Mario Lavezzi | |
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 Lavezzi at the Sanremo Music Festival 2018 | |
| Born | Bruno Mario Lavezzi 8 May 1948 Milan, Italy |
| Occupation | singer-songwriter |
Bruno Mario Lavezzi (born 8 May 1948) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, record producer and guitarist.
Born in Milan, he studied piano and guitar at the Scuola Civica di Milano. [1] He started his career in 1963, as the singer and guitarist for the band The Trappers. [2] [3] In 1966, following the dissolution of the band, he replaced Riki Maiocchi in the I Camaleonti until 1968, when he had to leave the band after being drafted into the Italian army. [2] [3] In 1969 he debuted as a composer with the Dik Dik hit "Il primo giorno di primavera". [2] In 1970 he co-founded the pop-rock group Flora Fauna e Cemento, then in 1974 he was part of the progressive rock musical project Il Volo. [2] [3] In the second half of the 1970s Lavezzi started a solo career as singer-songwriter; [4] he also started collaborating as a composer and a record producer for several albums of Loredana Bertè. [2] [3] He later wrote songs for many notable artists, including Lucio Dalla, Gianni Morandi, Anna Oxa, Spagna, Marcella Bella, Ornella Vanoni, Fiorella Mannoia, [2] [3] [5] and scored the 1984 Carlo Vanzina comedy film Amarsi un po' , which starred Tahnee Welch.
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