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Alberto Carpani

{{Short description|Italian singer (1956–2020)}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Alberto Carpani

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| alias = A1, Jock Hattle, Albert One, and A.C. One

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1956|4|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Pavia, Italy

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|5|11|1956|4|23|df=yes}}

| death_place = Pavia, Italy

| genre = {{hlist|Pop|Italo disco|Italo dance}}

| years_active = 1979–2020

| label = {{hlist|Time Records|Baby Records|ZYX Records|Universal Music Group}}

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Alberto Carpani (23 April 1956 – 11 May 2020) was an Italian singer, best known for his Italo disco releases in the late 1970s and early 1980s as Albert One, and his Eurodance release "Sing a Song Now Now" in 1999 as A.C. One.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_anno/hpy2000.htm|title=Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Anno: 2000|website=www.hitparadeitalia.it|access-date=2020-04-08}} He was also a DJ and music producer.

Career

Alberto Carpani was known in the 1980s. He released the singles "Yes No Family", "Turbo Diesel", "Heart on Fire", "Lady O", "For Your Love", "Secrets", "Hopes & Dreams", "Everybody", "Visions", and "Loverboy". They were released by ZYX Music and Baby Records.

He was known as A1, Jock Hattle, Albert One, and A.C. One. He was involved in many Italo projects such as Clock On 5, Enola, Funny Twins, Tom Dollar, and X-One.

His last major hit, the 1999 single "Sing a Song Now Now", reached number 6 in the Spanish music charts.{{Cite web|url=https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=A.C.%20One&titel=Sing%20A%20Song%20Now%20Now&cat=s|title=lescharts.com - A.C. One - Sing A Song Now Now|website=lescharts.com|access-date=2020-04-08}}

Death

Carpani died of cardiovascular complications{{Cite web |last=Bagnasco |first=Pubblicato da Franco |title=ADDIO ALBERT ONE: CON «TURBO DIESEL» FU IL PIONIERE DELL'ITALO DISCO |url=https://www.lospettacolodevecontinuare.com/2020/05/addio-alberto-one-morto-biografia-pavia.html |access-date=2025-04-29 |language=it}} from a lung infection in Italy on 11 May 2020.{{cite web|url=https://primapavia.it/cronaca/addio-ad-albert-one-il-cantante-e-dj-pavese-e-stato-portato-via-dal-covid-aveva-64-anni/|title=Addio ad Albert One: il cantante e dj pavese è stato portato via dal Covid, aveva 64 anni|website=primapavia.it|date=May 11, 2020|language=it|access-date=May 12, 2020}}

Discography

=Studio albums=

As Albert One

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Title

! Album details

scope="row"| Everybody

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=Singles=

  • "Crazy Family" (1983) As Jock Hattle Band
  • "Turbo Diesel" (1984)
  • "Heart on Fire" (1985)
  • "Lady O" (1985)
  • "To Be or Not To Be" (1986) As Jock Hattle Band
  • "For Your Love" (1986)
  • "Secrets" (1986)
  • "Hopes & Dreams" (1987)
  • "Everybody" (1988)
  • "Visions" (1988)
  • "Loverboy" (1989)
  • "All You want" (1993)
  • "Mandy" (1998)
  • "Music" (2002)
  • "Stay" (2010)
  • "Face to Face" (2015)
  • "All for One" (2017)

==As A.C. One==

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rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="3"| Peak chart positions

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{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=A.C.%20One&titel=Sing%20A%20Song%20Now%20Now&cat=s|title=lescharts.com - A.C. One - Sing A Song Now Now|first=Steffen|last=Hung|publisher=}}

! width="70"| ITA
Peak positions for Italy:

  • For "Sing a Song Now Now": {{cite web|url=https://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_interprete/aa.htm|title=Hit Parade Italia: I singoli più venduti del 2000 |publisher=hitparadeitalia.it|access-date=2021-12-19}}

! width="70"| SPA{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iggEAAAAMBAJ&q=a.c.one+-+sing+a+song+now+now+%28remix%29&pg=PA71|title=Billboard|work=google.ca|date=18 December 1999}}

rowspan="1"| 1999

| align="left"| "Sing a Song Now Now"

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rowspan="3"| 2000

| align="left"| "Sing a Song Now Now" (remix) {{small|(ITA only)}}

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align="left"| "Sing a Song Now Now" (re-release)

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| 24

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align="left"| "Ring the Bell" {{small|(ITA only)}}

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rowspan="1"| 2008

| align="left"| "Angels (Love Is the Answer)"

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=Compilation appearances=

  • "Turbo Diesel" on High Energy (1984)
  • "Lady O" on 38º De Sannido (1985) and Sannido Discoteca (1985)
  • "Secrets" on Fior Di Loto 1 (1986), The Best of Italo Disco Vol. 7 (1986) and Discomix Vol. 2 (1986)
  • "Hopes & Dreams" on The Best of Italo-Disco Vol. 9 (1987)
  • "For Your Love" on The Best of Italo-Disco Vol. 8 (1987)
  • "Vision" on The House Sound of Europe – Vol. V – 'Casa Latina (1989)
  • "Hopes and Dreams" on City Dance Music 2 (1989)
  • "Loverboy" on Best Disco Vol. 7 (1989)
  • "This Is Real" on Gira La Palla Compilation (1993)

Albert One's remix of Barry Manilow's "Mandy" was featured on Mixage (1999) and Feten Boot Mix Vol. 1 (1999).Discogs, [http://www.discogs.com/artist/216161-Alberto-Carpani]

Citations

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External links

  • {{Discogs artist|Alberto Carpani}}

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Category:1956 births

Category:2020 deaths

Category:Musicians from Pavia

Category:Eurodance musicians

Category:English-language singers from Italy

Category:20th-century Italian male singers

Category:21st-century Italian male singers

Category:Italian Italo disco musicians

Category:ZYX Music artists

Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Liguria