Franco Gatti left the group. Order the group Ricchi E Poveri (Ricky and Poveri). Most famous single

Toto Cutugno, 74 years old

Few people know that the performer of his own songs, Toto (Salvatore) Cutugno, was the author of Joe Dassin's most popular hits. It was he who wrote the famous “Salut”, “L”Été indien” and 11 other songs that have become loved all over the world. He was commissioned to sing songs by Mireille Mathieu, Johnny Hallyday, Dalida, Adriano Celentano and many others. And in 1983, “Señor Song” (as Toto Cutugno was called in Italy), performed his most popular hit - “L"italiano”, known to us as “Lashata mi cantare”.

Now Toto is already 74 years old, and 47 of them he lived in marriage with his wife Carla. They married in 1971, when Salvatore was a simple guy, and Carla helped him with everything, paying his bills. The couple never succeeded in having children, but they remained together all their lives, even despite the affair that Toto had in the 80s. Then the singer met flight attendant Christina on the plane and dated her for two years. The girl gave birth to a boy, Niko, and after some time, Toto told his wife about everything. She forgave him and accepted the illegitimate child.

After everything that happened, they only became closer to each other. When the composer was diagnosed with a malignant tumor in 2007, Toto, who did not like to see doctors, underwent surgery, then relapsed, and chemotherapy was prescribed. All this time, Carla remained next to her husband. They fought the disease together and were able to defeat it. Now the family spends almost all their time in their villa on the seashore. Toto leads a healthy lifestyle, swims, walks a lot and still sometimes gives concerts in Europe.

Al Bano (75 years old) and Romina Power (66 years old)

He was the son of ordinary peasants, and Romina was the daughter of Hollywood actors. Of all the inheritance, Al Bano had only talent and passion for music, and Romina was a successful actress and acted in films. After meeting her future husband, she abandoned her acting career, and over time, the “nondescript bespectacled man” without money or position and the beautiful Romina became one of the brightest, most beloved and famous couples on the stage.

In 1982, their finest hour came. The composition “Felicita” (“Happiness”) was included in the top 3 at the competition in San Nemo.

Over the years of their marriage, the couple had 4 children. But in the mid-90s, tragedy struck. Daughter Ilenia began taking drugs, and then disappeared completely, calling her parents for the last time from New Orleans.

A crisis began in the family. Romina no longer recognized her husband. He stopped paying attention to the children, and, having turned into a show business shark, demanded from his wife a full account of the money spent. For six years the couple hid their separation, and in 1999 they officially divorced.

Al Bano began a solo career and married for the second time. The new wife gave birth to a boy and a girl to the musician, but the marriage broke up after 5 years.

Now Al Bano owns his own recording studio, wineries and a hotel, and Romina bought a house and lives in Rome. She is unmarried and writes books and paintings, which are very successful.

In October 2015, after a 15-year break, Al Bano and Romina Power gave a joint concert in Moscow.

Pupo (62 years old)

In 1979, Pupo (as newborn babies are called in Italy) performed "Gelato al cioccolato", which was written especially for him by the very famous Italian songwriter Cristiano Malgioglio. In the same year, he released an album of the same name, after which he became a real idol of millions. For several years, his songs enjoyed resounding popularity, and many were translated into other languages. By the end of the 1980s, his fame began to fade, and his albums sold out less and less.

Pupo tried his hand at business and opened a chain of restaurants, but the unsuccessful project brought only losses. Rumors began to circulate that the singer became interested in gambling and got into debt. In the early 2000s, Pupo appeared on Italian television, becoming the host of a program and radio show.

Not long ago, the press learned that the 62-year-old singer has had two wives for more than 30 years, considers this absolutely normal and says that both wives love him equally much.

The group “Rich and Poor” began its performances with 4 members and was created as an Italian analogue of the popular ABBA quartet from Sweden. The group was divided into two couples: one performed in luxurious outfits, and the other in modest ones. The meaning of the images was that the performers could not have money, but be spiritually rich.

In 1981, before a performance in San Remo, the first conflict occurred in the group, and one of the members of the group, Marina, left the group. In the same year, the now trio “Ricky and Believe” was recognized as the best group of the year and awarded the Golden Disc prize.

The three of “Ricky and Believe” performed until 2016, releasing popular hits and attracting huge audiences. And a couple of years ago, Franco left the group, who decided to put an end to his musical career and spend more time with his family.

Today, “Ricky and Believe” is a duet consisting of Angela Brambati and Angelo Sotju. They said that once in their youth they were in love with each other. Their relationship began when the girl was 16 years old, but it never came to a wedding.

Ricci e Poveri

""Ricchi e Poveri"" (pronounced: "Ricky, believe me"; ital. rich and poor) - Italian pop group, popular in the early to mid-80s of the XX century. Originally a quartet, in 1981 it became a trio, and in May 2016 it became a duet.

