Carrara (singer)
Alberto Carrara (born 1958), best known as Carrara and King Carrara, is an Italian singer, composer, arranger, music producer, and disc jockey.
Career
Born in Bergamo, Carrara started his career as disc jockey at 15.[1][2] A self-taught musician, in 1983 he obtained his first success, "Disco King", and one year later he got his main success, "Shine on dance", which won the 1984 Festivalbar.[1][2] He sold over three million records.[1] In the 1990's he started an activity of music producer with the label "Disco Magic".[2]
Discography
Singles
| Year | Single | Position | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT | FRA | ITA | SUI | ||||||
| 1983 | "Disco King" | — | — | 39 | — | ||||
| 1984 | "Shine on Dance" | 6 | 14 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 1985 | "Ghibli" | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Welcome to the Sunshine" | — | — | 23 | — | |||||
| "Follow Me" | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1986 | "S.O.S. Bandido" | — | — | 22 | — | ||||
| 1987 | "Baby Dancer" | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1992 | "You Get Me Down" (feat. Layla) | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
- ^ a b c "Alberto King Carrara, 25 anni fa il successo con "Shine on dance"". L'Eco di Bergamo. 4 November 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ^ a b c Brunello Vescovi (15 July 1993). "E' un deejay della Foresta il "re" della disco-music". La Stampa.
- ^ "Carrara no austriancharts.at". austriancharts.at. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
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- ^ Dario Salvatori. Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. p. 100. ISBN 8876054391.
- ^ "Carrara no hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
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Further reading
- Alberto Gedda, "Oh mio caro ex deejay!", La Stampa, 12 September 1984