Roberto Vecchioni

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Roberto Michele Massimo Vecchioni (born June 25, 1943 in Carate Brianza , Province of Monza and Brianza ) is an Italian cantautore and writer .

Career

Vecchioni graduated from the Università Cattolica di Milano in 1968 in classical philology . There he worked for another two years as an assistant for the history of religion and later taught Greek and Latin at humanistic grammar schools . In the 1960s he began his musical activity, between 1966 and 1967 in the band Pop Seven , then as a songwriter for well-known musicians such as Ornella Vanoni , Mina , Iva Zanicchi or Gigliola Cinquetti and from 1971 as a soloist.

At the 1973 Sanremo Festival , Vecchioni presented himself to a large audience for the first time with the song L'uomo che si gioca il cielo a dadi , followed by great success in 1977 with the song Samarcanda . This was 1978, of Lena Valaitis as Oh Cavallo (Don Quichotte) in German gecovert , with a text by Christian Heil Castle . Further successful releases in the following years were the albums Robinson (1980), Milady (1989), Per amore mio (1991), Camper (1992; awarded as album of the year by Festivalbar ), Blumùn (1993) and Il cielo capovolto (1995 ). In 1983 he was awarded the Tenco Prize and published his first book, Grande sogno , which contained poetry, song lyrics and short stories. Viaggi del tempo immobile followed in 1996 , a collection of ten stories.

The following year the studio album El bandolero stanco and the compilation Vecchioni Studio Collection were released . Vecchioni also wrote for the Enciclopedia Treccani and was awarded the Giorgio La Pira Peace Prize in 1998. In 1999 the next album appeared Sogna ragazzo sogna , 2000 Canzoni e cicogne and the book Le parole non le le portano cicogne , two years later, the album Il lanciatore di coltelli . After a brief retreat from the public, Vecchioni released the world music-oriented album Rotary Club of Malindi in 2004 , which was created in collaboration with Mauro Pagani . In that year he was also awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Officer).

After the live album Il contastorie he moved to Universal , where the next album Di rabbia e di stelle was released in 2007 , at the same time as the publication of the volume of poetry Di sogni e d'amore . At the Sanremo Festival 2009 he accompanied the newcomer Chiara Canzian (daughter of Red Canzian ). Finally, he entered the race in Sanremo in 2011 with the song Chiamami ancora amore and won both the overall and the critics' award. The album Chiamami ancora amore was subsequently released, and the compilation Colori del buio followed in the same year . In 2013 Vecchioni released the new studio album Io non appartengo più . He had his first film role in Sergio Castellitto's film Nessuno si salva da solo in 2015.

Discography

Albums

  • Parabola (Ducale, DUC 2; 1971)
  • Saldi di fine stagione (Ducale, DUC 6; 1972)
  • L'uomo che si gioca il cielo a dadi (Ducale, DUC 7; 1973)
  • Il re non si diverte (Ducale, DUC 9; 1973)
  • Barbapapà (Philips, 6198 134; 1975)
  • Ipertensione (Philips, 6323 040; 1975)
year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT CH CH
1976 Elisir IT18 (6 weeks)
IT 		-
Philips, 6323 042
1977 Samarcanda IT4 (27 weeks)
IT 		-
Philips, 6323 049
1978 Calabuig, stranamore e altri incidenti IT4 (28 weeks)
IT 		-
Philips, 6323 062
1979 Robinson, come salvarsi la vita IT11 (24 weeks)
IT 		-
Ciao, 1000
1980 Montecristo IT12 (16 weeks)
IT 		-
Philips, 6492 113
1982 Hollywood hollywood IT6 (18 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD, 20299
1984 Il grande sogno IT8 (6 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD, 21212
1985 At tempi IT6 (10 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD, 20477
1986 Ippopotami IT11 (8 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD, 45001
1989 Milady IT5 (15 weeks)
IT 		-
CGD, 20895
1991 Per amore mio IT3 (22 weeks)
IT 		-
EMI, 66 7953861
1992 camper IT7 (17 weeks)
IT 		-
Live album
EMI
1993 Blumùn IT3 (13 weeks)
IT 		-
EMI
1995 Il cielo capovolto IT3 (17 weeks)
IT 		-
EMI
1997 El bandolero stanco IT2 (20 weeks)
IT 		-
EMI
1999 Sogna ragazzo sogna IT3 (13 weeks)
IT 		-
EMI
2000 Canzoni e cicogne IT17 (21 weeks)
IT 		-
Live album
EMI
2002 Il lanciatore di coltelli IT2 (13 weeks)
IT 		-
EMI
2004 Rotary Club of Malindi IT4 (14 weeks)
IT 		-
Columbia / Sony
2005 Il contastorie IT19 (12 weeks)
IT 		-
Live album
Universal
2007 Di rabbia e di stelle IT7 (17 weeks)
IT 		-
Universal
2009 In cantus IT27 (17 weeks)
IT 		-
Live album
Universal
2011 Chiamami ancora amore IT4th
gold
gold