Participants

Current lineup

• Angela Brambati, born October 20, 1947 in Genoa (age 69)
• Angelo Sotgiu, born February 22, 1946 in Trinita d'Agultu e Vignola (Sardinia) (age 70)

Former members

• Marina Occhiena, born March 19, 1950 in Genoa (66 years old)
• Franco Gatti, born October 4, 1942 in Genoa (74 years old)

Story

The group Ricchi e Poveri was born in Genoa in 1967 as a result of the division of two groups: “I Jets” and “I Preistorici”. The group "I Jets" consisted of Angelo Sotju, Franco Gatti and their friends. Angela Brambati was a member of the trio “I Preistorici”. She knew Angelo and Franco, often came to listen to “I Jets” and, when this group broke up, left “I Preistorici” to create a trio. Later, Angela introduced Franco and Angelo to Marina Occhiena, who also did vocals, and thus the trio turned into a polyphonic quartet called Fama Medium, derived from the first letters of their names. The Fama Medium group began their performances on the beaches, performing popular songs of various groups of the time, such as Mamas & Papas, Manattan Trasfert, etc., accompanied by playing guitars. After an audition in Milan, their first producer was Franco Califano, who changed the name of the group to “Ricchi e Poveri”, and also proposed a new image of the members. Marina was turned blonde, Angelo's blonde hair was further bleached, Angela's hair was cut short, while Franco became long-haired. Califano explained the meaning of the new name by saying that all four were rich in their talents, but poor financially.

The band's musical career began in Genoa in 1968, when he took part in the Cantagiro festival with the song "L" Ultimo Amore" (“Last Love”), an Italian cover version of the song “Ever lasting love”.

To the album "E penso a te", released in 1981, also included the song "Come vorrei" ("How I wish"), which rose to number 3 in the Italian charts, and became the theme song for the television show "Portobello".

During this period, the group received numerous prizes and awards: in 1981 “For the best group of the year”, a gold disc for the song “Sarà perché ti amo”, which in 1982 won in the TV show “Premiatissima”, as well as a gold RAI 5 plate, winning two episodes in a row in the program on this channel.

Next year a popular album will be released in Europe "Voulez-vous danser?"("Do you want to dance?"). In the same year, the group became the guest of honor at the Viña del Mar music festival in Chile.

In 1985, “Ricchi e Poveri” wins the Sanremo festival with the song “Se m”innamoro” (“If I fall in love”), receiving 1,506,812 audience votes for it, rising to 6th place in the Italian hit parade and also tours in Australia. To the victory at the festival is added the Medien Prize, awarded for a large number of discs sold in France. The first tour in the Soviet Union, which took place in the summer of 1986, included 44 concerts that attracted 780 thousand spectators. On November 21, 1986, Central Television showed a TV version concert.

In 1987, the group took 7th place at the Sanremo festival with Toto Cutugno’s song “Canzone d’amore” (“Love Song”) and released the last, in terms of the novelty of the songs, album “Pubblicità”. After that, only albums with remakes of old and a small number of new songs (“Baciamoci” (“Let’s kiss”), 1994, author - Umberto Napolitano; “Parla col cuore” (“Speak from the heart”), 1998).

The musicians take 9th place in San Remo with a rather complex and musically pale song "Nascerà Gesu", dedicated to the problems of genetic engineering and received rather ambiguously by both the public and critics. However, a performance at the 1989 festival with a song written by former Eros Ramazzotti producer Piero Cassano "Chi voglio sei tu"(“The one I need is you”) arouses much more interest among listeners, the song will take 8th place. Festival song 1990 "Buo na giornata" becomes the screensaver of one of the Italian television programs.

In 1991, the group members signed a contract with the RAI television channel and became the hosts of the popular television program Domenica in and released the album “Una domenica con te”. In 1992, Ricchi e Poveri performed a song by Toto Cutugno at the Sanremo festival "Così lontani" (“So far away”), and the next year they signed a contract with the Italian TV channel Mediaset. In the same year they recorded a tribute album “Allegro italiano” - their own versions of popular Italian songs: "Caruso"("In Memory of Caruso"), "L"italiano" ("Italian"), "Ti amo" ("I love you") and many others. During these same years, RIcchi e Poveri appeared in a television show on the Rete 4 TV channel, and starred in a parody of the famous television series "La donna del mistero"("Mysterious Woman") entitled "La vera storia della donna del mistero"(“Another Story of the Mysterious Woman”) and were a great success. In subsequent years, they were regular guests on the TV show A casa nostra, hosted by Patricia Rosetti.

In 1998, the trio released the album “Parla col cuore”, which included their best songs, as well as 6 unreleased songs (“Mai dire mai” (“Never say never”), “La stella che vuoi” (“Star, whichever you wish"), etc.), written by themselves in collaboration with the writer Fabrizio Berlincioni.

In 2004, Ricchi e Poveri took part in the reality show Music Farm, won the Loredan Berta challenge and finished third in the final.

In 1994-2008, the group conducted numerous tours in Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Moldova, Georgia, Lithuania, Australia, Albania, Slovenia, Hungary, Canada and the USA. He also takes part in various television shows. To date, the group's records have sold more than 20 million copies. In 2012, the group released their first album after a 14-year hiatus with several new songs called “Perdutamente Amore”.

In 2008, the disc “Mamma Maria (The Hits Reloaded)” was released, set in modern dance rhythms

In 2013, their performance at the Sanremo festival was canceled, Franco Gatti announced the death of his 23-year-old son Alessio, but still remained on stage.

On May 4, 2016, Franco Gatti announced that he was leaving the group, citing a desire to spend more time with his family. Angela and Angelo reacted calmly and respectfully to his decision, telling fans that they would continue their creative path without Franco.

Currently, the group takes part in various Russian and foreign television shows and continues to tour the world.

