Vito Pallavicini
Vito Pallavicini (born April 22, 1924 in Vigevano ; † August 16, 2007 ibid), pseudonym Calimero , was an Italian songwriter .
Life
Vito Pallavicini studied process engineering and from 1945 wrote for a local weekly news magazine in Vigevano. He wrote his first song, entitled Amorvole , in 1959 with the Italian songwriter Pino Massara for Nicola Arigliano . Since then, he has written the lyrics for more than 160 songs, many of which took part in the annual Sanremo Festival , including Pino Donaggio at the festival in 1965 with the song Io che non vivo (senza te) . The song was released in many countries by Elvis Presley , Dusty Springfield and Cher under the title You Don't Have to Say You Love Me , among others . With the song Non andare più lontano whose text comes from Pallavicini spring, took Claudio Villa in the Euro Vision Song Contest 1967 in part for Italy.
He achieved further international fame with the song Azzurro from 1968, sung by Adriano Celentano , which reached number six in the German charts and number one in the Austrian charts and was also covered several times.
Vito Pallavicini died at his birthplace in 2007 at the age of 83.
Works as a songwriter (selection)
- 1959 Nicola Arigliano : Amorevole
- 1959 Tony Dallara : Ghiaccio Bollente
- 1961 Mina : Le mille bolle blu
- 1960 Adriano Celentano : Così no
- 1964 John Foster : Amore scusami
- 1964 Mina: È l'uomo per me
- 1966 Milva : Nessuno di voi
- 1966 Paola Bertoni: Se questo ballo non finisse mai
- 1966 Pino Donaggio : Una casa in cima al mondo
- 1967 Al Bano : Nel sole
- 1968 Al Bano: Caro amore
- 1969 Rosanna Fratello: Il treno
- 1975 Albatros: Africa
- 1975 Joe Dassin : Ça va pas changer le monde
- 1976 Adriano Celentano: Svalutation
- 1976 Graham Bonney : Salute
- 1976 Mireille Mathieu : Ciao bambino, sorry
- 1984 Toto Cutugno Serenata
- 1989 Amanda Lear : Mia cara Clara
Web links
- Vito Pallavicini in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Vito Pallavicini at Discogs (English)
- Vito Pallavicini on hitparade.ch
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul Kreiner: Vito Pallavicini is dead. Sächsische Zeitung, August 18, 2007, accessed on December 24, 2015 .
- ^ Pino Donaggio - Io che non vivo (senza te). Swiss hit parade, accessed on January 11, 2016 .
- ^ Adriano Celentano - Azzurro. Swiss hit parade, accessed on January 11, 2016 .
- ↑ Tony Dallara - Ghiaccio Bollente. Discogs, accessed January 12, 2016 .
- ↑ Joe Dassin - Ça va pas changer le monde. Swiss hit parade, accessed on January 11, 2016 .
- ↑ Adriano Celentano - Svalutation. Swiss hit parade, accessed on January 11, 2016 .
- ↑ Toto Cutugno - Serenata. Swiss hit parade, accessed on January 11, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pallavicini, Vito |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Calimero (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vigevano |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 2007 |
| Place of death | Vigevano |