Ron (singer)

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Ron at the 2016 Wind Music Awards

Ron (born August 13, 1953 in Dorno , Province of Pavia ), real name Rosalino Cellamare , is an Italian cantauto . He made his debut at the Sanremo Festival in 1970 and took part seven more times during his career, including winning the competition in 1996 .

Career

As a child, Cellamare took singing lessons. Already at the age of 16 he took part at the side of Nada with the song Pa 'diglielo a ma' at the Sanremo Festival in 1970 , in 1971 he received more attention through the competition Un disco per l'estate , where he performed the song Il gigante e la Bambina , which dealt with child abuse . As a songwriter he was involved in the song Piazza Grande , with which Lucio Dalla performed in Sanremo in 1972. That year Ron made his debut on the RCA label with the album Il bosco degli amanti ; This was followed by Dal nostro livello (1973) and Esperienze (1975). He then appeared in a number of films, until in 1979 he worked with Francesco De Gregori and Lucio Dalla for their joint Banana Republic tour (as arranger, guitarist, pianist and occasionally singer).

In 1980 Ron's fourth album Una città per cantare was released , which hit the chart for the first time. The title track was a cover of Danny O'Keefe's song The Road . Ron also worked with Ivan Graziani and Goran Kuzminac for the mini album Qconcert . This was followed by Al centro della musica (1981), whose title song was Ron's first hit in the single charts, and Guarda chi si vede (1982); the latter was preceded by an extensive trip to America. With Tutti cuori viaggianti he presented a live album for the first time in 1983 ; it also included Occhi di ragazza , a duet with the original interpreter Gianni Morandi . The album Calypso was released in the same year , followed in 1984 by the compilation I grandi successi di Ron . The single Joe Temerario hit the charts, was the theme song for the television program Domenica In and in 1986 part of the soundtrack of the film Speriamo che sia femmina by Mario Monicelli .

Ron 1990

After two more albums, Ron (1985) and È l'Italia che va (1986), and an unsuccessful participation in Sanremo in 1988 with Il mondo avrà una grande anima (followed by a live album of the same name), Ron changed record labels. At WEA he published Apri le braccia e poi vola in 1990 . In the same year he wrote the successful song Attenti al lupo for Lucio Dalla . Other albums were Le foglie e il vento (1992) and Angelo (1994). In 1995 the musician opened his own recording studio, Angelo Studio , in which Miguel Bosé , Anna Oxa , Mango , Gianluca Grignani and Dirotta su Cuba made recordings. At the Sanremo Festival 1996 , Ron entered the race with the singer Tosca and the song Vorrei incontrarti fra cent'anni ; the entry won the competition. The compilation of the same name, which Ron published after the victory, reached number two in the charts.

With Natale tutto l'anno , Ron also took part in the traditional Christmas concert in the Vatican in 1996, and in 1997 his next album Stelle was released . The return to Sanremo in 1998 with Un porto nel vento earned him an eighth place. After another label change to CGD , Adesso appeared . To mark Ron's 30th career anniversary, the special Una città per cantare was broadcast on Rai 2 , in which musician colleagues such as Gianni Morandi, Tosca, Lucio Dalla, Jackson Browne , Biagio Antonacci and Ornella Muti were involved. This resulted in the compilation 70-00 . In 2001 Cuori di vetro was published , in 2004 Le voci del mondo ; the benefit album Ma quando dici amore (2006) was dedicated to ALS research and contained duets with Jovanotti , Raf , Elisa , Loredana Bertè and Renato Zero as well as the 2006 Sanremo contribution L'uomo delle stelle .

In 2007 Ron released the single L'amore è una bombola di gas and, after an extensive tour, the live album Ron in concerto . After the album Quando sarò capace d'amare (2008), he participated in 2011 as a juror at the Rai casting show Star Academy (offshoot of Operación Triunfo ), which was canceled after only three episodes due to poor audience ratings and internal disagreements. With Way Out he presented a cover album in 2013, on which he sang English-language originals with Italian lyrics. At the 2014 Sanremo Festival , Ron achieved last place with Sing in the Rain , followed by the album Un abbraccio unico . In 2016 he published another benefit album for SLA research, La forza di dire sì , with contributions from Jovanotti and Francesco De Gregori, among others. In his seventh Sanremo participation in 2017 , Ron was eliminated in the semi-finals with L'ottava meraviglia .

At the Sanremo Festival 2018 , Ron presented the song Almeno pensami by Lucio Dalla and was able to achieve fourth place. He was also awarded the Critics' Prize. He then released the album Lucio! .

Discography

Albums

  • Il bosco degli amanti (1973; IT)
  • Dal nostro level (1973; RCA)
  • Esperienze (1975; RCA)
year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1980 Una città per cantare IT13 (14 weeks)
IT
spaghetti
1981 Al centro della musica IT11 (24 weeks)
IT
spaghetti
1982 Guarda chi si vede IT7 (22 weeks)
IT
spaghetti
1983 Tutti cuori viaggianti IT12 (12 weeks)
IT
RCA ; Live album
Calypso IT15 (14 weeks)
IT
RCA
1985 Ron IT10 (10 weeks)
IT
RCA
1987 È l'Italia che va IT23 (2 weeks)
IT
RCA
1990 Apri le braccia e poi vola IT14 (10 weeks)
IT
WEA
1992 Le foglie e il vento IT12 (17 weeks)
IT
WEA
1994 Angelo IT16 (5 weeks)
IT
WEA
1997 Job IT13 (7 weeks)
IT
WEA
1999 Adesso IT38 (1 week)
IT
CGD
2001 Cuori di vetro IT24 (18 weeks)
IT
Le Foglie e il Vento
2004 Le voci del mondo IT47 (2 weeks)
IT
Le Foglie e il Vento
2006 Ma quando dici amore IT16 (14 weeks)
IT
F&P
2007 Ron in concerto IT38 (4 weeks)
IT
Le Foglie e il Vento ; Live album
2008 Quando sarò capace d'amare IT32 (4 weeks)
IT
Le Foglie e il Vento
2013 Way out IT51 (2 weeks)
IT
Le Foglie e il Vento
2014 Un abbraccio unico IT37 (2 weeks)
IT
Le Foglie e il Vento
2016 La forza di dire sì IT3 (21 weeks)
IT
2018 Lucio! IT8 (6 weeks)
IT
  • Il mondo avrà una grande anima (1988; RCA)

Compilations (selection)

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1984 I grandi successi di Ron IT17 (4 weeks)
IT
Sigla Quattro
1996 Vorrei incontrarti fra cent'anni IT2 (26 weeks)
IT
WEA
2000 70-00 IT17 (4 weeks)
IT
CGD

Singles (selection)

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1981 Al centro della musica
Al centro della musica 		IT11 (20 weeks)
IT
1984 Joe Temerario
I grandi successi di Ron 		IT16 (6 weeks)
IT
1996 Vorrei incontrarti fra cent'anni
Vorrei incontrarti fra cent'anni 		IT18 (2 weeks)
IT
2006 L'uomo delle stelle
Ma quando dici amore 		IT19 (8 weeks)
IT
2018 Almeno pensami
Lucio! 		IT41 (1 week)
IT

Filmography

bibliography

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources (albums):
  2. ↑ Chart sources (singles):
personal data
SURNAME Ron
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cellamare, Rosalino (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Cantautore
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Dorno , Province of Pavia