Discography

Numbered studio albums

• 1970 - Ricchi e Poveri
• 1971 - Amici Miei
• 1971 - L "Altra Faccia Dei Ricchi e Poveri
• 1974 - Penso Sorrido E Canto
• 1975 - RP2
• 1976 - I Musicanti
• 1976 - Ricchi e Poveri
• 1978 - Questo Amore
• 1980 - La Stagione Dell"Amore
• 1981 - E Penso A Te
• 1982 - Mamma Maria
• 1983 - Voulez-Vous Dancer
• 1985 - Dimmi Quando
• 1987 - Pubblicita
• 1990 - Una Domenica Con Te
• 1992 - Allegro Italiano
• 1998 - Parla Col Cuore
• 2012 - Perdutamente Amore

Collections

• 1982 - Profili Musicali
• 1983 - Made In Italy
• 1983 - Ieri E Oggi
• 1990 - Canzoni D"Amore
• 1990 - Buona Giornata E
• 1993 - Anche Tu
• 1996 - I Nostri Successi
• 1997 - Un Diadema Di Canzoni
• 1997 - Piccolo Amore
• 1998 - The Collection
• 2000 - I Successi
• 2001 - Made In Italy

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At this time, with quick steps in front of the parting crowd of nobles, in a general's uniform, with a ribbon over his shoulder, with his protruding chin and quick eyes, Count Rostopchin entered.
“The Emperor will be here now,” said Rostopchin, “I just came from there.” I believe that in the position we find ourselves in, there is not much to judge. The Emperor deigned to gather us and the merchants,” said Count Rastopchin. “Millions will flow from there (he pointed to the hall of merchants), and our job is to field a militia and not spare ourselves... This is the least we can do!”
Meetings began between some nobles sitting at the table. The entire meeting was more than quiet. It even seemed sad when, after all the previous noise, old voices were heard one by one, saying one: “I agree,” the other, for variety, “I am of the same opinion,” etc.
The secretary was ordered to write a decree of the Moscow nobility stating that Muscovites, like Smolensk residents, donate ten people per thousand and full uniforms. The gentlemen who were sitting stood up, as if relieved, rattled their chairs and walked around the hall to stretch their legs, taking someone by the arm and talking.
- Sovereign! Sovereign! - suddenly echoed through the halls, and the entire crowd rushed to the exit.
Along a wide passage, between the wall of nobles, the sovereign walked into the hall. All faces expressed respectful and frightened curiosity. Pierre stood quite far away and could not fully hear the sovereign’s speeches. He understood only from what he heard that the sovereign was talking about the danger in which the state was, and about the hopes that he placed in the Moscow nobility. Another voice answered the sovereign, reporting about the decree of the nobility that had just taken place.
- Gentlemen! - said the sovereign’s trembling voice; the crowd rustled and fell silent again, and Pierre clearly heard the sovereign’s so pleasantly human and touched voice, which said: “I have never doubted the zeal of the Russian nobility.” But on this day it exceeded my expectations. I thank you on behalf of the fatherland. Gentlemen, let's act - time is most valuable...
The Emperor fell silent, the crowd began to crowd around him, and enthusiastic exclamations were heard from all sides.
“Yes, the most precious thing is... the royal word,” said the sobbing voice of Ilya Andreich from behind, who heard nothing, but understood everything in his own way.
From the hall of the nobility the sovereign went into the hall of the merchants. He stayed there for about ten minutes. Pierre, among others, saw the sovereign leaving the merchants' hall with tears of tenderness in his eyes. As they later learned, the sovereign had just begun his speech to the merchants when tears flowed from his eyes, and he finished it in a trembling voice. When Pierre saw the sovereign, he went out, accompanied by two merchants. One was familiar to Pierre, a fat tax farmer, the other was a head, with a thin, narrow beard, yellow face. They both cried. The thin man had tears in his eyes, but the fat farmer wept like a child and kept repeating:
- Take life and property, Your Majesty!
Pierre no longer felt anything at that moment except the desire to show that he didn’t care about anything and that he was ready to sacrifice everything. His speech with a constitutional direction appeared to him as a reproach; he was looking for an opportunity to make amends for it. Having learned that Count Mamonov was donating the regiment, Bezukhov immediately announced to Count Rostopchin that he was giving up a thousand people and their contents.
Old man Rostov could not tell his wife what had happened without tears, and he immediately agreed to Petya’s request and went to record it himself.
The next day the sovereign left. All the assembled nobles took off their uniforms, again settled in their houses and clubs and, grunting, gave orders to the managers about the militia, and were surprised at what they had done.

