Ivan Della Mea

• Name — Ivan Della Mea • Birth Name — Luigi Della Mea • Born — 16 October 1940 • Died — 14 June 2009 • Place of death — Milan, Italy • Origin — Lucca, Italy • Instrument — Vocals, guitar • Genre — Folk music • Occupation — Singer-songwriter • Years Active — 1962–2009 • Label — I dischi del sole Vedette

Born in Lucca, his family moved to Milan when he was a child. He worked in a factory, but eventually started to work at a small newspaper, Stasera. In 1956 he joined the Italian Communist Party (PCI). He started his career as a singer and songwriter in Milanese dialect the same year. In the 1960s, he belonged to the Italian Nuova canzone politica and became active in the magazine Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano. As a writer he started publishing some works in the 1980s/1990s, including three novels, and as a journalist. With his brother, Luciano, he wrote for Il Grandevetro, and worked at l'Unità and Liberazione. His brother was political activist Luciano Della Mea (1924–2003).

• Io so che un giorno (1966, LP) • Il rosso è diventato giallo (1979, LP) • La balorda (1972, LP) • Se qualcuno ti fa morto (1972, LP) • Ringhera (1974, LP) • Fiaba grande (1975, LP) • La piccola ragione di allegria (1978, LP) • Sudadio giudabestia (1979, LP) • Sudadio giudabestia 2 (1980, LP) • Karlett (1983, LP) • Ho male all'orologio (1997, CD) • La cantagranda forse walzer (2000, CD)

• Ballate della violenza (1962, EP) • Ho letto sul giornale (1964, EP) • La mia vita ormai (1965, EP) • O cara moglie/Io ti chiedo di fare all'amore (1966, 45 rpm) • Ciò che voi non-dite/La linea rossa (1967, 45 rpm, with G.Marini) • La nave dei folli (EP, 1972)