Morandi, whose pop-ballad style still has a big following, showed his versatility and willingness to indulge in self-mocking humour this year by co-starring with Rovazzi in an electro-pop track and video called Volare that went to No 1 on iTunes Italy and attracted 2. He has also appeared in his 11 th TV drama series, having a few months earlier seen the release of his 18 th movie. Morandi was born in Monghidoro, now a village of almost 4, people that sits on a ridge in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines some m 2,ft above sea level, about 41km 25 miles south of Bologna.
As a young man he sold drinks and confectionery at his local cinema and worked as an assistant in the workshop of his father, Renato, a cobbler. With a recording contract from RCA, he had a juke-box hit and his first chart success later in the same year before releasing his first album in Throughout the 60s, he was a star of the Italian pop scene. His single In ginocchio da te Kneeling before you was at the top of the Italian singles charts for 17 weeks, selling more than one million copies, and was followed by several more number one successes.
He courted controversy while at the early peak of his fame by recording a protest song against the Vietnam War which the television networks refused to promote yet which still reached number one in the chart.
Ironically, his career was then interrupted by compulsory national service. Since then, Morandi has become something of an icon in the entertainment world in Italy. His concert tours, often marathon affairs lasting more than a year and packing in hundreds of dates, would sell out months in advance, and he has fronted many TV shows.
In , his two Gianni Morandi — Live concerts at the Arena di Verona were broadcast live on Canale 5 with an average audience of 6 million. Watch the video. Sign In. Down 52, this week. View rank on IMDbPro ». Actor Music Department Soundtrack. He has been married to Anna Dan since November 10, They have one child.
He was previously married to Laura Efrikian. See full bio ». Filmography by Job Trailers and Videos. Hollywood Icons, Then and Now. Share this page:. Around The Web Provided by Taboola. Create a list ». Directors etc. Winners of the Sanremo Festival. Le figurine della TV Although he experienced a slight decline in popularity during the '70s, the next decade was a great one for him, punctuated with his winning performance at the prestigious Sanremo Festival in Morandi slowed down a bit in the '90s and s, but still continued to regularly release albums.
He saw a late-period comeback -- and his biggest success in decades -- in when, at the age of 71, he teamed up with similar-vintage pop legend Claudio Baglioni for a project they called Capitani Coraggiosi "Captains Courageous," named for the novel by Rudyard Kipling. A super-smooth eponymous single, several television specials, and a string of live dates that saw the pair having the time of their lives on-stage culminated in the double-live album Capitani Coraggiosi: Il Live , which went to number one.
Over the course of his career, it is estimated that Morandi has sold more than 50 million records. In addition to a successful recording career, he has appeared in numerous films and played a number of popular television roles. Having enjoyed six decades of unmatched success, Gianni Morandi is among Italy's greatest performers of all time. AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript.
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