Roberto Danova | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Giacinto Bettoni |
| Born | 27 August 1937 (age 88) Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (near Lake Maggiore), Northern Italy |
| Origin | Lake Maggiore, Northern Italy |
| Genres | Pop, dance, rock, electronic, funk, blues, choral, reggae, soul, instrumental |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, arranger, producer |
| Years active | 1959–present |
| Labels | Plaza Records London |
| Website | www |
Roberto Danova (born Giacinto Bettoni; 27 August 1937) is best known as a music composer, arranger and producer.
During the 1970s 1980s and 1990s Danova produced, arranged, or had compositions covered by many popular performers, including Joe Dolan (with whom he made a key contribution in the mid-1970s), [1] [2] Johnny Logan (whose career was overseen in the late 1970s by Danova and Louis Walsh), [3] Mungo Jerry, [4] Tom Jones, [5] Demis Roussos, [6] Engelbert Humperdinck, [7] and Showaddywaddy, [8]
Since the mid-1980s Danova has developed an instrumental project General Lafayette, a series of albums and singles featuring some of his own compositions through the sound of the trumpet. [9] [10] [11] From 1977 to 1980, Danova released an album and singles as Roberto Montecristo. [12]
The premiere of his musical The Phantom of the Opera on Ice, featuring a cast of Russian ice skating stars and live singers, played at various locations in the UK between 1995 and 1996. A VHS video was issued in 1999, and a CD/DVD with some modifications was released in 2006 by Plaza Records London. [13] [14] [15] [16]
In 1998 he produced Credo, a musical celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. The concept album was featured on BBC Radio 3 in April 2001. [17] Also the same year he guested on the Don Maclean BBC Radio 2 show. [18]
Danova was honoured in 2012 by the Irish Country Music Association at a ceremony in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland for his outstanding contribution to Irish Popular Music. [19]
all because of you Geordie danova.
Shuki .
Who's That Lady With My Man Kelly marie France charts.