Napoleon started the war with Russia because he could not help but come to Dresden, could not help but be overwhelmed by honors, could not help but put on a Polish uniform, could not succumb to the enterprising impression of a June morning, could not refrain from an outburst of anger in the presence of Kurakin and then Balashev.
Alexander refused all negotiations because he personally felt insulted. Barclay de Tolly tried to manage the army in the best possible way in order to fulfill his duty and earn the glory of a great commander. Rostov galloped to attack the French because he could not resist the desire to gallop across a flat field. And so exactly, due to their personal properties, habits, conditions and goals, all those innumerable persons who took part in this war acted. They were afraid, they were conceited, they rejoiced, they were indignant, they reasoned, believing that they knew what they were doing and that they were doing it for themselves, and all were involuntary instruments of history and carried out work hidden from them, but understandable to us. This is the unchangeable fate of all practical figures, and the higher they stand in the human hierarchy, the more free they are.
Now the figures of 1812 have long since left their places, their personal interests have disappeared without a trace, and only the historical results of that time are before us.
But let’s assume that the people of Europe, under the leadership of Napoleon, had to go deep into Russia and die there, and all the self-contradictory, senseless, cruel activities of the people participating in this war become clear to us.
Providence forced all these people, striving to achieve their personal goals, to contribute to the fulfillment of one huge result, about which not a single person (neither Napoleon, nor Alexander, nor even less any of the participants in the war) had the slightest aspiration.
Now it is clear to us what was the cause of the death of the French army in 1812. No one will argue that the reason for the death of Napoleon’s French troops was, on the one hand, their entry at a late time without preparation for a winter campaign deep into Russia, and on the other hand, the nature that the war took on from the burning of Russian cities and the incitement of hatred towards the enemy in the Russian people. But then not only did no one foresee that (which now seems obvious) that only in this way could the army of eight hundred thousand, the best in the world and led by the best commander, die in a clash with the Russian army, which was twice as weak, inexperienced and led by inexperienced commanders; not only did no one foresee this, but all efforts on the part of the Russians were constantly aimed at preventing the fact that only one could save Russia, and on the part of the French, despite the experience and so-called military genius of Napoleon, all efforts were directed towards this to stretch out to Moscow at the end of summer, that is, to do the very thing that should have destroyed them.
In historical works about 1812, French authors are very fond of talking about how Napoleon felt the danger of stretching his line, how he was looking for a battle, how his marshals advised him to stop in Smolensk, and give other similar arguments proving that it was already understood there was danger of the campaign; and Russian authors are even more fond of talking about how from the beginning of the campaign there was a plan for the Scythian war to lure Napoleon into the depths of Russia, and they attribute this plan to some Pfuel, some to some Frenchman, some to Tolya, some to Emperor Alexander himself, pointing to notes, projects and letters that actually contain hints of this course of action. But all these hints of foreknowledge of what happened, both on the part of the French and on the part of the Russians, are now exhibited only because the event justified them. If the event had not happened, then these hints would have been forgotten, just as thousands and millions of opposing hints and assumptions that were in use then, but turned out to be unfair and therefore forgotten, are now forgotten. There are always so many assumptions about the outcome of every event that takes place that, no matter how it ends, there will always be people who will say: “I said then that it would be like this,” completely forgetting that among the countless assumptions, completely opposite.
Assumptions about Napoleon's awareness of the danger of stretching the line and on the part of the Russians - about luring the enemy into the depths of Russia - obviously belong to this category, and historians can only attribute such considerations to Napoleon and his marshals and such plans to Russian military leaders only with great reserve. All the facts completely contradict such assumptions. Not only throughout the war was there no desire on the part of the Russians to lure the French into the depths of Russia, but everything was done to stop them from their first entry into Russia, and not only was Napoleon not afraid of stretching his line, but he rejoiced at how triumph, every step forward, and very lazily, unlike in his previous campaigns, he looked for battle.
At the very beginning of the campaign, our armies are cut up, and the only goal to which we strive is to unite them, although in order to retreat and lure the enemy into the interior of the country, there does not seem to be any advantage in uniting the armies. The emperor is with the army to inspire it to defend every step of the Russian land, and not to retreat. The huge Dries camp is being built according to Pfuel's plan and it is not intended to retreat further. The Emperor reproaches the commander-in-chief for every step of retreat. Not only the burning of Moscow, but the admission of the enemy to Smolensk cannot even be imagined by the emperor, and when the armies unite, the sovereign is indignant because Smolensk was taken and burned and was not given a general battle before the walls of it.
The sovereign thinks so, but the Russian military leaders and all Russian people are even more indignant at the thought that ours are retreating into the interior of the country.
Napoleon, having cut up the armies, moves inland and misses several occasions of battle. In August he is in Smolensk and thinks only about how he can move on, although, as we now see, this movement forward is obviously detrimental for him.
The facts clearly show that neither Napoleon foresaw the danger in moving towards Moscow, nor Alexander and the Russian military leaders then thought about luring Napoleon, but thought about the opposite. The luring of Napoleon into the interior of the country did not happen according to anyone’s plan (no one believed in the possibility of this), but occurred from the most complex game of intrigues, goals, desires of people - participants in the war, who did not guess what should be, and what was the only salvation of Russia. Everything happens by accident. The armies are cut up at the start of the campaign. We are trying to unite them with the obvious goal of giving battle and holding off the enemy’s advance, but even in this desire to unite, avoiding battles with the strongest enemy and involuntarily retreating at an acute angle, we lead the French to Smolensk. But it’s not enough to say that we are retreating at an acute angle because the French are moving between both armies - this angle is becoming even sharper, and we are moving even further because Barclay de Tolly, an unpopular German, is hated by Bagration (who will become under his command ), and Bagration, commanding the 2nd Army, tries not to join Barclay for as long as possible, so as not to become under his command. Bagration does not join for a long time (although this is the main goal of all commanders) because it seems to him that he is putting his army in danger on this march and that it is most profitable for him to retreat to the left and south, harassing the enemy from the flank and rear and recruiting his army in Ukraine. But it seems that he came up with this because he did not want to obey the hated and junior German Barclay.
The emperor is with the army to inspire it, and his presence and lack of knowledge of what to decide on, and a huge number of advisers and plans destroy the energy of the 1st army’s actions, and the army retreats.
It is planned to stop at the Dris camp; but unexpectedly Paulucci, aiming to become commander-in-chief, influences Alexander with his energy, and Pfuel’s entire plan is abandoned, and the whole matter is entrusted to Barclay. But since Barclay does not inspire confidence, his power is limited.
The armies are fragmented, there is no unity of leadership, Barclay is not popular; but from this confusion, fragmentation and unpopularity of the German commander-in-chief, on the one hand, follows indecision and avoidance of battle (which could not be resisted if the armies were together and Barclay was not the commander), on the other hand, more and more indignation against the Germans and excitement of the patriotic spirit.
Finally, the sovereign leaves the army, and as the only and most convenient pretext for his departure, the idea is chosen that he needs to inspire the people in the capitals to initiate a people's war. And this trip of the sovereign and Moscow triples the strength of the Russian army.
The sovereign leaves the army in order not to hamper the unity of power of the commander-in-chief, and hopes that more decisive measures will be taken; but the position of the army command is even more confused and weakened. Bennigsen, the Grand Duke and a swarm of adjutant generals remain with the army in order to monitor the actions of the commander-in-chief and arouse him to energy, and Barclay, feeling even less free under the eyes of all these sovereign eyes, becomes even more careful for decisive actions and avoids battles.

