Jimmy Fontana

Jimmy Fontana

Nacimiento : 1934-11-13, Camerino, Macerata, Marche, Italy

Muerte : 2013-09-11

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Jimmy Fontana (13 November 1934 – 11 September 2013) was an Italian actor, composer and singer-songwriter. Two of his most famous songs are "Che sarà", performed also by José Feliciano with Ricchi e Poveri, and "Il Mondo". Born Enrico Sbriccoli in Camerino, Italy, after graduating from high school, he moved to Rome to study Economics. In his spare time, Fontana taught himself bass and attend local jazz venues. Eventually, he dedicated himself completely to music and adopted the stage name Jimmy Fontana in homage to one of his heroes, American musician Jimmy Giuffre. (The surname "Fontana" was arbitrarily chosen out of the phone book). In the early 1950s he started his own jazz band, Fontana and his Trio, with piano, bass and drums, and around that time he met Leda, who became his wife and with whom they had four children: Luigi, Roberto, Andrea, and Paola. At the end of the 1950s, he turned to light music and began his solo career. His first success was "Diavolo" ("Devil") that won him third place in the Festival of Barcelona. With his song "Bevo" ("Drink"), in 1960, he won the Burlamacco Gold, a music competition in Viareggio. His first participation in the Festival of Sanremo came in 1961 with "Lady luna" ("Lady moon"), written by Armando Trovajoli and Dino Verde. His first single with RCA is "Non te ne andare" ("Don't go"), released in 1963 and written by Gianni Meccia and Lilli Greek. In 1965, Fontana had his major success with "Il mondo" ("The world"), a song composed by Fontana and Carlo Pes, and arranged by Ennio Morricone, with lyrics by Gianni Meccia, which reached the top of the charts in Italy and other countries in Europe and charted in Latin America as well. The same year, he made his debut as an actor, appearing in two musicarelli, which are movies heavily featuring musical numbers, titled Viale della canzone ("Avenue of song") and 008 Operazione ritmo ("008 Operation rhythm"). Jimmy Fontana's hits include "La mia serenata" that won the Disco per l'estate Festival in 1967. At the 1968 Cantagiro summer festival, Fontana sang a cover version of the Tom Jones hit "Delilah", titled "La nostra favola." The song reached 2nd place in the Italian hit parade. In 1971, the song "Che sarà", composed by Fontana with lyrics by Franco Migliacci, was performed by José Feliciano with the Ricchi e Poveri group at that year's Sanremo Music Festival, winning 2nd prize. It eventually became one of the biggest pop music hits of the era in Italy and abroad. After "Che sarà", Fontana stopped writing songs, but continued to tour around Italy for another decade. In 1982 his son Luigi wrote the first part of the music for a new song and this fact brought Jimmy back to compose and create again: he completed the song "Beguine" and sung it at 1982 Sanremo Music Festival, joining the 6th place; Luigi was on stage with his father in Sanremo and from that moment on they were performing together around Italy and abroad until Jimmy died. They were joined in 1992 by Andrea (Jimmy's 3rd son), creating some beautiful and emotional "family shows". Jimmy Fontana also continued appearing on TV shows until his old age. He died peacefully at his home in Rome, a few months before his 79th birthday, while still planning concert tours. Source: Article "Jimmy Fontana" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Jimmy Fontana

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Quando dico che ti amo
Himself
3 Superhombres
Music
Brad, un superagente del FBI, descubre una organización que controla la técnica del duplicado. Los malhechores encontrarán la manera de clonar a Brad y utilizarlo para atrapar a los otros superhombres. Pero no será tan fácil, como siempre, los vestidos rojos darán mucho trabajo.
Canzoni... in bikini
Antología de canciones de playa (de Gianni Meccia a Edoardo Vianello) y bailes de época (de twist a hully-gully) a los que las historias de Tino Scotti en el doble papel de dos hermanos gemelos publicitarios en competencia entre sí,actúan como un vínculo miserable . Aventura más que un momento erótico, con el baile en traje de odalisca y el strip-tease de Maria Grazia Buccella y el número cantante de una muy scosciatissima Miranda Martino. Con las notas de "Aletas de fusil y gafas", las imágenes de los créditos iniciales recuerdan la agradable atmósfera de sueño de la tarde junto al mar. *! / ** MEMORABLE: Los créditos de apertura; el strip-tease de Buccella; el allanamiento de Bazzocchi con capucha y escopeta como mafioso.
El deseo loco
Durante el último fin de semana del verano, Antonio, un ingeniero milanés chapado a la antigua, conoce a un grupo de adolescentes, entre los cuales se encuentra Francesca, de quien se enamora. (FILMAFFINITY)
I Kiss... You Kiss
Jimmy
Un constructor no puede seguir adelante con un proyecto porque un anciano se niega a vender su propiedad. Un grupo de jóvenes va a su casa a cantar y tocar. Se les ocurre la idea de abrir un club nocturno..