . He studied double bass and piano at the High School of Music and Art in New York City . At this time he put on his pseudonym Johnny Dorelli.

He made his debut in 1951, from 1955 he was under contract with CGD . He took part in the Sanremo Festival nine times ( 1958 , 1959 , 1960 , 1962 , 1963 , 1967 , 1968 , 1969 and 2007 ); he reached the final eight times. In 1958 he won the music festival together with Domenico Modugno with the song Nel blu dipinto di blu , in 1959 also with Modugno with Piove (Ciao ciao bambina) . At the Sanremo Festival in 1990 he took over the moderation together with Gabriella Carlucci .

Dorelli appeared as an actor in The Funny Vagabonds in 1963 and in Bread and Chocolate in 1974 . In 1983 he played the lead role in Heaven and Hell . He also worked as a television presenter for RAI and Canale 5 .

Private

Dorelli was married to Catherine Spaak from 1972 to 1979, and they had one child. Son Gianluca Guidi , who also works as an actor, comes from a relationship with Lauretta Masiero . In 1991 Dorelli married the actress Gloria Guida . They met in 1981 while filming Hey, Ghosts! know. They have a daughter together.

Chart placements

Singles

Note: The Italian single charts didn't start until 1960!

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1960 Love in Portofino
 IT15 (2 weeks)
IT
Notte mia
 IT15 (1 week)
IT
Lettera a Pinocchio
 IT20 (1 week)
IT
1962 Montecarlo
 IT5 (4 weeks)
IT
1963 Non costa niente
 IT9 (5 weeks)
IT
Le rose sono rosse
 IT11 (4 weeks)
IT
1967 L'immensità
 IT2 (21 weeks)
IT
1971 Love story
 IT23 (2 weeks)
IT
1972 Per chi
 IT22 (3 weeks)
IT
Il padrino
 IT13 (14 weeks)
IT
1973 Una serata insieme a te
 IT6 (20 weeks)
IT

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
2004 Swingin ' IT31 (13 weeks)
IT
2007 Swingin 'parte seconda IT58 (2 weeks)
IT

Filmography (selection)

  • 1958: Totò and Peppino (Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche)
  • 1959: Petticoats and paratroopers (Guardatele, ma non toccatele)
  • 1963: The merry vagabonds
  • 1974: Bread and Chocolate (Pane e cioccolata)
  • 1976: Lollipops and hot panties (Spogliamoci così senza pudor)
  • 1977: In the service of a monster (Il mostro)
  • 1978: How to lose your wife and win a girlfriend (Come perdere una moglie e trovare un'amante)
  • 1980: Double for Maurice (Il capotto di Astrakan)
  • 1981: Hey ghosts! (Bollenti spiriti)
  • 1981: Cast off - we're drinking (Mi faccio la barca)
  • 1981: The melee troops (Ciao nemico)
  • 1983: Heaven and Hell (State buoni se potete)
  • 1984: A man sees clearly (Vediamoci chiaro)
  • 1985: Like you to me, so I to you (A tu per tu)

Awards

On June 2, 1975 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Commander).

Web links

Commons : Johnny Dorelli  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi, article "Gloria Guida", in: Enrico Lancia / Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano: Le attrici . Gremese 2003, p. 180
  2. ↑ M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi, accessed on April 28, 2017 (Italian, paid subscription access).
  3. ↑ Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI album . Lulu , 2013, p. 102 .
  4. ^ Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana . Retrieved April 25, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Dorelli, Johnny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guidi, Giorgio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian actor, television presenter and cantautore of easy listening, jazz, swing and pop
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Meda , Lombardy