Ricchi e Poveri

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Ricchi e Poveri
General information
origin Genoa
Genre (s) pop
founding 1967
Website ricchiepoveri.com
Founding members
Angela Brambati
Vocals, guitar , saxophone
Angelo Sotgiu
Vocals, keyboard , guitar
 Franco Gatti
singing
 Marina Occhiena

Ricchi e Poveri [ˈrikːi e ˈpɔveri] ( Italian for "rich and poor") is an Italian pop group that was founded in 1967 in Genoa . After her breakthrough in Italy, she took part in the Gran Prix Eurovision in 1978 and was also successful in German-speaking countries in the 1980s. Well-known hits include Sarà perché ti amo , Mamma Maria , Voulez-vous danser and Che sarà . With Se m'innamoro , the group won the Sanremo Festival in 1985 .

history

The group was founded in 1967 as FAMA Medium by Franco Gatti (* 1945 in Genoa), Angela Brambati (* 1947 in Mignanego ), Angelo Sotgiu (* 1946 in Trinità d'Agultu ) and Marina Occhiena (* 1950 in Genoa), after Model of The Mamas and the Papas . Sotgiu and Gatti previously belonged to the Jets group . During an audition in Milan, the group was discovered by Franco Califano , who suggested the final name Ricchi e Poveri and renewed the overall concept of the group.

Ricchi e Poveri made her debut at the Cantagiro music competition in 1968 with L'ultimo amore . In 1970 she reached second place at the Sanremo Festival with her song La prima cosa bella together with Nicola Di Bari . Her debut album was then released. Ricchi e Poveri also took second place at the Sanremo Festival in 1971 with Che sarà (presented together with José Feliciano ). The group took part in the festival again in 1972 , 1973 and 1976 , but with decreasing success. During these years she also regularly released singles and albums and made frequent appearances, both on stage and on television. In 1978 Ricchi e Poveri represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest with Questo amore and reached twelfth place.

After the album La stagione dell'amore (1980) Marina Occhiena left the group. Now as a trio, Ricchi e Poveri returned to Sanremo in 1981 and achieved fifth place in the competition with Sarà perché ti amo . The single was her greatest success up to then, which made her known far beyond Italy. In the next few years further national and international successes followed with songs like Mamma Maria , Voulez-vous danser or Ciao Italy, ciao amore . In 1985 the group finally won the Sanremo Festival with Se m'innamoro on the seventh attempt . She then returned to the festival five more times ( 1987 , 1988 , 1989 , 1990 and 1992 ).

While the group's success in Italy diminished sharply from the 1990s and they finally largely disappeared from the stage, despite occasional publications, their popularity abroad, especially in Eastern Europe , remained unbroken. In 2004 she took part in the reality show Music Farm in Italy , which enabled her to enter the charts again in her home country with a remix of her greatest hit, Sarà perché ti amo . It was not until 2012 that Ricchi e Poveri released a new album with Perdutamente amore . In 2016, Franco Gatti temporarily left the group.

At the Sanremo Festival 2020 , the group announced their reunion with the original line-up and received a special prize for their life's work.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT DE DE AT AT CH CH
1981 … E penso a te IT5 (31 weeks)
IT 		- - -
infant
1982 Mamma Maria IT4 (20 weeks)
IT 		- - -
infant
1983 Made in Italy - DE11 (6 weeks)
DE 		- CH7 (6 weeks)
CH
infant
1984 Voulez-vous danser IT1 (14 weeks)
IT 		- - CH27 (1 week)
CH
infant

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More albums

  • Ricchi e Poveri (1970)
  • Amici miei (1971)
  • L'altra faccia dei Ricchi e Poveri (1971)
  • Penso sorrido e canto (1974)
  • RP2 (1975)
  • Ricchi & Poveri (1976)
  • I musicanti (1976)
  • Questo amore (1978)
  • La stagione dell'amore (1980)
  • Dimmi quando (1985)
  • Pubblicità (1987)
  • Nascerà Gesù (1988)
  • Buona giornata e ... (1990)
  • Allegro italiano (1992)
  • I più grandi successi (1994)
  • Parla col cuore (1999)
  • Perdutamente amore (2012)

Singles (selection)

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT DE DE AT AT CH CH
1970 La prima cosa bella
Ricchi e Poveri 		IT8 (11 weeks)
IT 		- - -
B-side: Due gocce d'acqua
In questa città
Ricchi e Poveri 		IT15 (5 weeks)
IT 		- - -
B-side: Un'immagine
Primo sole, primo fiore ... IT23 (5 weeks)
IT 		- - -
B-side: C'era lei
1971 Che sarà
Amici miei 		IT8 (11 weeks)
IT 		- - -
B-side: … ma la mia strada sarà breve
1972 Un diadema di ciliege
Un diadema di successi 		IT15 (4 weeks)
IT 		- - -
B-side: So do
1973 Una musica
Ricchi & Poveri 		IT19 (5 weeks)
IT 		- - -
B-side: Il fantasma
Dolce frutto
Ricchi & Poveri 		IT21 (3 weeks)
IT 		- - -
B-side: Grazie mille
1974 Penso sorrido e canto
Penso sorrido e canto 		IT15 (11 weeks)
IT 		- - -
B-side: Sinceramente
1981 Sarà perché ti amo
E penso a te 		IT1
Gold (2018)
Gold (2018)

(22 weeks)IT 		DE11 (22 weeks)
DE 		AT7 (6 weeks)
AT 		CH2 (11 weeks)
CH
B-side: Bello l'amore
M'innamoro di te
E penso a te 		IT5 (21 weeks)
IT 		DE35 (14 weeks)
DE 		- CH3 (8 weeks)
CH
B-side: Alla faccia di Belzebù
1982 Come vorrei
E penso a te 		IT3 (13 weeks)
IT 		- - -
B-side: Stasera canto
Made in Italy
E penso a te 		- DE6 (25 weeks)
DE 		AT3 (16 weeks)
AT 		CH12 (4 weeks)
CH
B-side: Questa sera
Piccolo amore
Mamma Maria 		IT7 (17 weeks)
IT 		DE24 (15 weeks)
DE 		AT16 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH10 (4 weeks)
CH
B-side: Perché ci vuole l'amore
1983 Mamma Maria
Mamma Maria 		- DE11 (19 weeks)
DE 		AT11 (18 weeks)
AT 		CH5 (9 weeks)
CH
B-side: Malinteso
Ciao Italy, ciao amore
Voulez vous danser 		- DE34 (8 weeks)
DE 		- CH18 (4 weeks)
CH
B-side: Un altro lui un'altra lei
Cosa is
Voulez vous danser 		IT3 (10 weeks)
IT 		- - -
B-side: Amarsi un po '
1984 Voulez vous danser
Voulez vous danser 		- DE56 (8 weeks)
DE 		- -
B-side: Acapulco
1985 Se m'innamoro
Dimmi quando 		IT6 (10 weeks)
IT 		DE70 (1 week)
DE 		- -
B-side: Mommy Mommy
1992 Così lontani
Allegro italiano 		IT17 (3 weeks)
IT 		- - -
B-side: Guarda che luna
2004 Sarà perché ti amo (chi se ne frega) IT15 (3 weeks)
IT 		- - -
with Loredana Bertè , remix by Fargetta

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Chart sources albums:
  2. ↑ Chart sources singles:
    • DE, AT, CH
    • Guido Racca: M&D Borsa Singoli 1960-2019 . Self-published, 2019, ISBN 978-1-09-326490-6 , pp. 364 f .
    • Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu , 2013, p. 139 .
  3. ↑ Awards for music sales: IT