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Infobox musical artist| name = Gino Paoli| image = Gino Paoli.jpg| alt =| caption = Gino Paoli| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Gino Paoli| birth_date = Birth date|1934|9|23|df=yes|birth_place = Monfalcone , Italy | death_date =| instrument = singing|vocals | genre = Pop music|Pop | occupation = singer-songwriter , artist | years_active = 1959–present| label = RCA Records|RCA Italiana , Durium Records|Durium (Italy) , Casa Ricordi|Dischi Ricordi , Cetra Records|Fonit Cetra | associated_acts = Ornella Vanoni | website = http://www.ginopaoli.it/ ginopaoli.it Gino Paoli (born 23 September 1934 in Monfalcone ) is an Italy|Italian singer-songwriter . He wrote four masterpieces of Italian popular music : "Il cielo in una stanza", "Che cosa c'è", "Senza fine" and "Sapore di sale".
Biography
Paoli was born in Monfalcone , a little town near Trieste , but moved very early to Genoa .
After several different jobs, he was called by BMG|Ricordi with his friends Luigi Tenco and Bruno Lauzi . His first success was the single "La gatta," which has been used in world language Italian task disks in America for middle schools and high schools.
Another early song was "Il cielo in una stanza" composed in 1959. According to Paoli, the lyrics had come to him while lying on the bed of a brothel. Looking at the purple ceiling, he thought, "Love can grow at any moment at any place". http://www.madrepennuta.it/novit%C3%A02.htm Paolo Grugni CANZONI SEMPREVERDI. The Madrepennuta site, 2006 Mina (singer)|Mina 's single release of the song topped the list of annual sales in Italy http://www.hitparadeitalia.it Top Annuali Singles. hitparadeitalia site. Retrieved 27 June 2007 and reached Billboard Hot 100. Video performances of the song were included in the movies "Io bacio... tu baci" and "Appuntamento a Ischia". Later it was featured in the " Goodfellas " movie. Carla Bruni Sarkozy covered the song (mixing French with her native Italian) in her debut album ("Quelqu'un m'a dit").
Gino Paoli’s debut LP album|album – Gino Paoli was released in Italy on October 8, 1961 on Dischi Ricordi. http://discografia.dds.it/scheda_titolo.php? idt=3886. Gino Paoli’s discography. Retrieved 6 October 2009
"Il cielo in una stanza" success was followed by "Sapore di sale" (1963), arranged by Ennio Morricone and believed to be his most famous song. In the same year he attempted suicide by shooting himself in the heart (the bullet is still inside his chest).
In 1974 he returned with the LP I semafori rossi non sono Dio , followed by Il mio mestiere (1977). Both showed a more mature inspiration than his 1960s works. In the 1980s Paoli produced a series of successful albums, and in 1985 he toured Italy together with Ornella Vanoni .
In 1987 he was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies for the Italian Communist Party . He abandoned politics in 1992 to pursue his music ambitions. He had a long relationship with actress Stefania Sandrelli . Their daughter, Amanda Sandrelli , is also an actress.
http://www.ginopaoli.it/ Gino Paoli's official website
External links
Commons category|Gino Paoli
http://www.universytv.it/informazione/borgna.php A presentation of a work about Paoli's life
Persondata | NAME =Paoli, Gino | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =23 September 1934 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Monfalcone , Italy | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Paoli, Gino Category:1934 births Category:Living people Category:People from Monfalcone Category:Italian composers Category:Italian singer-songwriters Category:Italian Communist Party politicians
