Via Verdi

{{Short description|Italo disco group}}

{{Distinguish|Via Verde}}

Via Verdi are an Italian Italo disco musical group formed in 1983. Their most commercially successful song "Diamond" was a number one hit on the Italian hit parade in 1986.{{cite book|last=Dario Salvatori|title=Storia dell'Hit Parade|year=1989|publisher=Gramese, 1989|isbn=8876054391}}{{Cite web |last=Daniele |first=Michele |date=2006-05-07 |title=Successi 1986 |url=https://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_anno/hpy1986.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118074952/https://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_anno/hpy1986.htm |archive-date=2024-01-18 |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Hit Parade Italia |language=it}} Other hits included "Sometimes" and "You and Me", which respectively reached numbers sixteen and twenty-five on the Italian charts.{{Cite web |last=Daniele |first=Michele |date=2006-05-07 |title=Successi 1987 |url=https://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_anno/hpy1987.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323174050/https://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_anno/hpy1987.htm |archive-date=2018-03-23 |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Hit Parade Italia |language=it}}

After disbanding at the end of the 1980s, the surviving members of Via Verdi reformed in the 2000s.

Members

= Current lineup =

  • Marco Grati – guitars
  • Glauco Medori – keyboards
  • Remo Zito – vocals
  • Simone Medori – drums, percussion

= Former members =

  • Patrizio Giuliante – author and arrangements
  • Maurizio Varano – drums
  • Massimo Marchione – drums
  • Mauro Pedini – drums
  • Marco Fabbri – drums
  • Mauro Saracini – drums
  • Primiano Pavani – drums
  • Armando Grati – bass
  • Aurelio Scalabroni – vocals
  • Luca Mancinelli – vocals

Discography

=Albums=

  • Trailer (1987)
  • The Time Machine (2020)

=Singles=

  • "Diamond" (1985) – Italy No. 1
  • "Sometimes" (1986) – Italy No. 16
  • "You and Me" (1987) – Italy No. 25
  • "Love Is a Dream" (1989)
  • "Diamond (Thirty-Fifth Dawn)" (2020)
  • "Shades of Red" (2022)

References

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