Eduardo De Crescenzo (born 8 February 1951) is an Italian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for the songs "Ancora" and "E la musica va".
Born in Naples, De Crescenzo approached music at very young age, as he began playing the accordion at 3 and made his first public exhibition at 5, in Teatro Argentina, Rome.[1][2]
At 16 he founded a beat group, "Eduardino e i Casanova", with which he recorded the first 45rpm in 1967, "Hai detto no!".[1] After studying classical music and law at the university, in the late seventies De Crescenzo signed a contract with Dischi Ricordi, with whom he published his first single as soloist, "La solitudine" (1978).[3] His career was launched by the song "Ancora", a romantic ballad that he presented at the 1981 Sanremo Music Festival, winning the Critics Award;[4] the song obtained an extraordinary success, selling several millions of copies[1] and being covered by artists such as Mina, Anna Oxa, Ornella Vanoni and Thelma Houston (with the title "I'm Losing").[5]
Despite that large success, in the following years De Crescenzo pursued different routes, exploring musical contaminations between Italian classical melodies, soul, rhythm and blues and folk; he took part at four more editions of the Sanremo Festival, in 1985 ("Via con me"), 1987 ("L'odore del mare"), 1989 ("Come mi vuoi") and in 1991 ("E la musica va").[5] The song "E la musica va" was covered by Phil Manzanera with the title "The beat goes on".[6] After the 1993 album Danza, danza De Crescenzo devoted himself mainly to the live concerts and charity projects. In 2012, after a four-year hiatus, he returned to live music with the "Essenze Jazz" Tour in which he reinterprets an important part of his repertoire in a jazz style.[7]
eduardo, crescenzo, born, february, 1951, italian, singer, songwriter, multi, instrumentalist, best, known, songs, ancora, musica, born8, february, 1951, 1951, naplesoccupationsinger, songwriter, contents, background, discography, studio, albums, live, albums,. Eduardo De Crescenzo born 8 February 1951 is an Italian singer songwriter and multi instrumentalist best known for the songs Ancora and E la musica va Eduardo De CrescenzoBorn8 February 1951 1951 02 08 age 73 NaplesOccupationSinger songwriter Contents 1 Background 2 Discography 2 1 Studio albums 2 2 Live albums 2 3 Compilation albums 3 References 4 External linksBackground editBorn in Naples De Crescenzo approached music at very young age as he began playing the accordion at 3 and made his first public exhibition at 5 in Teatro Argentina Rome 1 2 At 16 he founded a beat group Eduardino e i Casanova with which he recorded the first 45rpm in 1967 Hai detto no 1 After studying classical music and law at the university in the late seventies De Crescenzo signed a contract with Dischi Ricordi with whom he published his first single as soloist La solitudine 1978 3 His career was launched by the song Ancora a romantic ballad that he presented at the 1981 Sanremo Music Festival winning the Critics Award 4 the song obtained an extraordinary success selling several millions of copies 1 and being covered by artists such as Mina Anna Oxa Ornella Vanoni and Thelma Houston with the title I m Losing 5 Despite that large success in the following years De Crescenzo pursued different routes exploring musical contaminations between Italian classical melodies soul rhythm and blues and folk he took part at four more editions of the Sanremo Festival in 1985 Via con me 1987 L odore del mare 1989 Come mi vuoi and in 1991 E la musica va 5 The song E la musica va was covered by Phil Manzanera with the title The beat goes on 6 After the 1993 album Danza danza De Crescenzo devoted himself mainly to the live concerts and charity projects In 2012 after a four year hiatus he returned to live music with the Essenze Jazz Tour in which he reinterprets an important part of his repertoire in a jazz style 7 Discography editStudio albums edit 1981 Ancora 1982 Amico che voli 1983 Decrescenzo 1985 Dove c e il mare 1987 Nudi 1989 C e il sole 1991 Cante jondo 1993 Danza danza 2002 La vita e un altra 2013 Essenze JazzLive albums edit 1995 Live 2006 Le maniCompilation albums edit 1996 All The Best 1981 1991 1998 80 minuti insieme 1981 1993 2007 Le piu belle 1978 1991 2011 I miei successi 1978 1991 References edit a b c Massimo Cotto 6 April 2011 il grande libro del rock e non solo Rizzoli ISBN 978 8858615782 Giuseppe Marrazzo 10 June 1957 I piccoli attori all Argentina ottengono un clamoroso successo Il Mattino Giangilberto Monti Veronica Di Pietro 2003 Dizionario dei cantautori Garzanti Libri 2003 ISBN 8811740355 Ezio Guaitamacchi 2009 1000 canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita Rizzoli 2009 ISBN 978 8817033923 a b Enrico Deregibus 8 October 2010 Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana Giunti Editore 2010 ISBN 978 8809756250 Marcello Giannotti 2005 L enciclopedia di Sanremo Gremese Editore 2005 ISBN 8884403790 Marco Mangiarotti 26 April 2012 Notturno napoletano essenze di Eduardo fra Ancora e il jazz Il Giorno Retrieved 18 November 2012 External links editOfficial website Eduardo De Crescenzo at AllMusic Eduardo De Crescenzo discography at Discogs Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eduardo De Crescenzo amp oldid 1168658995, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
