Edoardo Bennato, Gianna Nannini | zh

"For an R&B vocalist to capture your attention even before you capture the melody is a testament to the strength and full bodied presence of that vocalist. Newcomer Gianna Welling, aka Gianna is such a vocalist" is what Ronald Jackson of smoothvibes.com says of this Tulsa, Oklahoma native. The daughter of a professional bass player and arranger, Gianna has always had music pumping through her veins.Educated at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, Gianna quickly became a hot item as a session singer. After spending time in Nashville, Gianna had the opportunity to move to Houston, TX to begin working as...

Edoardo Vianello è un cantautore italiano, nato a Roma, 24 giugno 1938. Il 22 aprile del 1956 Edoardo Vianello si esibisce in pubblico per la prima volta, in occasione di uno spettacolo allestito dagli alunni dell’Istituto di ragioneria Leonardo da Vinci, al “Teatro Olimpico” di Roma, che si chiamava ancora “Teatro Flaminio”. Facendo il verso al leggendario gruppo gospel americano “Golden Gate Quartet”, Edoardo si esibisce, insieme ad un quartetto di finti “negretti”, interpretando il brano Jerico e una canzone dell’ancora poco conosciuto Domenico Modugno, Musetto, presentata da Jenny Luna al Festival di Sanremo dello stesso anno, e che sarà...

Edoardo Bennato is an Italian musician and singer/songwriter born in Naples, on July 23, 1949. Following a spell in London he began performing as a one-man-band playing guitar, harmonica, kazoo and kick drum. He shaped his character on Blues and Rock, fusing them with mediterranean elements. His debut album called "Non farti cadere le braccia" was published in 1973. Over the next few years Bennato became one of the main Italian singer-songwriters for the counter-cultural youth movement, with songs which fused social protest with irony and sarcasm. "Burattino senza fili" (1978) which used Pinocchio's fable as a metaphor for Bennato's...

Gianna Nannini (born 14 June 1956, Siena, Italy) is a female singer-songwriter and rock musician. The older sister to former Formula 1 driver Alessandro Nannini, she studied piano in Turin and then composition in Milan. Her first album was released in 1976 but her hit was in 1979 with the single America and the album California, which became a success in several European countries. The rise to fame in Italy started in 1984 with the release of her sixth album, Puzzle. This album peaked in the top 10 at the Italian, German, Austrian and Swiss hit-parades. She sang for the...