Sergio Endrigo

Sergio Endrigo (born June 15, 1933 in Pola ; † September 7, 2005 ) was an Italian singer and songwriter.

Life

Sergio Endrigo was born to Romeo Endrigo and Claudia Smareglia, who came from the family of the composer Antonio Smareglia . When the Italian Pola and all of Istria were occupied by Yugoslavia in 1947, the family had to flee and first went to Venice , where Endrigo bought his first guitar. This was followed by three years of schooling in a school in a refugee camp for Italians expelled from Istria in Brindisi .

Sergio Endrigo married Maria Giulia Bartolocci in 1963, who died in 1994. He had a daughter with her.

Career as a night club singer

After completing school he returned to Venice. Together with friends, he performed as a singer in Venetian nightclubs for seven years. He sang the typical American songs of the time, from Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis to Mills Brothers. He accompanied himself on the guitar, although he had never received guitar lessons. Among other things, he performed at the Teatro Malibran , where he won a second prize for his "September Song". From 1952 to 1958 he made guest appearances in expensive nightclubs and hotels in Italy, such as the "Cristallo" in Mestre , the "Hotel Bellevue" in Cortina d'Ampezzo , the "Embassy Night-Club", the "Astoria", the " Maxim ", in the" Odeon "in Milan and in the luxury hotel Bauer Grunwald in Venice.

Songwriter and solo career

In 1960 he began to write his own songs, the first was "Bolle Di Sapone", followed by "I Tuoi Vent'Anni", "La Brava Gente" and "Chiedi Al Tuo Cuore".

In 1962 the music publisher RCA in Rome brought his song “Io Che Amo Solo Te”, which sold 650,000 times in the first few weeks. With this song, Sergio Endrigo also became famous abroad, especially in Brazil. The most successful songs, such as "Aria Di Neve" and many others, came from these years.

In 1963 he started his solo career as a singer and guitarist, accompanied on the piano by his friend, the pianist Enzo Jannacci. This was followed by a twelve-year collaboration with the Argentine composer Luis Bacalov , who advised him on music issues. On his advice he sang “La Rosa Bianca” and “La Colomba” with a text by Rafael Alberti and the music of Guastavino. In collaboration with Sergio Bardotti, texts for other songs were created. He wrote the song “Il Soldato Di Napoleone” based on a poem by Pier Paolo Pasolini .

In 1965 he left his music publisher because of differences of opinion about the type of music he should produce with it and switched to Fonit Cetra, which later brought him financial disadvantages.

In 1966 he took part in the Sanremo Festival for the first time with “Adesso sì”, in 1967 with “Dove Credi Di Andare” and in 1968 he finally won first prize with “Canzone Per Te”. In the same year he took part in the Eurovision Grand Prix with the song "Marianne", which was later published in an English version by Cliff Richard . He won second prize in 1969 in Sanremo with “Lontano dagli occhi” and third prize in 1970 with “L'arca di Noè” . He had further successes from 1976 with the songs "Teresa!", "Mani Bucate", "Girotondo Intorno Al Mondo" (based on a poem by Paul Fort) and 'La Colomba' (based on a poem by Rafael Alberti).

In the 1970s he wrote children's songs based on texts by the Brazilian Vinicius De Moraes ("La Casa", "Il Pappagallo", "La Pulce", "La Papera", "L'Arca", ...) and set texts by Gianni Rodari ( "Ci Vuole Un Fiore", "Napoleone", "Ho Visto Un Prato" etc.).

Sergio Endrigo has performed successfully in many countries, in the United States, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia (Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia), the Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, Japan, Israel, Greece, in Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, England, France, Germany, Turkey and Uruguay. His greatest success outside of Italy was in Brazil, where he returned for many years to perform. The first time in 1964 in Saõ Paulo, later in Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Curitiba, Porto Alegre and in Caixas do Sul. The last time he was in Brazil was in 2000 and sang in Saõ Paulo in the 'Tom Brasil' club.

In the course of his career he wrote more than 250 songs, for himself and for other singers, especially for Marisa Sannia; together with Sergio Colomba he produced two albums with poems in the Istrian dialect by Biagio Marin and Ignazio Buttitta.

In 1974 he composed the song "Nelle Mie Notti", together with Paolo Margheri and Riccardo del Turco.

In 1995 Sergio Endrigo published a book: 'Quanto mi dai se mi sparo?'

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		IT
2005	I 45 giri (1965–1973)	IT39 (5 weeks) IT	Chart entry on April 14, 2005

More albums

• 000?: Sergio Endrigo
• 000?: Sergio
• 2000: Quando la musica è poesia
• 2002: I grandi successi originali
• 2012: Le mie canzoni
• 2016: Playlist
• 2016: Io che amo solo te
• 2016: L'arca di Noè

Singles

without year E allora balliamo Il mondo La ballata dell'ex Nelle mie notti La canzone della libertà 1959 Aiuto Arrivederci Avevamo la stessa età Ero un uomo tranquillo I sing Ammore Labbra di fuoco Io sono il vento Venus Il tuo sorriso Not so cos'è Notte lunga notte Nuvola per due Ora che ho te (son felice di vivere) Patricia Piove Storia di un amore Aunt there Tu (non devi farlo più) Do be quì Un'ora con te 1960 I tuoi vent'anni 1961 La brava gente

1962 Aria di neve Basta so Io che amo solo te La periferia Vecchia balera Via Broletto 34 1963 La rosa bianca Anna Maria Era d'estate Se le cose stanno so Viva Maddalena 1964 Ti amo 1965 Come stasera may Mani bucate Teresa 1966 Adesso sì Girotondo intorno al mondo Io e la mia chitarra 1967 Dove credi di andare Il treno che viene dal sud Perché non dormi fratello 1968 Canzone per te Il dolce paese The primo bicchiere di vino La colomba Marianne

1969 La casa Lontano dagli tatting San Firmino 1970 Dall'America L'arca di Noé 1971 La prima compagnia Una storia Quando ti lascio 1972 Angiolina 1973 Antiqua Elisa Elisa 1974 Ci vuole un fiore 1976 A Barbara Quando c'era il mare 1980 Mille lire 1986 Canzone italiana Le ragazze 2002 La voce dell'uomo Spiaggia Libera

literature

• Dizionario della canzone italiana , editore Armando Curcio (1990), pp. 599-601.
• Dizionario completo della canzone italiana , Giunti editore (2006).
• Doriano Fasoli / Stefano Crippa: Sergio Endrigo. La voce dell'uomo - Edizioni Associate. EDT, Turin (2004).

Web links

• Sergio Endrigo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Sergio Endrigo at Discogs (English)
• Website Sergio Endrigo
• Short biography, (Italian)

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1. ^ IMDb , accessed October 4, 2010.
2. ^ Sergio Endrigo , accessed October 4, 2010.
3. ↑ Book: Quanto mi dai se mi sparo? Retrieved October 4, 2010
4. ↑ Sergio Endrigo's albums on ItalianCharts.com