Al Bano

Albano Antonio Carrisi born 20 May 1943 better known as Al Bano is an Italian and Albanian tenor actor and winemaker Having sold over 165 million records globally he is one of the most recognisable Italian singers in the world whose career spans seven decades He has gained worldwide notability due to his four and a half octave vocal rangeas well as mésalliance with Romina Power daughter of Hollywood legend Tyrone Power Carrisi is acclaimed for singing with operatic affinity in pop rock and italodisco repertoires In 2016 he was awarded Albanian citizenship due to his close ties with the country and a forename referring to the land He was born in the town of Cellino San Marco province of Brindisi Puglia in Southern Italy where he still lives His mother Iolanda Ottino named him Albano because when he was born his father Carmelo Carrisi was fighting in Albania for the Royal Italian Army during World War II He has one brother Franco Carrisi Kocis He made his debut in 1966 both as a singer at the Festival delle Rose and on television He won the Disco per lEstate an Italian song contest with Pensando a te in 1968 He recorded some major hits such as La siepe and Nel sole at that time Nel sole sold 600000 copies in Italy within three months of release in 1967 and eventually over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc in July 1968 Soon afterwards he started a musical collaboration with Romina Power daughter of the American actor Tyrone Power whom he married in 1970 After their marriage they recorded Storia di due innamorati They sang as the duo Al Bano Romina Power for almost thirty years their work has been especially popular in Italy Austria France Spain Bulgaria Romania Greece and Germany They released Dialogo in 1975 and took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 with the song Well Live It All Again Noi lo rivivremo di nuovo They sang Sharazan in 1981 and the following year they took part in the Sanremo Music Festival with the song Felicità which came second They won first prize in 1984 singing Ci sarà and again took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with Magic Oh Magic Both their Eurovision entries placed 7th Other hits of 1987 include Nostalgia canaglia awarded 3rd prize at Festival di Sanremo 87 and Libertà Those successful songs were followed by Cara terra mia which came in third once more at the 1989 Sanremo Music Festival and Oggi sposi which placed 8th at the 1991 Sanremo Music Festival Al Bano returned to his solo career in 1996 with È la mia vita which was followed by Verso il sole in 1997 and Ancora in volo in 1999 that year his duo and his marriage with Romina broke up He also played in Herşeye Rağmen Nonetheless in Turkish music video of Sima full name was Sima Sarıkaya a Turkish singer in 1997 In 2000 Al Bano returned to the Eurovision stage providing backing vocals for the Swiss entry performed in Italian La vita cosè performed by Jane Bogaert This song placed 20th out of 24 in the contest On 16 October 2001 Carrisi was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO Source Article Albano Carrisi from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30