MUSIC RICCI AND BELIEVE

"Ricci e Poveri"(Rich and Poor) is an Italian pop group, popular in the 70-80s of the last century. Initially, the group was an ABBA-type quartet, but in 1981 it turned into a trio, and in May 2016 it became a duet. However, this did not diminish interest in the music of this vocal group, which is still quite popular today.

The group "Ricchi e Poveri" was born in Genoa in 1967 as a result of the division of two groups: "I Jets" and "I Preistorici". The group "I Jets" consisted of Angelo Sotju, Franco Gatti and their friends. Angela Brambati was a member of the trio “I Preistorici”. She knew Angelo and Franco, often came to listen to “I Jets” and, when this group broke up, left “I Preistorici” to create a trio. Later, Angela introduced Franco and Angelo to Marina Occhiena, who also did vocals, and thus the trio turned into a polyphonic quartet called “Fama Medium”, derived from the first letters of their names.

The group "Fama Medium" began their performances on the beaches, performing popular songs of various groups of the time, such as "Mamas & Papas", "Manattan Trasfert", and many others, accompanied by playing guitars. After an audition in Milan, their first producer was Franco Califano, who changed the group's name to " Ricci e Poveri", and also proposed a new image of the participants. Marina was turned blonde, Angelo's blonde hair was further bleached, Angela's hair was cut short, while Franco became long-haired. Califano explained the meaning of the new name by saying that all four were rich in their talents, but poor financially.

The band's musical career began in Genoa in 1968, when it took part in the Cantagiro festival with the song "L" Ultimo Amore" ("Last Love"), an Italian cover version of the song "Ever lasting love".

In 1970, the group first took part in the Sanremo Festival with the song "La prima cosa bella" ("The First Beautiful Thing"), written by Nicola Di Bari, and took 2nd place at this festival. In the same year, they performed at the Festivalbar with the song “In questa citta” (“In this city”) and released their debut full-length album, “ Ricchi & Poveri"(1970)

In 1971, “Ricchi e Poveri” again came second at the Sanremo Festival with the song “Che sara” (“What will happen”), which the musicians performed together with Jose Feliciano. "Che sara" has become an anthem for young people leaving their homeland, as well as a world-famous example of a classic Italian song. In the same year, the group participated in the musical comedy "Un trapezio per Lisistrata" on the RAI TV channel.

In 1972, "Ricchi e Poveri" again took part in the Sanremo Festival with the song "Un diadema di ciliege" ("Cherry Tiara"), after which they became the advertising face of the product "Fiesta Snack", a chocolate bar of the Ferrero company until end of 1977.

In 1973, they performed at the Sanremo festival with the song "Dolce frutto" ("Sweet Fruit"), which in the same year was presented at the radio competition "Un disco per l"estate" along with another of their songs "Piccolo amore mio" ("My little love"). A little later they performed the song "Una musica" in a new way on the TV show "Rischiatutto", and in the fall of 1973 they took part in "Canzonissima" with the song "Ti penso sorrido e canto" (“I think of you, I smile and I sing.”) In the same year, “Ricchi e Poveri” made a theatrical tour with Walter Chiari.

In 1974, they again sounded on "Un disco per l"estate with a song" with the song "Povera bimba" ("Poor thing"). In the same year they took part in the television program "Di Nuovo Tante Scuse" with Raimondo Vianello and Sandra Mondaini, performing songs from their repertoire, witty jokes with the presenters and singing the final song "Non pensarci piu" ("I don't think about you anymore"). The TV show was so successful that the following year it was re-run, ending with "Ricchi e Poveri" performed the new title song "Coriandoli su di noi" ("Our Confetti").

In 1976, the group again took part in the Sanremo Festival with the song "Due storie dei musicanti" ("Two Stories of Musicians") from their album "I Musicanti".

In 1978, Ricchi e Poveri represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest with Dario Farina's song "Questo amore" ("This is Love"), where they finished in 12th place.

In 1979, the group recorded the song "Mama", written by Marina, Angelo and Franco, which became the final song of the TV show "Jet Quiz". In 1980, they released the album for the last time as a quartet. La stagione dell'amore" and, a few months after the release of this disc, they begin a summer tour, organized by Radio Monte Carlo, with performances in all squares of Italy.

In 1981, the group came to San Remo in full force, performing at rehearsals (Italian television preserved a video recording of the rehearsals). However, before the first competitive performance on the first evening of the festival, a scandal occurred - group member Marina Occhiena announced that she refused to perform and was leaving the group for personal reasons and the desire to start a solo career. Despite the controversy, “Ricchi e Poveri”, consisting of three people, performed the song “Sara perche ti amo”, rhythmic and easy to remember, thanks to which it stayed in first place in the Italian charts for 10 weeks, and at the end of the year it took 6th place , ahead of all the songs of the festival. The song also became a super hit in Europe, in France, at the end of 1981, the song became 8th, in Switzerland it rose to 2nd, in Austria to 7th, in Germany to 11th place. Subsequently, it was included in Italian music textbooks. A performance with this song in the “Tommy Pop Show” on German television in 1983 was included in the New Year’s edition of the program “Melodies and Rhythms of Foreign Pop,” becoming the first appearance of “Ricchi e Poveri” on Soviet television.

