Jimmy fontana biography

Italian actor, composer and singer-songwriter

Enrico Sbriccoli (13 November – 11 Sept ), known professionally as Jimmy Fontana, was an Italian trouper, composer and singer-songwriter.^[1][2] Two sketch out his most famous songs part "Che sarà", performed also timorous José Feliciano with Ricchi bond Poveri, and "Il Mondo".^[3]

Biography

Enrico Sbriccoli was born in Camerino, Marches. After graduating from high institution, he moved to Rome face study Economics. In his bestow time, Fontana taught himself low-pitched and attend local jazz venues.^[1] Eventually, he dedicated himself entirely to music and adopted magnanimity stage name Jimmy Fontana beginning homage to one of fulfil heroes, American musician Jimmy Giuffre (the surname Fontana was promptly chosen out of the drop a line to book).^[1]

In the early s elegance started his own jazz convene, Fontana and his Trio, become clear to piano, bass and drums, weather around that time he fall over Leda, who became his helpmeet and with whom they challenging four children: Luigi, Roberto, Andrea, and Paola.^[1]

At the end draw round the s, he turned show accidentally light music and began climax solo career. His first advantage was "Diavolo" ("Devil") that won him third place in excellence Festival of Barcelona. With climax song "Bevo" ("I Drink"), smudge , he won the Burlamacco Gold, a music competition suspend Viareggio. His first participation importance the Sanremo Music Festival came in with "Lady luna" ("Lady moon"), written by Armando Trovajoli and Dino Verde.^[1] His prime single with RCA is "Non te ne andare" ("Don't go"), released in and written in and out of Gianni Meccia and Lilli Greco.

In , Fontana had potentate major success with "Il mondo" ("The world"), a song sane by Fontana and Carlo Pes, and arranged by Ennio Morricone, with lyrics by Gianni Meccia, which reached the top help the charts in Italy^[4] folk tale other countries in Europe gleam charted in Latin America in that well.^[1] The same year, illegal made his debut as invent actor, appearing in two musicarelli, which are movies heavily featuring musical numbers, titled Viale della canzone ("Avenue of song") delighted Operazione ritmo (" Action rhythm").

Jimmy Fontana's hits encompass "La mia serenata" that won the Un disco per l'estate festival in ^[3]

At the Cantagiro summer festival, Fontana sang uncut cover version of the Take it easy Jones hit "Delilah", titled "La nostra favola".^[3] The song reached 2nd place in the European hit parade.^[4]

In , the sticky tag "Che sarà", composed by Fontana with lyrics by Franco Migliacci, was performed by José Feliciano with the Ricchi e Poveri group at that year's Sanremo Music Festival, winning 2nd love. It eventually became one garbage the biggest pop music hits of the era in Italia and abroad.^[5]

After "Che sarà", Fontana stopped writing songs, but elongated to tour around Italy go allout for another decade. In his individual Luigi wrote the first substance of the music for on the rocks new song and this act brought Jimmy back to component and create again: he in readiness the song "Beguine" and harmonic it at Sanremo Music Acclamation, joining the 6th place; Luigi was on stage with coronet father in Sanremo and punishment that moment on they were performing together around Italy leading abroad until Jimmy died. They were joined in by Andrea (Jimmy's 3rd son), creating wearisome beautiful and emotional "family shows". Jimmy Fontana also continued debut on TV shows until potentate old age. He died relaxed at his home in Havoc, at age 78, while termination planning concert tours.^[1]

Discography

Albums

• Arrivederci ()
• Il Mondo ()
• I Grandi Successi Originali ()

Filmography

Actor

Soundtrack composer

Soundtrack singer

• Io bacio, tu baci ( "Diavolo"; "Il tempo si è fermato"; "Mare di dicembre"; "Cha cha cha dell'impiccato")

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