Patty Pravo
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| Patty Pravo | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Nicoletta Strambelli |
| Born | April 9, 1948 Venice, Italy |
| Origin |  |
| Genres | pop |
| Occupations | singer |
| Years active | 1966 – present |
| Labels | Sony BMG |
| Website | www.coltempo.it |
Patty Pravo (born 9 April 1948 in Venice, Italy as Nicoletta Strambelli) - Italian pop singer.
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[edit] Biography
Strambelli studied at the conservatory institute of Benedetto Marcello and had an acquaintance of the American poet Ezra Pound and Angelo Roncalli (Pope John XXIII). At the age of fifteen, she left home to live in London and then Rome where she began her career singing in the Piper Club. In 1966 she made her first single, "Ragazzo Triste" ("Sad Boy"), the Italian version of the song "But You're Mine" by Sonny & Cher. It was the first pop song broadcast on Vatican Radio.
Patty Pravo followed that by recording numerous songs, the most popular being "Qui e là" ("Here and There"), "Se perdo te" ("If I Lose You", 1967), "La bambola" ("The Doll", 1968), "Sentimento" ("Feeling", 1968), "Il paradiso" ("Heaven", written by Lucio Battisti in 1969), "La Solitudine" ("The Loneliness", with Robert Charlebois) "Pazza Idea" ("Crazy idea", 1973) and "Pensiero stupendo" ("Stupendous Thought", 1978).
She has been featured on many Italian television programmes. In 1970 Patty hosted her own programme called Bravo Pravo, broadcasted on French television, and in 1978 appeared in highly controversial Italian TV show, Stryx, where she wore provocative clothing which attracted much attention. She became a symbol for women of the 1960s, exemplifying their evolution from more established conservative roles.
In 1994 she travelled to China to record her album Ideogrammi. In 1995 returned to Italy and re-emerged in 1997 with the #1 hit "E dimmi che non vuoi morire" ("And Tell Me That You Don't Want to Die"), written by Vasco Rossi.
Her last Italian top 10 album has been her 2004 set Nic-Unic (that year Pravo released four albums). In 2007 she released a tribute album for Dalida, entitled Spero che ti piaccia... Pour toi. Patty Pravo has taken part in the Sanremo Music Festival seven times.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Title | ITA[1] |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Patty Pravo | n/a |
| 1969 | Concerto per Patty | 5 |
| 1970 | Patty Pravo | 7 |
| 1971 | Bravo Pravo | 12 |
| Di vero in fondo | 7 | |
| Per aver visto un uomo piangere e soffrire Dio si trasformò in musica e poesia | 17 | |
| 1972 | 'Sì... incoerenza | 12 |
| 1973 | Pazza idea | 1 |
| 1974 | Mai una signora | 1 |
| 1975 | Incontro | 4 |
| 1976 | Tanto | 9 |
| Patty Pravo | — | |
| 1978 | Miss Italia | 8 |
| 1979 | Munich Album | 22 |
| 1982 | Cerchi | 24 |
| 1984 | Occulte persuasioni | — |
| 1987 | Pigramente signora | — |
| 1989 | Oltre l'Eden... | — |
| 1990 | Pazza idea eccetera eccetera... | — |
| 1994 | Ideogrammi | — |
| 1997 | Bye Bye Patty | 5 |
| 1998 | Notti, guai e libertà | 7 |
| 2000 | Una donna da sognare | — |
| 2001 | Patty Live '99 | — |
| 2002 | Radio Station | — |
| 2004 | Nic-Unic | n/a |
| 2008 | Spero che ti piaccia ... pour toi | — |
| 2009 | Live Arena di Verona - Sold Out | — |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | ITA[2] | GER[3] | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | "Ragazzo triste" | 17 | — | Patty Pravo |
| 1967 | "Qui e là" | 46 | — | |
| "Se perdo te" | 18 | — | ||
| 1968 | "La bambola" | 1 | 35 | |
| "Sentimento" | 2 | — | Tutti i successi di Patty Pravo | |
| "Tripoli 1969" | 4 | — | Concerto per Patty | |
| 1969 | "Il paradiso" | 8 | — | |
| "Concerto per Patty" | 18 | — | ||
| "Nel giardino dell'amore" | 12 | — | Tutti i successi di Patty Pravo | |
| 1970 | "La spada nel cuore" | 16 | — | |
| "Per te" | 11 | — | Patty Pravo | |
| "La solitudine" | 27 | — | Sì ... incoerenza | |
| "Non andare via" | 13 | — | Bravo Pravo | |
| "Tutt'al piu'" | 4 | — | ||
| 1971 | "Love Story" | 10 | — | Di vero in fondo |
| "Canzone degli amanti" | 6 | — | ||
| 1972 | "Io" | — | — | Sì ... incoerenza |
| 1973 | "Pazza idea" | 1 | — | Pazza idea |
| 1974 | "Come un Pierrot" | 7 | — | Mai una signora |
| 1975 | "Incontro" | 6 | — | Incontro |
| 1976 | "Tanto" | 22 | — | Tanto |
| "Grand Hotel" | 45 | — | Patty Pravo | |
| 1977 | "Tutto il mondo è casa mia" | 3 | — | single only |
| 1978 | "Pensiero stupendo" | 2 | — | Miss Italia |
| 1979 | "Sentirti" | — | — | |
| "Autostop" | 13 | — | Munich Album | |
| 1984 | "Per una bambola" | 17 | — | Occulte persuasioni |
| 1985 | "Menù" | 22 | — | Per una bambola |
| 1987 | "Pigramente signora" | 24 | — | Pigramente signora |
| "Cantatto" | 34 | — | ||
| 1995 | "I giorni dell'armonia" | 12 | — | Ideogrammi |
| 1997 | "E dimmi che non vuoi morire" | 4 | — | Bye Bye Patty |
| "Pensiero stupendo '97" | 7 | — | ||
| 1998 | "Les étrangers" | — | — | Notti, guai e libertà |
| "Strada per un'altra città" | — | — | ||
| "Emma Bovary" | — | — | ||
| 1999 | "Angelus" | — | — | |
| 2000 | "Una donna da sognare" | 14 | — | Una donna da sognare |
| "Una mattina d'estate" | — | — | ||
| "Se chiudi gli occhi" | — | — | ||
| 2002 | "L'immenso" | 25 | — | Radio Station |
| "Noi di là (Lagoinha)" | 32 | — | ||
| 2004 | "Che uomo sei" | 13 | — | Nic-Unic |
[edit] References
- ^ Hit Parade Italia - Top Annuali Album. Retrieved: 2009-10-13.
- ^ Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: P. Retrieved: 2009-10-13.
- ^ Musicline.de. Retrieved: 2009-10-13.