The album "E penso a te", released in 1981, also included the song "Come vorrei" ("How I wish"), which rose to 3rd place in the Italian hit parade, becoming the theme song for the television show "Portobello ".

During this period, the group received numerous prizes and awards: in 1981 “For the best group of the year”, a gold disc for the song “Sara perche ti amo”, which in 1982 won in the TV show “Premiatissima”, as well as a gold RAI 5 plaque, winning two episodes in a row in the program on this channel.

In 1982, the single " Mamma Maria"("Mama Maria"), which occupied high places in the European charts, including 19 weeks on the German charts, and the album of the same name, released in Italy, reached number 4 in the charts for 1983.

Next year, the subsequently very popular album " Voulez-vous danser?" (“Do you want to dance?”). In the same year, the group became the guest of honor at the Vina del Mar music festival in Chile.

In 1985, “Ricchi e Poveri” won the Sanremo festival with the song “Se m"innamoro" (“If I fall in love”), receiving 1,506,812 audience votes for it, rising to 6th place in the Italian hit parade and also conducts a tour of Australia. The victory at the festival is supplemented by the Medien award, awarded for the large number of discs sold in France. The first tour in the Soviet Union, which took place in the summer of 1986, includes 44 concerts that attract 780 thousand spectators; on November 21, 1986, Central Television showed a television version concert.

In 1987, the group took 7th place at the Sanremo festival with Toto Cutugno’s song “Canzone d’amore” (“Love Song”) and released their last album, “Pubblicita,” in terms of the novelty of the songs. After that Only albums are released with remakes of old songs and a small number of new songs (“ Baciamoci"("Let's Kiss"), 1994, author - Umberto Napolitano; " Parla col cuore"("Speak from the Heart"), 1998).

In 1988, the musicians took 9th place in San Remo with the rather complex and musically pale song “Nascera Gesu”, dedicated to the problems of genetic engineering and received rather ambiguously by both the public and critics. However, the performance at the 1989 festival with a song written by former Eros Ramazzotti producer Piero Cassano "Chi voglio sei tu" ("The one I need is you"), arouses much more interest among listeners, the song will take 8th place. The 1990 festival song "Buona giornata" becomes the theme song for one of the Italian television programs.

In 1991, the group members signed a contract with the RAI television channel and became the hosts of the popular television program Domenica in and released the album “Una domenica con te”. In 1992, Ricchi e Poveri performed Toto Cutugno’s song “Cosi lontani” (“So Far”) at the Sanremo festival, and the following year they signed a contract with the Italian TV channel Mediaset. That same year they recorded a tribute album" Allegro italiano" - own versions of popular Italian songs: "Caruso" ("In Memory of Caruso"), "L"italiano" ("Italian"), "Ti amo" ("I love you") and many others. During these same years, RIcchi e Poveri appeared in a television program on the Rete 4 TV channel, and starred in a parody of the famous television series "La donna del mistero" ("The Mysterious Woman") called "La vera storia della donna del mistero" ("Another story of the mysterious woman ") and were a great success. In subsequent years, they were regular guests on the TV show A casa nostra, hosted by Patricia Rosetti.

In 1998, the trio released the album " Parla col cuore", which included their best songs, as well as 6 unreleased songs ("Mai dire mai" ("Never Say Never"), "La stella che vuoi" ("The Star You Wish"), etc.), written by themselves in collaboration with the writer Fabrizio Berlincioni.

In 2004, Ricchi e Poveri took part in the reality show Music Farm, won the Loredan Berta challenge and took third place in the final. It was a relative success, which was used very productively.

In 1994-2008, the group conducted numerous tours in Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Moldova, Georgia, Lithuania, Australia, Albania, Slovenia, Hungary, Canada and the USA. In addition, musicians take part in various television shows. To date, the group's records have sold more than 20 million copies, not counting pirated versions released in all countries of the world. In 2012, the group released their first cover album after a 14-year break with several new songs called “ Perdutamente Amore».

In 2008, the disc " Mamma Maria (The Hits Reloaded)", designed in modern dance rhythms

In 2013, their performance at the Sanremo festival was canceled, Franco Gatti announced the death of his 23-year-old son Alessio, but still remained on stage.

On May 4, 2016, Franco Gatti announced that he was leaving the group, citing a desire to spend more time with his family. Angela and Angelo reacted calmly and respectfully to his decision, telling fans that they would continue their creative path without Franco.

Currently, the group takes part in various Russian and foreign television shows and continues to tour the world.

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October 27, 2017

Studio albums by Ricci & Poveri
This list includes 16 albums recorded and released over more than 40 years of musical activity by the Italian group " Ricci & Poveri". However, perhaps this discography is incomplete, because many "half-compilations" were left out, which are of interest precisely as numbered albums. Also, the section does not include remix albums, with the exception of the album " Perdutamente Amore" (2012), which is a collection of covers of the group's own hits.

Ricchi e Poveri (Italian: Rich and Poor) is a famous disco and pop group from Italy. The name translates as "rich and poor." The career of this group began in 1968 in Genoa. At this time, Ricky and Poveri are performing at the Kantajiro festival. They performed the song “L’ultimo amore”. The influence of the Mamas & Papas is quite noticeable in this song.

