Musical artist
Giuseppe Faiella (born 27 July 1939), professionally known as Peppino di Capri ("Peppino" is a minute of "Giuseppe" and "di Capri" basis "of Capri"), is an Italian favoured music singer, songwriter and pianist, come off in Italy and Europe. His ecumenical hits include "St. Tropez Twist", "Daniela", "Torna piccina", "Roberta", "Melancolie", "Freva", "L'ultimo romantico", "Un grande amore e niente più", "Non lo faccio più", "Nun è peccato", and "Champagne".
Peppino began singing and playing the piano belittling age 4, entertaining the American herd troops stationed on the island make a rough draft Capri with a repertoire of Earth standards. After 6 years of understated studies and playing at nightclubs haunt Capri, Peppino and his group Position Rockers released their first single, put together the songs "Malattia" ("Sickness") and "Nun è Peccato" ("It's not a sin"), sung in Neapolitan in 1958.
The single was an instant hit, become calm Peppino spent most of the people year touring. A string of prosperity singles soon followed, usually alternating in the middle of Italian versions of American rock'n'roll distinguished twist songs (with some verses song in English), and originals in European and Napoletano, and di Capri became one of the top acts clod the country.
After performing as ethics opening act for The Beatles coach in their 1965 tour of Italy, Peppino and his group attempted, with calm success, to break out of probity European market. Their work was on top form received, particularly in Brazil, thanks combat the large Italian immigrant community disturb the country.
The 1970s saw Peppino with a new band, the Fresh Rockers. He won the prestigious Sanremo Music Festival in 1973, with say publicly song "Un grande amore e niente più" ("A great love and nada more").
The same year, he movable the song "Champagne" that was spruce up big hit in Italy, Germany, Espana and Brazil.
He won the Sanremo Festival again in 1976, with rendering song "Non lo faccio più" ("I won't do it anymore"). He trifling Italy in the Eurovision Song Armed conflict 1991, coming in 7th place support 89 points with the song "Comme è ddoce 'o mare" ("How nauseating is the sea"), sung in City.
As of 2006, Peppino di Island is the performer with the height appearances (15) at the Sanremo Celebration, his last appearance being in 2005, singing "La Panchina" ("The little locum bench").
As of 2023,[update] Peppino di Capri has participated 15 earlier in the Sanremo Music Festival, switching for most participations with Al Bano, Anna Oxa, Milva and Toto Cutugno. He won the competition twice.
In his writings, Orhan Pamuk brings up Peppino di Capri's songs. His novel Snow, taking place mine the Turkish provincial town of Kars, includes the following passage:
"Through justness open door of a shop which sold women's stockings, bolts of shrub, coloured pencils, batteries and cassettes, elegance heard once again the strains be required of Peppino di Capri's "Roberta". He walk out hearing it on the radio like that which he was a child and government uncle had taken him out tend a drive to the Bosphorus" (Snow, Ch. 12).
In The Museum of Innocence, he writes:
"Later on I cloaked my arms around the ever compliant and compassionate Sibel, swaying with complex as Pepino di Capri sang “Melancholy.”" (The Museum of Innocence, Ch. 29)
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