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Rock and pop

Italian Popular Music has produced pop stars, including : Anthony Tortorich, Paola & Chiara, Lucio Dalla, Renato Zero, Adriano Celentano, Gianni Morandi, Fabio Concato, Pupo, Mina, Eros Ramazzotti, Albano Carrisi, Umberto Tozzi, Andrea Bocelli, Ornella Vanoni, Vasco Rossi, Luca Carboni, Francesco De Gregori, Fabrizio De André, Francesco Guccini, Giorgio Gaber, Gianni Togni, Laura Pausini, Claudio Baglioni, Angelo Branduardi, Michele Zarrillo, and Toto Cutugno. Modern pop music tends to be sentimental ballads with a crooning vocal style, though it used to be unique in its blend of Mediterranean folk rhythms with pop forms. These folkier pop artists included Lucio Battisti, Vasco Rossi and Pino Daniele. Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Lucio Dalla on the cover of a collection of his best songs from 1970s and 1980s. ... Renato Zero portrayed on the cover of his LP La coscienza di Zero (a joking reference to Italo Svevos novel La coscienza di Zeno). ... Adriano Celentano (born January 6, 1938) is an Italian singer, songwriter, comedian, actor, and TV host. ... Gianni Morandi (born 1944) is an Italian pop singer and entertainer. ... Enzo Ghinazzi, born in Firenze in 1955 and well known by his artist name Pupo, has for decades been one of the most famous Italian singers and text writers. ... For the Korean singer, see Shim Mina. ... Eros Ramazzotti (born on October 28, 1963), is one of the most successful Italian singers and songwriters of all time. ... Albano Carrisi (born May 20, 1943) is an Italian singer. ... Umberto Tozzi (born March 4, 1952) is an Italian pop singer and composer, born in Turin. ... Andrea Bocelli (born 22 September 1958) is an Italian operatic pop[1] tenor and a classical crossover singer who has also performed in operas. ... Ornella Vanoni (born 22 September 1934 in Milan) is an Italian singer. ... Vasco Rossi (born February 7, 1952 in Zocca, Italy) is one of the best-known musicians and songwriters in Italy. ... Francesco De Gregori (born April 4, 1951 in Rome) is an Italian singer-songwriter. ... Fabrizio De André (February 18, 1940 - January 11, 1999) was an Italian singer-songwriter. ... Francesco Guccini Francesco Guccini (born June 14, 1940 in Modena) is an Italian singer-songwriter and author. ... Giorgio Gaber (1939-2003) was an Italian actor, composer, and musician. ... This article is about the singer–songwriter. ... Claudio Baglioni is an Italian musician. ... Angelo Branduardi. ... Toto Cutugno, stage name of Salvatore Cutugno (born July 7, 1943) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter. ... This article is about the genre of popular music. ... Lucio Battisti (1969). ... Vasco Rossi (born February 7, 1952 in Zocca, Italy) is one of the best-known musicians and songwriters in Italy. ... Pino Daniele. ...

During the 1960s and 70s, Italian popular music changed by incorporating Latin and Anglo musical traditions, especially Brazilian bossa nova and American and British rock and roll. The same period saw diversification in the cinema of Italy, and Cinecittà films included complex scores by composers like Franco de Gemini, Francesco de Masi and Riz Ortolani. This popular film music remained popular in the 70s, and then underwent a revival in the 1990s. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... For other uses, see Bossa nova (disambiguation). ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had discovered the medium, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera. ... Entrance of the Cinecittà studios Cinecittà (Italian for Cinema City) is a large film studio in Rome, Italy. ... Francesco De Masi (January 11, 1930 – November 6, 2005) was an Italian conductor and film score composer. ... Riz Ortolani is an Italian film composer whose scores have recently been featured in Kill Bill: Vol. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

Italy was one of the leading nations of the progressive rock movement of the 70's - the others being Germany and the United Kingdom - and its progressive scene was quite big, united and lively. The main Italian style of progressive rock was symphonic rock mixed with Italian folk music influences (Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Le Orme, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Il Balletto di Bronzo, just to mention a few), but there were also some very innovative avant-garde rock bands around (Area, Picchio dal Pozzo). Progressive rock concerts were usually political events with an energetic atmosphere. Area had mainly extremely left-winged political lyrics. Symphonic rock is a subgenre of rock music, and more specifically, progressive rock. ... Folk song redirects here. ... Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Le Orme Italian Rock band. ... Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) is an Italian progressive rock band that achieved a high level of popularity in the 1970s, with success in both the British and American charts. ... Il Balletto di Bronzo (translation: The Ballet of Bronze) was an Italian progressive rock band from Naples. ... Area was an Italian jazz fusion and progressive rock group formed in 1972. ...

Beginning in the 1980s, pop grew more heterogeneous and more in line with international sounds. The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, also called The Eighties. The decade saw social, economic and general upheaval as wealth, production and western culture migrated to new industrializing economies. ...