Ricchi e Poveri, whose biography includes 17 full-length albums and 12 collections, initially consisted of four members: Angela Bramarti, Marina Occhiena, Franco Gati and Angelo Sotju. In 1981, Marina left the group. The members of the group were fond of music since childhood: Franco and Angelo played in the group “I Jet”, Marina studied vocals, and Angela sang in Ligurian institutions. In an interview, Angelo and Angela admitted that in their youth they were in love with each other and planned to get married. They decided to start a relationship when Angela was 16 years old.

Two years after the first concert in the history of Ricky and Poveri, the group takes part in one of the Sanremo festivals. The group performs the song "La prima cosa bella", written by Nicola Di Bari. The composition took second place. In 1971, a show was held again with the participation of Ricky and Poveri, and the Italians, together with Jose Feliciano, performed the composition “Che sarà”. Soon the group is invited to take part in a musical comedy on one of the TV channels. In 1972, Ricchi e Poveri performed again at the Sanremo festival and delighted fans with the new hit “Un diadema di ciliegie”.

In 1973, the show “Sweet Fruit” took place with the participation of Ricchi e Poveri. The musical was an incredible success throughout the country. Three years later, the group again finds itself at the festival in San Remo and performs a song composed by Bardotti. Later, the group makes a theatrical tour.

In 1978, an important event took place for Ricky and Poveri’s biography - the team represented Italy at Eurovision. The composition “Questo amore” takes 12th place.

In 1980, Ricky and Poveri recorded their last album as a foursome (“La stagione dell’amore”). Then a serious conflict occurs, after which Marina leaves the group.

The team continues to make progress, and in 1981 it will triumph in San Remo. The song “Sarà perché ti amo” becomes a super hit. The music created by Riki and Poveri is now admired in Europe. Another song, "Come vorrei", becomes the theme song for the TV show Portobello. In the same year, one of the most successful albums in the history of Ricky and Believe, “E penso a te,” was released.

Next year becomes the peak of the band's musical career. They release the single "Mamma Maria". This composition is the title track of the best-selling album in Europe. You can listen and download this, as well as other songs of the group, in the MP3 section. In 1983, the song “Voulez vous dancer” received an award as the best-selling composition in Europe. Soon, with the participation of Ricchi e Poveri, a concert takes place in Chile. In 1985, the team won the festival in San Remo. The composition “Se m’innamoro” brought success to the Italians. More than 150 thousand viewers, fascinated by the music performed by Ricchi e Poveri, voted for this song. The group goes on tour to Australia, and a year later to the Soviet Union, where it gives 44 concerts. In total, performances in the USSR attracted 780 thousand fans. And in 1987, Ricky and Poveri again found themselves in San Remo, where they presented the composition of Toto Cutugno. The latest album with new songs of the group is being released - “Pubblicita`”. In the future, the discography of Rika and Poveri is replenished only with albums with remakes of previously written compositions.

In 1988, not the best event in Ricchi e Poveri history took place. The group performs in San Remo, where they perform the unusually gloomy composition “Naskera`Gesu”. This song is dedicated to the problems and issues of genetic engineering. The composition was received ambiguously by both listeners and critics. The newspapers wrote that this was a real failure. However, the musicians were rehabilitated already in 1989 and presented at the festival the much more interesting composition “Chi voglio sei tu” to the public. A song from the 1990 festival became the theme song for an Italian television program.

The following year, the Italians signed a contract with the RAI TV channel and became the hosts of the famous television program “Domenica In”. A year later, Ricky and Poveri once again take part in the festival in San Remo and present Toto Cutugno’s composition “Così lontani”. In 1993, the musicians signed a contract with the Mediaset TV channel.

1994-2008 was the time of tours for the group, after which they were left with a pile of photographs and a lot of positive emotions among their fans. Ricchi e Poveri performs in Italy, Belgium, France, Germany, Lithuania, Albania, Australia, Moldova, Slovenia, Belgium, USA, Hungary, Canada. Various TV shows take place with the participation of Ricky and Believe. At the moment, the albums of the Italian band have been released with a circulation of at least 20 million copies.

In 1963, two young Ligurian musicians, Angelo and Franco, formed a musical group that bore the symbolic name "The Jets" and sought to break away from the musical current of the time, creating less commercial and more soulful music. One day, at a musical evening, the guys met Angela, who at that time was the lead singer of the group "I Preistorici", and were truly impressed by her strong voice and charisma.

A few years later, both groups broke up, and three musicians - Angela, Angelo, Franco, who were later joined by Marina (Angela’s friend, with whom the girl studied at a vocal school), formed the quartet "Fama Medium", which became the first "mutation" of "Ricchi e" Poveri,” a musical group that fell in love with the whole world, and especially the residents of the Soviet Union.

The Fama Medium quartet began its creative life on the stage of bars and restaurants on the Genoa embankment and, given the unprecedented success, its members decided to devote themselves entirely to music. The first celebrity to believe in the group was the famous Italian composer and bard Fabrizio De Andre: it was he who organized an audition for the group at a record company in Milan. Unfortunately, the musicians’ abilities were not appreciated at that time, but De Andre, extremely disappointed with the result, supported the group: “They don’t understand anything about music here, but one way or another one day you will achieve success,” the musician predicted.