(28 weeks)IT 		CH70 (1 week)
CH
Universal
sales: + 30,000
2013 Io non appartengo più IT2
gold
gold

(20 weeks)IT 		-
Universal
sales: + 25,000
2018 L'infinito IT4th
gold
gold

(22 weeks)IT 		-
Artist First
Sales: + 25,000

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Compilations (selection)

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT CH CH
1991 Il capolavoro IT5 (13 weeks)
IT 		-
Philips, 848 613 1
1997 Vecchioni Studio Collection IT4 (16 weeks)
IT 		-
EMI
2002 Le ballate IT62 (3 weeks)
IT 		-
Capitol
2006 The Platinum Collection IT50 (8 weeks)
IT 		-
2010 Antologia IT83 (1 week)
IT 		-
2011 Sogna, ragazzo sogna. The Best of Roberto Vecchioni IT81 (1 week)
IT 		-
I colori del buio IT24 (8 weeks)
IT 		-

Singles (selection)

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT AT AT
1977 Samarcanda
Samarcanda 		IT4th
gold
gold

(20 weeks)IT 		AT10 (4 weeks)
AT
Sales: + 25,000; IT Gold 2017
1978 Stranamore
Calabuig, stranamore e altri incidenti 		IT11 (12 weeks)
IT 		-
1980 Montecristo
Montecristo 		IT18 (3 weeks)
IT 		-
2010 Chiamami ancora amore
Chiamami ancora amore 		IT2 (13 weeks)
IT 		-
2011 Luci a San Siro
Robinson, come salvarsi la vita (1979) 		IT77 (2 weeks)
IT 		-
Voglio una donna
Camper (1992) 		IT94 (2 weeks)
IT 		-

bibliography

literature

  • Anna Caterina Bellati with Paolo Jachia (Ed.): Roberto Vecchioni. Le canzoni. Lombardi, Milan 1992, ISBN 88-7799-022-8 .
  • Sergio Secondiano Sacchi: Voci a San Siro. Roberto Vecchioni. Arcana, Milan 1992, ISBN 88-7966-003-9 .
  • Rocco Mancinelli: Roberto Vecchioni. Gremese, Rome 1999, ISBN 88-7742-375-7 .
  • Antonio Accardo: Roberto Vecchioni. Capire l'uomo e l'idea. Editrice Zona, Rapallo 2001, ISBN 88-87578-30-3 .
  • Paolo Jachia: Roberto Vecchioni. Le donne, i cavallier, l'arme, gli amori. Frilli, Genoa 2001, ISBN 88-87923-18-3 .
  • Matteo Orsucci: Roberto Vecchioni. L'uomo che si gioca il cielo a dadi. Aliberti, Reggio Emilia 2009, ISBN 978-88-7424-483-6 .
  • Ernesto Capasso: Roberto Vecchioni. With parole di un lanciatore di coltelli. Arcana, Milan 2011, ISBN 978-88-6231-201-1 .

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Vecchioni dott. Roberto. In: Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana. Presidenza della Repubblica, accessed February 8, 2018 (Italian).
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources (albums):
  3. ↑ a b c d Roberto Vecchioni, certificazioni. FIMI , accessed February 8, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Chart sources (singles):
    • M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi, accessed on February 8, 2018 (Italian, paid subscription access; IT until 1997).
    • Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu, 2013, p. 156 (IT 1997-2012).
    • Songs by Roberto Vecchioni. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed February 8, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Vecchioni, Roberto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vecchioni, Roberto Michele Massimo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Cantautore and writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Carate Brianza , Province of Monza and Brianza