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Biography
Infobox musical artist|name = Paolo Conte|image = PaoloconteBerlin.jpg|caption = Paolo Conte in Berlin|background = solo_singer|Born = birth date and age|1937|1|6 Asti , Piedmont , Italy |genre = Jazz BLP sources|date=January 2011Paolo Conte (born January 6, 1937) is an Italians|Italian singer , pianist , composer , and lawyer notable for his grainy, resonant voice, his colourful and dreamy compositions (evocative of Italian and Mediterranean sounds, as well as of jazz music, South American atmospheres, and of French-language singers like Jacques Brel and Georges Brassens ) and his wistful, sometimes melancholic lyrics.
Career
Paolo Conte was born in Asti , Piedmont .
His performing career began as a vibraphone player in local and touring bands (Saint Vincent Jazz Festival). He began songwriting with his brother Giorgio Conte early on and eventually began writing songs of his own. As a poet, painter and lawyer as well as a musician, he first earned attention during the late '60s and early '70s as the creative force behind hits from Adriano Celentano and Patty Pravo . Conte began his solo career with a 1974 self-titled LP, with subsequent efforts like 1987's Aguaplano and 1990's ''Parole D'Amore Scritte a Macchin a enjoying considerable success throughout Europe. 1998's Paolo Conte , a greatest-hits collection, was his first U.S. release. His compilation album is titled The Best of Paolo Conte .
Some of his hits were used in many movies, for example "Come Di" in I Am David (2003), and Mickey Blue Eyes (1999), "Via con me" in French Kiss (film)|French Kiss (1995) , Mostly Martha (film)|Mostly Martha (2001), Welcome to Collinwood (2002), and the "Fritz" Coca Cola Television advertisement|commercial that was widely shown in US movie theaters in early 2006. As well as in No Reservations (film)|No Reservations (2007), "Sparring Partner" in 5x2 (2004) (French humourist Pierre Desproges used both in his Chroniques de la haine ordinaire .) One of Conte's greatest hits, Azzurro (1968, performed by A. Celentano and later many other artists) was "appropriated" by the fans of the Italian national football team —affectionately called "gli azzurri" ("The blues")—as a sort of unofficial " anthem " during the 2006 FIFA World Cup . In the movie "Carnage", directed by Polanski, husband and wife -existing in reality- call each other "doodle", ("toutou" in french) as a reference to Via Con Me from Paolo Conte "tu tu tu", one of their most preferred song.
2008: Ohrožený druh (featuring ""Jak se ten chlap na me dívá" by Conte)
External links
it icon http://www.paoloconte.it/ Paolo Conte's website
http://www.swonderful.net/biogart/biogart.htm Biography of Paolo Conte at Swonderful.net
References
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