Cinecittà soundtrack music and bossa nova were major influences on Nicola Conte (Bossa Per Due), an influential downtempo performer of the later 20th century. In 1995, Neri per Caso brought a new style of popular a cappella music to mainstream audiences after winning in the Sanremo Festival with their hit song "Le Ragazze". Nicola Conte is a Italian DJ and producer known for introducing an innovative style of acid jazz that incorporates bossa nova themes, melodies drawn from Italian film scores of the 1960s, easy listening themes, and ethnic Indian music. ... Downtempo (or Downbeat) is a laid-back electronic music style similar to Ambient music, but usually with a beat or groove unlike the beatless forms of Ambient music. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... This article is about the vocal technique. ... Sanremo Music Festival (Festival della canzone italiana), running since 1951, is an Italian popular song contest held annually (first part of March) in Sanremo. ...

Zucchero is a leading Italian rock musician, and has played with domestic stars like Luciano Pavarotti and international performers like Sting and Queen, while pop-folk singer Vasco Rossi has also experimented with rock and his 1999 hit "Rewind" was a popular rock song. Jovanotti is a widely popular singer mixing elements of dance with Italian popular music and rap. Other prominent rock bands include Litfiba. Adelmo Fornaciari (born September 25, 1955), more commonly known by his stage name Zucchero, is an Italian rock singer. ... Luciano Pavarotti performing on June 15, 2002 at a concert in the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille Luciano Pavarotti, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI[1] (October 12, 1935 – September 6, 2007) was a celebrated Italian tenor in operatic music, who successfully crossed into popular music becoming one of the most... Sting in Budapest, 2000 Gordon Matthew Sumner, CBE (born October 2, 1951), usually known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician from Newcastle upon Tyne. ... Queen is a British rock band which was popular in the 1970s and 1980s. ... Vasco Rossi (born February 7, 1952 in Zocca, Italy) is one of the best-known musicians and songwriters in Italy. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... Jovanotti - whose real name is Lorenzo Cherubini - was born in September 27, 1966 and is an Italian singer-songwriter and rapper. ... Litfiba is an Italian rock band formed in Florence in early 1980 together with Diaframma. ...

Dance

Techno, Trance, and Electronica are all popular forms of dance music in Italy.

• Gabry Ponte
• Eiffel 65
• Gigi D`Agostino
• Molella

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Hip hop

Main article: Italian hip hop Italian hip hop started in the early 1990s. ...

The Italian hip hop scene began in the early 1990s with Articolo 31 from Milan. Their style was mainly influenced by East Coast rap. Other early rap groups are typically politically-oriented crews like 99 Posse (who later became influenced by British trip hop). More recent crews include gangster rappers like Sardinia's La Fossa. For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Articolo 31 is a popular band in Milan, Italy, melding hip hop, funk, pop and traditional Italian musical forms. ... For other uses, see Milan (disambiguation). ... In the early 1990s, two styles of hip hop were popular. ... 99 Posse are an Italian hip-hop group from Naples. ... Trip hop (also known as the Bristol sound) is a term coined by United Kingdom dance magazine Mixmag, to describe a musical trend in the mid-1990s; trip hop is downtempo electronic music that grew out of Englands hip hop and house scenes. ... La Fossa is one of the earlier rap groups from Italy and one of the first from the Island of Sardinia (Sardegna). ...

Patchanka

There are many bands in Italy that play patchanka style music. This is characterized by a mixture of traditional music, punk, reggae, rock and political lyrics. Modena City Ramblers are one of the more popular bands; they mix Irish, Italian, punk, reggae and many other forms of music. Other bands that are worth checking out are Trenincorsa, Casa Del Vento, Mau Mau, Banda Bassotti, Africa Unite, La Famiglia Rossi, Yo Yo Mundi, Pseudofonia, Folkabbestia, I Ratti Della Sabina, Fratelli di Soledad, Tupamaros, Radici Cemento and Aprés La Classe. The Modena City Ramblers are an Italian folk-rock band. ... The Mau Mau Uprising was an insurgency by Kenyan rebels against the British colonial administration from 1952 to 1960. ... Banda Bassotti is an Italian ska-punk band. ... a song written by Bob Marley, appearing on his Survival (album). ... I ratti della Sabina (Sabinas rape) is a italian folk band from Rieti. ... Tupamaros, also known as the MLN (Movimiento de Liberación Nacional or National Liberation Army), was an urban guerrilla organization in Uruguay in the 1960s and 1970s. ...

Jazz

The most important jazz scenes are in Rome and Milan, however many Italian jazz musicians are resident in Paris. For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Milan (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of France. ...

Relevant jazz players are: saxophonists Stefano Di Battista, Rosario Giuliani and Maurizio Giammarco, pianist Danilo Rea and Stefano Bollani, trumpet players Paolo Fresu and Enrico Rava. Sicily has also a good jazz scene, based out of Palermo and including Enzo Rao, who have added native Sicilian and Arab influences to American jazz. The saxophonist child prodigy Francesco Cafiso is also from Sicily. and Italy Danilo Rea Italian jazz pianst. ... Stefano Bollani is a jazz pianist born in Milan on December 5, 1972. ... Paolo Fresu is a trumpet and flugelhorn jazz player born in Berchidda, Sardinia, on February 10th, 1961, and an arranger and a music composer. ... Enrico Rava on the cover of one of his CDs. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... Location of the city of Palermo (red dot) within Italy. ... Enzo Rao (born January 13, 1957 in Palermo) is an Italian musician who plays a number of instruments, including bass guitar, oud, sadz, Jewish harp and violin, in a variety of folk and popular styles. ... Sicily ( in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ... For other uses, see Arab (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... Wunderkind redirects here. ...

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