Homo Sapiens (band)
{{short description|Italian pop rock group}}
Homo Sapiens (sometimes spelled as Gli Homo Sapiens) is an Italian pop rock group who were mainly successful in the 1970s.
Career
The group formed in the late 1960s as I Tarli.{{cite book|last=Enrico Deregibus|title=Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana|date=8 October 2010|publisher=Giunti Editore, 2010|isbn=978-8809756250}} They adopted the current name in 1972, and had their first success in 1975 with the ballad "Tornerai tornerò", which reached the ninth place on the Italian hit parade.{{cite book|last=Eddy Anselmi|title=Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana|year=2009|publisher=Panini Comics, 2009|isbn=978-8863462296}}{{cite book|last=Dario Salvatori|title=Storia dell'Hit Parade|year=1989|publisher=Gramese, 1989|isbn=8876054391}}
The group won the 1977 Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Bella da morire", which was also a commercial success, peaking at second place on the hit parade. After a further success with the song "Io e te stasera", the group disbanded in the early 1980s, then reunited in 1990.{{cite book|last=Enrico Deregibus|title=Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana|date=8 October 2010|publisher=Giunti Editore, 2010|isbn=978-8809756250}}{{cite book|last=Dario Salvatori|title=Storia dell'Hit Parade|year=1989|publisher=Gramese, 1989|isbn=8876054391}}
Discography
;Albums
- 1974 - Homo Sapiens (Ri-Fi, RDZ ST 14238)
- 1975 - Tornerai, tornerò (Ri-Fi, RDZ ST 14258)
- 1976 - Pecos Bill (Ri-Fi, RDZ ST 14269)
- 1977 - Bella da morire (Ri-Fi, RDZ ST 14278)
- 1978 - Due mele (Ri-Fi, RDZ ST 14294)
- 1980 - Homo Sapiens (Harmony)
- 1990 - Presagio di mare (Voltage, CD 57027)
- 1994 - I comandamenti e...altre storie (Duck Record, DGCD 098)
- 1998 - 30 anni in una sera (Doppio)
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.homosapiens.it/}}
- {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=mn0000546552|label=Homo Sapiens}}
- {{discogs artist|Homo Sapiens (2)|Homo Sapiens}}
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{{succession box
| before=Peppino di Capri
with "Non lo faccio più"
| title= Sanremo Music Festival
Winner
| years= 1977
| after= Matia Bazar
with "E dirsi ciao"
}}
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{{Sanremo Music Festival winners}}
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Category:Musical groups established in 1972
Category:Italian pop music groups