Nino Buonocore
{{short description|Italian singer-songwriter|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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}}Nino Buonocore (born 26 July 1958) is an Italian singer-songwriter, best known for the songs "Rosanna" and "Scrivimi".
Life and career
Born Adelmo Buonocore in Naples, he debuted at 20 years old with an auto-produced single "Sferisterio".{{cite book|last=Enrico Deregibus|title=Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana|date=8 October 2010 |publisher=Giunti Editore, 2010|isbn=978-8809756250}} Put under contract by RCA, he released several albums with a style close to British new wave and synthpop music of the time.{{cite book|last=Eddy Anselmi|title=Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana|year=2009 |publisher=Panini Comics, 2009|isbn=978-8863462296}} His 2nd album was produced by Simon Boswell.{{cite web |url=https://i.discogs.com/mgU1BPQGL-5auGOymiM4SyjKJEKWHtCtst39rgVxn6s/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:588/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTExMjg4/NTk5LTE1MTcyNjEz/NDAtNjY2OS5qcGVn.jpeg |title=(album cover) |work=Discogs}}{{better source needed|date=August 2022}} The turning point of his career was his participation in the 1987 Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Rosanna", which was his first real commercial success and marked a transition towards a more melodic and sophisticated style.{{cite book|last=Dario Salvatori|title=Storia dell'Hit Parade|year=1989 |publisher=Gramese, 1989|isbn=8876054391}} His biggest hit was the 1990 romantic ballad "Scrivimi", a song which was covered in twelve languages and which sold about 4 million copies.
Discography
=Studio albums=
- 1980 - Acida (RCA)
- 1982 - Yaya (RCA)
- 1983 - Nino in copertina (RCA)
- 1984 - Nino Buonocore (EMI)
- 1988 - Una città tra le mani (EMI)
- 1990 - Sabato, domenica e lunedì (EMI)
- 1992 - La naturale incertezza del vivere (EMI)
- 1993 - Un po' di più (EMI)
- 1998 - Alti e bassi (Easy Records-RTI Music)
- 2004 - Libero passeggero, as Nino Buonocore Sextet (Cd+DVD) (La Canzonetta Record)
- 2009 - Scrivimi "Greatest Studio Unplugged", as Nino Buonocore Sextet (Azzurra Music)
- 2013 - Segnali di umana presenza (Hydra Music)
- 2021 - Nino Buonocore in Jazz "live" (Egea Music)
=Compilation albums=
- 1998 - Il meglio di Nino Buonocore (RCA-BMG)
- 2004 - Made in Italy (EMI Italiana)
- 2007 - Solo grandi successi (EMI Italiana)
- 2009 - Made in Italy - New Version (EMI Italiana)
References
External links
- [http://www.ninobuonocore.com Official website]
- [http://www.allmusic.com/album/eduardo-de-crescenzo-mw0000561768 Nino Buonocore] at AllMusic
- {{discogs artist|Nino Buonocore}}
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Category:20th-century Italian singer-songwriters
Category:21st-century Italian singer-songwriters
Category:Italian male singer-songwriters
Category:20th-century Italian male singers