Fausto Leali
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 Fausto Leali in 2006 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | (1944-10-29) 29 October 1944 |
| Origin | Nuvolento (Brescia), Lombardy, Italy |
| Genres | Pop; soul; blues |
| Occupation(s) | Singer; songwriter |
| Years active | 1960–present |
| Labels | Music; Jolly; Ri-Fi; Philips Records; CBS; CGD; Itaca; Dischi Ricordi |
| Website | faustoleali.com |
Fausto Leali (born 29 October 1944, Nuvolento, Brescia, Italy) is an Italian pop singer.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Selected discography
4.1 Albums
4.2 Singles
5 References
6 External links
Early life
Leali began his musical career as a singer in several bands in his native Brescia. His first guitar teacher was Tullio Romano, of the band Los Marcellos Ferial.
Career
He released his first single in 1962 as 'Fausto Denis', for the magazine Nuova Enigmistica Tascabile.[1] Then, he joined a group from Alessandria, the Novelty,[2] which had already released an EP in 1961. With the group he managed to obtain a recording contract with the Music record label,[3] and began to release singles, including two covers of Beatles songs, "Please Please Me" and "Lei ti ama" ("She Loves You").[4] Leali’s big opportunity came in 1966 when A&R executive Ezio Leoni moved from Music record label to Ri-Fi, bringing Leali and the band Novelty with him.
Leali's first success was "A chi" ("To whom"), in 1967, an Italian version of a 1954 American song "Hurt", written by Roy Hamilton, also a track released years later by singer-songwriter Francesco De Gregori.[5] "A chi" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.[6] In the same year, Leali took part for the first time in the television festival Un disco per l'estate, with the song "Senza di te" ("Without you"), but did not progress beyond the first round.[7]
In 1969, 1971, and 1974, he appeared again in Un disco per l'estate with the songs "Tu non meritavi una canzone" ("You did not deserve a song"), "Si chiama Maria" ("Her name is Maria"), and "Solo lei" ("Only you"). He returned to the hit parade in 1976 with the single "Io camminero" ("I will go"), which reached the top of charts,[8] and in 1980 with a performance of Totò's song "Malafemmena" ("Bad woman" in Napolitan).
In the late 1980s, he made several appearances at the Sanremo festival; in 1987, with "Io amo" ("I love"), that came in 4th;[9] in 1988, with "Mi manchi" ("I miss you") at 5th;[10] and in 1989, in the duet with Anna Oxa "Ti lascerò" ("I'll leave you") that won 1st place.[11]
The same year, Oxa and Leali represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest with "Avrei voluto" ("I wanted to").[12] The song was voted in the 9th place. Leali returned to Sanremo in 2002, with "Ora che ho bisogno di te" ("Now that I need you"), a duet with Luisa Corna,[13] and the next year with "Eri tu" ("It was you"), which eventually went platinum.[4][14]
After taking part in 2006 in the Rai Due reality show, Music Farm, where he reached the finals,[15] Leali released a new album, Profumo e Kerosene (Perfume and Kerosene), with ten new songs, all in a new for him musical style.
Due to his naturally hoarse singing style, Leali was nicknamed by the Italian media Il negro bianco, "the white negro",[16][17][18][19] also the title of his 1968 album.
Personal life
Ιn 1968, Leali married the singer Milena Cantù, who was with the record company founded by Adriano Celentano.[3] They had a daughter, Deborah, so named after the success of the eponymous song of that year's Festival di Sanremo, sung at the competition in a duet with Wilson Pickett (it came in fourth place).
Selected discography
Albums
- 1964 Fausto Leali
- 1966 Fausto Leali e i suoi Novelty
- 1968 Il negro bianco
- 1976 Io camminerò
- 1977 Leapoli
- 1981 Un attimo di blu
- 1992 Saremo promossi
- 1994 Anima nuda
- 2002 Secondo me ... io ti amo
- 2006 Profumo e Kerosene
- 2016 Non sono Leali
Singles
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References
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^ "Biografia". iMusic.
^ ab "FAUSTO LEALI". Libero.
^ ab "Biografia". faustoleali.com.
^ "Francesco De Gregori". Rockol.
^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 224. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
^ "Settimana 8 Aprile 1967". hitparadeitalia.it.
^ "Fausto Leali". sanremostory.it.
^ "Sanremo 1987 Classifica Sezione Unica/Big/Campioni". festivaldisanremo.com.
^ "Sanremo 1988 Classifica Sezione Unica/Big/Campioni". festivaldisanremo.com.
^ "Sanremo 1989 Classifica Sezione Unica/Big/Campioni". festivaldisanremo.com.
^ "1989". esc-history.com.
^ "Sanremo 2002 Classifica Sezione Unica/Big/Campioni". festivaldisanremo.com.
^ "Sanremo 2003 Classifica Sezione Unica/Big/Campioni". festivaldisanremo.com.
^ "Hit Parade della 7a settimana". musicfarm.rai.it.
^ "Fausto Leali, il 'negro-bianco' compie 70 anni" ("Fausto Leali, the 'white negro', is 70 years old"), Corriere Brescia, 25 October 2014 (in Italian)
^ "Auguri a Fausto Leali, il 'Negro Bianco' compie 70 anni"
("Felicitations to Fausto Leali, the 'White Negro' is 70 years old"), ANSA, 25 October 2014 (in Italian)
^ "Fausto Leali, i 70 anni del Negro Bianco" ("Fausto Leali, the 70 years of the White Negro"), Brescia Oggi, 25 October 2014 (in Italian)
^ For the use of the term negro in Italian, see here
External links
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fausto Leali. |
- Official site - faustoleali.com
Fausto Leali on IMDb
| Preceded by Massimo Ranieri with "Perdere l'amore" | Sanremo Music Festival Winner 1989 | Succeeded by Pooh with "Uomini soli" |
| Preceded by Luca Barbarossa with Vivo (Ti scrivo) | Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 (with Anna Oxa) | Succeeded by Toto Cutugno with Insieme: 1992 |
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