Nicola Di Bari

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Nicola Di Bari
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Di Bari in 1973
Born
Michele Scommegna

29 September 1940 (1940-09-29) (age 84)
Zapponeta, Apulia, Kingdom of Italy
OccupationSinger
Years active1959–present

Michele Scommegna (born 29 September 1940), known professionally as Nicola Di Bari, is an Italian singer-songwriter and actor. He is considered among the main figures of Italian classical pop music. [1]

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Life and career

Nicola Di Bari and Nada celebrate their victory at the Sanremo Music Festival 1971 Nada Nicola DI Bari Sanremo 1971.jpg
Nicola Di Bari and Nada celebrate their victory at the Sanremo Music Festival 1971

Born in Zapponeta, Apulia, Di Bari was the youngest of ten children from a farming family. [2] He gave up his accountancy studies to work in Rome, and after a short stay in Rome he moved to Milan. [2] In 1962, in Cologno Monzese, he won a song contest with a song of which he was also the author, "Piano pianino". [2] In 1964 he achieved his first commercial success with the song "Amore ritorna a casa". [1] In 1965, 1966, and 1967 he entered the competition at three editions of the Sanremo Music Festival, coupled with Gene Pitney. [3]

In 1970 Di Bari obtained even greater commercial and critical success with the song "La prima cosa bella", which ranked second at the Sanremo Music Festival 1970 and first on the Italian hit charts. [3] [4] In 1971, he won the Sanremo Music Festival and Canzonissima , with the songs "Il cuore è uno zingaro" (jointly with Nada) and "Chitarra suona più piano". [3] In 1972, he again won the Sanremo Festival and represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "I giorni dell'arcobaleno" ("The Days of the Rainbow"). [3] In the following years, Di Bari grew his international popularity, especially in Latin America, where he recorded several albums in Spanish and where he gradually focused his career. [1] [3]

Selected discography

Albums

Singles

CDs

Selected filmography

Actor

Soundtrack composer

References

  1. 1 2 3 Enrico Deregibus (8 October 2010). Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. pp. 161–162. ISBN   978-8809756250.
  2. 1 2 3 B & N, Volume 32, Edizioni 7–12. Società Gestione Editoriali, 1971. p. 90.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Eddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. p. 679. ISBN   978-8863462296.
  4. ↑ Dario Salvatori (1989). Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. ISBN   8876054391.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Adriano Celentano & Claudia Mori
with "Chi non lavora non fa l'amore"
 Sanremo Music Festival
Winner
1971		Succeeded by
Nicola Di Bari
with "I giorni dell'arcobaleno"
Preceded by
Massimo Ranieri
with "Vent'anni"
 Winner of Canzonissima
1971		Succeeded by
Massimo Ranieri
with "Erba di casa mia"
Preceded by
Nicola Di Bari & Nada
with "Il cuore è uno zingaro"
 Sanremo Music Festival
Winner
1972		Succeeded by
Peppino di Capri
with "Un grande amore e niente più"
Preceded by Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest
1972		Succeeded by
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