Righeira

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Righeira was an Italian music formation founded by Stefano Rota and Stefano Righi in Turin in 1981 . Their music can be assigned to the Italo-Disco or Euro-Disco style .

Career

Stefano Righi (2010)

Stefano Rota (born October 1, 1961 in Turin, stage name "Michael") and Stefano Righi (born September 9, 1960 in Turin, stage name "Johnson") founded Righeira in 1981. Two years later they celebrated their breakthrough with Vamos a la playa ("Let's go to the beach", 1983) which became a hit in much of Europe. Vamos a la playa was to remain her biggest hit, but in 1984, No tengo dinero (“I have no money”, 1984) was another international chart success . The single L'estate sta finendo (1985) was a number one hit in Italy, but only moderately successful in Germany and other countries. In 1986 Righeira took part in the Sanremo Festival and took 15th place with Innamoratissimo .

They were produced by the brothers Michelangelo and Carmelo La Bionda in Munich. Vamos a la playa and No tengo dinero were covered for the Latin American market by the Mexican band Los João . The texts of Vamos a la playa and No tengo dinero , sung by the two Italians in Spanish , are far less insignificant than is generally assumed in German-speaking countries. Vamos a la playa deals, for example, with the explosion of an atomic bomb and the pollution of the Mediterranean Sea .

After their success waned, Righeira separated in 1992, but reunited in 1999. They then performed mainly in Italy and in 2007 they released Mondovisione, their first new album in 15 years. In 2016 the duo split for a second time.

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK IT IT
1983 Vamos a la playa
Righeira 		DE3 (18 weeks)
DE 		AT11 (12 weeks)
AT 		CH1 (9 weeks)
CH 		UK53 (5 weeks)
UK 		IT1 (23 weeks)
IT
1984 No tengo dinero
Righeira 		DE12 (14 weeks)
DE 		- CH20 (5 weeks)
CH 		- IT15 (9 weeks)
IT
1985 L'estate sta finendo DE35 (10 weeks)
DE 		- CH18 (7 weeks)
CH 		- IT1 (17 weeks)
IT
1986 Innamoratissimo - - - - IT9 (9 weeks)
IT
2007 La musica electronica
Mondovisione 		- - - - IT46 (1 week)
IT

More singles:

  • 1984 dancing with Righeira
  • 1984 hey mom
  • 1987 Bambini Forever
  • 1987 Italians a Go-Go
  • 1987 Oasi in città
  • 1988 Compañero
  • 1989 Garageamos
  • 1990 Ferragosto
  • 1992 Uno zero centomila
  • 2001 Vamos a la playa 2001
  • 2002 EP 2002

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Giulio Pasqui: Stefano "Johnson" a Blogo: "I Righeira si sono sciolti definitivamente, ora con pezzo Nevruz. I talent sono una merd @ ”. September 26, 2016, accessed October 8, 2019 (Italian).
  2. ↑ Chart sources: