Gianni Bella

Italian musician

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Pop
pop rock

Occupation(s)

Singer-songwriter
composer
producer

Years active1969–presentLabelsPolydor Records, CBS

Musical artist

Giovanni Bella, best known as Gianni Bella (born 14 March 1947), is an Italian composer and singer-songwriter.

Background

Born in Catania, Bella started his career as composer for his sister, singer Marcella Bella authoring several hits with lyricist Giancarlo Bigazzi.^[1]^[2] In the seventies he debuted as a singer himself, scoring his first major success in 1974 with the song "Più ci penso", which ranked second in the Italian hit parade.^[3] In 1976 he topped the hit parade^[3] and won the Festivalbar contest with the song "Non si può morire dentro", originally planned to be sung by his sister.^[4] In 1981 he entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Questo amore non si tocca"; he returned in Sanremo five more times between 1986 and 2007, three times in couple with his sister Marcella.^[2] In 1983 Bella stopped the collaboration with Bigazzi and started a new phase alongside Mogol; between late 1990s and 2000s the couple signed some extraordinary sales successes for Adriano Celentano.^[2] In January 2010 he suffered a stroke and subsequently he lost his speech and the use of a leg.^[5]

Discography

Selected singles

Year	Title	IT^[3]
1974	Più ci penso	2
1976	Non si può morire dentro	1
1977	Io canto e tu	7
1978	No	7
1978	Toc toc	16
1980	Dolce uragano	7
1981	Questo amore non si tocca	14
1985	L'ultima poesia	6
1990	Verso l'ignoto	7
1991	La fila degli oleandri	38
2007	Forever per sempre	14

Studio albums

1974 - Guarda che ti amo (Derby)
1976 - Sogni di un robot (Derby)
1977 - Io canto e tu (Derby)
1978 - Toc toc (CGD)
1980 - Dolce uragano (CGD)
1981 - Questo amore... (CGD)
1983 - G.b.1 - Nuova gente (Avventura)
1984 - G.b.2 (Avventura)
1986 - Una luce (RCA Italiana)
1988 - Due cuori rossi di vergogna (Polydor)
1991 - La fila degli oleandri (Fonit Cetra)
1994 - Vocalist (Fonit Cetra)^{[note 1]}
1998 - Finalmente insieme (with Marcella Bella) (Pull/Fuego)
2001 - Il profumo del mare (SDC/Sony Music)
2007 - Forever per sempre (with Marcella Bella) (Nuova Gente/Universal Music)

Live albums

1992 - Gianni Bella live (Fonit Cetra)
1996 - Grandi successi - live (Duck Record)

Notes

^ The album was republished in 1995 with the title Belladonna by Pull Music/CGD East West.

References

^ Felice Liperi (2011). Storia della canzone italiana. RAI-ERI, 1999. ISBN 978-8839715050.
^ ^a ^b ^c Eddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 978-8863462296.
^ ^a ^b ^c Dario Salvatori (1989). Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. ISBN 8876054391.
^ Massimo Emanuelli (2004). 50 anni: storia della televisione attraverso la stampa settimanale. GRECO & GRECO Editori, 2004. ISBN 8879803468.
^ Sergio Buonadonna (3 June 2012). "Marcella Bella Le mie montagne verdi? Sono quelle di Ficarazzi". La Repubblica. Retrieved 7 May 2013.

External links

Gianni Bella at AllMusic
Gianni Bella discography at Discogs
Gianni Bella at IMDb
Gianni Bella on Facebook

Festivalbar winners

Performers

1960s	Bobby Solo Petula Clark Caterina Caselli Rocky Roberts Salvatore Adamo Lucio Battisti
1970s	Lucio Battisti Demis Roussos Mia Martini (Mia Martini, Marcella Bella) Claudio Baglioni (Drupi, Gloria Gaynor) Gianni Bella Umberto Tozzi (Alunni del Sole, Kate Bush) Alan Sorrenti
1980s	Miguel Bosé Donatella Rettore (Loredana Bertè, Miguel Bosé, Ron) Vasco Rossi Gianna Nannini Righeira Tracy Spencer Spagna Scialpi / Scarlett Raf
1990s	Francesco Baccini / Ladri di Biciclette Gino Paoli Luca Carboni Raf Umberto Tozzi 883 Eros Ramazzotti Pino Daniele Vasco Rossi Jovanotti
2000s	Lùnapop Vasco Rossi Luciano Ligabue Eros Ramazzotti Zucchero Fornaciari Nek Luciano Ligabue Negramaro

Songs

1960s	"Credi a me" "Ciao ciao" "Perdono" "Stasera mi butto" "Affida una lacrima al vento" "Acqua azzurra, acqua chiara"
1970s	"Fiori rosa fiori di pesco" "We Shall Dance" "Piccolo uomo" ("Minuetto", "Io domani") "E tu..." ("Due", "Reach Out I'll Be There") "Non si può morire dentro" "Ti amo" ("Liù", "Wuthering Heights") "Tu sei l'unica donna per me"
1980s	"Olympic Games" "Donatella" ("Non sono una signora", "Bravi ragazzi", "Anima") "Bollicine" "Fotoromanza" "L'estate sta finendo" "Run to Me" "Dance Dance Dance" "Pregherei" "Ti pretendo"
1990s	"Sotto questo sole" "Quattro amici" "Mare mare" "Il battito animale" "Io muoio di te" "Tieni il tempo" "Più bella cosa" "Che male c'è" "Io no" "Un raggio di sole"
2000s	"Qualcosa di grande" "Ti prendo e ti porto via" "Tutti vogliono viaggiare in prima" "Un'emozione per sempre" "Il grande Baboomba" "Lascia che io sia" "Happy Hour" "Parlami d'amore"