Towards the end of 1967, the group returned to Milan again for another audition in a recording studio whose artistic director was Franco Califano. Enthusiastic with the performance of the four musicians, he instantly decided to become their producer and create a new stage image for the musicians. “You are full of ideas, but have no means to implement them,” the producer complained. According to legend, this is how the Fama Medium quartet turned into the group “Rich and Poor”, “Ricchi e Poveri”.

The history of "Ricchi e Poveri" - one of the most popular groups ever to perform on the European stage, having sold over twenty million records worldwide over the years - thus began in Genoa in 1967.

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The group's debut took place at the summer song festival "Cantagiro" a year later; the guys performed the song "L" ultimo amore, a cover version of the hit "Everlasting love". In the same year, the quartet's first record was released, which included other cover versions of famous American hits, translated into Italian by producer Franco Califano.

In 1969, the group’s new single “Si fa chiara la notte” was released, and in 1970 the quartet took part in the Sanremo Festival for the first time, where they immediately received success and applause and an honorable second place in the competition, performing together with Nicola Di Bari the song “La prima cosa bella." In the same year, the group recorded two more hits - “Primo sole primo fiore” and “In questa città” (with this song the quartet again took part in the “Kantajiro” competition).

In 1971, "Ricchi e Poveri" again participated in the Sanremo Festival, where they again came second with the hit "Che sarà", well known to Soviet audiences. A year later, the group again goes to San Remo, but the performance ends in failure: the song "Un diadema di ciliegie", written by Turin musician Roman Bertoglio, receives only 11th place.

1973 is a very intense year for “Ricky e Poveri”: at the beginning of the year they go to the Sanremo Festival for the 4th time with the song “Dolce frutto”, which takes 4th place; their concert album "Concerto live" is released in Bulgaria; The quartet participates in the program “Un disco per l"estate” with the song “Piccolo amore mio” and in the song competition “Canzonissima” with the song “Penso, sorrido e canto”, which takes second place.

In 1974, having suspended participation in competitions, the musicians became participants in the theater project “Teatro Music Hall”, organized by Pippo Baudo: for three months the group performed in a circus tent, traveling around Italy (mainly in the south). During the performance "Rikki e Believe" they performed not only with musical numbers, but also as actors. Baudo's creative insight brought great success to the group, especially Angela with her interpretation of "Cabaret" by Liza Minnelli. It was during the tour that Angelo and Franco met the twins Nadia and Antonella Cocconcelli, singers and dancers chosen by Baudo for the performance, who later became their wives.

In the same year, “Ricchi e Poveri” participated in the television version of the operetta “No no, Nanette”, and were also part of the crew of the television program “Tante Scuse”, recording the song “Non pensarci più”, which became the musical intro of the program.

In 1976, the musicians recorded a composition in English for the first time, “Love will come,” and again participated in San Remo with “Due storie dei musicanti” by Sergio Bardotti. Soloist Angela performs at the festival in her penultimate month of pregnancy: a few months later she gives birth to her first child, Luca. Despite motherhood, however, the singer continues her career.

In 1977, an album was released that included songs in the Ligurian dialect.

In 1978 "Ricchi e Poveri" represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest in Paris with the song "Questo amore".

In 1980 "Come eravamo" was released, the last album of "Ricchi e Poveri" as a quartet, with songs written by Toto Cutugno and arranged by Mats Björklund.

The same year, the group tours with Radio Montecarlo, gaining huge success in Spain, where a Spanish version of the album is released under the title "La estación del amor". At the same time, an export edition of the 1978 collection, Ricchi & Poveri, entitled "Una musica", was released in Latin American countries.

In 1981, a crisis was brewing in the group: Marina Occhiena left the group due to serious disputes with Angela and was seduced by the career of a soloist. Despite the fact that the group was predicted to disintegrate due to the release of the soloist, “Ricchi e Poveri” maintain their cohesion and continue to reap glory, moreover, the group becomes even more successful than before.

In the same 1981, the group again goes to the Sanremo Festival with the famous hit "Sarà perché ti amo". Despite reaching fifth place, the song became one of the most successful singles of the year, remaining at the top of the weekly charts for ten weeks, and winning the title of Italian best-selling single of 1981.

During the same period, the trio recorded the most popular compositions “Come vorrei” and “Piccolo amore”.

"Come vorrei", "Sarà perché ti amo", "Bello l"amore" and many other famous tracks from the ensemble's repertoire as a trio made up the first album recorded without the participation of Marina Occhiena, called "E penso a te".

Then the group recorded numerous successful songs and albums, such as “Mamma Maria” 1982, “Voulez vous danser” 1983, “Dimmi Quando” 1985, “Publicità” 1987, containing almost exclusively hits.

In 1985, "Ricchi e Poveri" win in Sanremo with the song "Se m"innamoro".

The 90s became a period of enormous success for the group on national television, as well as major international commercial success - the group also toured Russia, giving 44 concerts and filling out the halls everywhere. The recording of albums, singles and collections continues (the latter follow each other at an accelerated pace).

In 1999, the album “Parla col cuore” was released, containing several well-known hits and 6 new songs. At the moment, this is the last disc with new songs of the group.

In 2004, the team participated in the first season of the reality show “Music Farm”, unexpectedly defeating Loredana Berthe and taking third place in the final.

In 2015, the team celebrated 45 years of creative activity and received an honorary prize at Premio Atlantic 2015 in Rimini.

Since 2016, the group has turned into a duo of Angela Brambati and Angelo Sotju: Franco Gatti left his career. In 2013, the musician lost his 23-year-old son Alessio and was never able to recover from the loss.

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