Ivano Fossati
Ivano Alberto Fossati (born 21 September 1951) is an Italian pop singer from Genoa. He was a member of the progressive rock group Delirium and has worked with Fabrizio De André, Riccardo Tesi, Anna Oxa, Mia Martini, Ornella Vanoni, Shirley Bassey, Francesco De Gregori, Menudo and Mina. In October 2011, after the release of the album Decadancing, Fossati announced during Fabio Fazio's TV show Che tempo che fa that he decided to end his music career: "I've been thinking a lot about it, not in the last days, but during last two or three years.
Ivano Fossati
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- Full name
- Ivano Alberto Fossati.
- Born
- 1951. · Genoa.
- Nationality
- Italy.
- Occupation
- multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, composer, record producer and musician.
- Fields
- Italian progressive rock.
- Honours
- Nastro d'argento for best original song and David di Donatello for Best Original Song.
- Languages
- Italian.
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Scacchi e tarocchi (by Francesco De Gregori, 1985) Euphonia (by Vincenzo Zitello, 1986) Anime salve (by Fabrizio De André, 1996) Les Annees Orlando l'Integrale 1970–1997 (by Dalida, 1997) Veleno (by Mina, 2003) Acqua foco e vento (by Riccardo Tesi, 2003) Miei compagni di viaggio (by Mia Martini, 2003) Troppo tempo/Hace tiempo (by Laura Pausini, 2011)
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Ivano Fossati was born on 21 September 1951 in Genoa.
Italian singer-songwriter Ivano Fossati.
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This will be my last album, and I won't record any new album. On 25 November 2023, Ivano Fosssati and other author of "Jesahel" (Oscar Prudente) together with Universal Music Group sue Public Enemy for plagiarism, since Fossati and Prudente are not recognized as co-authors of "Harder Than You Think".
Il grande mare che avremmo traversato (1973) Poco prima dell'aurora (with Oscar Prudente; 1974) Good-bye Indiana (1975) La casa del serpente (1977) La mia banda suona il rock (1979) Panama e dintorni (1981) Le città di frontiera (1983) Ventilazione (1984) 700 giorni (1986) La pianta del te (1988) Discanto (1990) Lindbergh (1992) Buontempo dal vivo Vol. 1 (1993) Carte da decifrare dal Vivo Vol. 2 (1993) Macramé (1996) Canzoni a raccolta – Time and Silence (1998) La disciplina della Terra (2000) Not One Word (2001) Lampo viaggiatore (2003) Dal vivo, Vol. 3: Tour Acustico (2004) L'arcangelo (2006) Ho sognato una strada (2006) Musica moderna (2008) Decadancing (2011) Mina Fossati (2019)
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Ivano Fossati appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a musician (born 21 September 1951).
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- 1.Allmusic. Ivano Fossati Credits.
- 2.Andrea Laffranchi. Fossati: ho 60 anni e dico addio alle scene. Corriere della Sera. 37. 3 October 2011.
- 3.Andrea Morandi. L'ultimo palco di Ivano Fossati. Avete fatto una cosa eccezionale. la Repubblica. 20 March 2012.
- 4.Michele, Bovi. "Jesahel di Sanremo 1972 plagiata dai Public Enemy" (di M. Bovi). HuffPost Italia. 2023-11-25.
- 5.Dario, Freccero. Musica, la Universal fa causa ai Public Enemy per il plagio di "Jesahel" dei Delirium (che la portarono a Sanremo su un bus del Genoa). Il Secolo XIX. 2023-12-01.
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