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Collage (Italian band)

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Collage (also spelled as I Collage) are an Italian pop music group, mainly successful in the 1970s.

Career

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The group formed in 1971 in Olbia, Sardinia, as the result of the merging of two previous groups, MAL P2 and The Angels.[1] In 1976 they won the Castrocaro Music Festival with the romantic "Due ragazzi nel sole", which turned to be a hit and peaked at third place on the Italian hit parade.[2][3]

The following year the group entered the main competition at the Sanremo Music Festival ranking second with the song "Tu mi rubi l'anima", which also charted #2 on the Italian hit parade.[2][3][4] Following a series of minor hits, starting from the second half of the 1980s the band mainly devoted themselves to live performances and concerts.[2][4]

Members

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  • Tore Fazzi – bass guitar, lead vocalist (1971 – present)
  • Piero Fazzi – guitar, voice (1971 – present)
  • Masino Usai – drums (1971 – 1990)
  • Piero Pischedda – guitar (1971 – 1990)
  • Pino Ambrosio – keyboards, voice (1971 – 1990)
  • Luciano Degortes – voice (1971 – 1974)
  • Mario Chessa – keyboard, violin, voice (1992 – present)
  • Francesco Astara – drums (1992 – present)

Discography

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Albums
  • 1976 – Due ragazzi nel sole
  • 1978 – Piano piano m'innamorai di te
  • 1979 – Concerto d'amore
  • 1980 – Donna musica
  • 1982 – Stelle di carta
  • 2000 – Settantaseiduemila
  • 2003 – Abitudini e no
  • 2010 – Non ti dimenticherò

References

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  1. ^ Giacomo Serreli. Sardegna rock 1960 - 1990 : 30 anni di musica nell'isola dal beat al pop, dal jazz all'etno rock. GIA Editrice, 1991.
  2. ^ a b c Enrico Deregibus. Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. ISBN 8809756258.
  3. ^ a b Dario Salvatori. Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. ISBN 8876054391.
  4. ^ a b Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
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