Alberto Camerini

Alberto Camerini
Born (1951-05-16) 16 May 1951
São Paulo, Brazil
Occupationsinger-songwriter

Alberto Camerini (born 16 May 1951) is an Italian singer-songwriter and musician, who was commercially most active during the late-1970s and early-1980s.

Life and career

Alberto Camerini was born in São Paulo, Brazil from Italian Jewish parents who had moved to South America a few years earlier. His parents moved back to Milan when Alberto was 11 years old.[1] Camerini enrolled at the University of Milan, where he became friends with Eugenio Finardi, who introduced him to music;[2] together with Eugenio Finardi, Camerini started two bands, Il Pacco and L'Enorme Maria. Camerini became a proficient guitarist and he later did session work for musicians such as Patty Pravo, Stormy Six, Fausto Leali and Eugenio Finardi himself.[1][2]

Camerini started his solo career in 1976, with the single "Pane quotidiano" and three albums that proposed an original mix between rock and Brazilian music.[1] In the eighties Camerini initiated a successful collaboration with lyrics author and record producer Roberto Colombo. Inspired by the krautrock movement that was dominant in Europe at the time, Camerini had a significant commercial success with a number of synthpop hits, particularly with the songs "Rock 'n' roll robot" and "Tanz bambolina".[1][2] In 1984 Camerini participated to the Sanremo Music Festival where he finished 16th. Following the lukewarm reception to his 1986 album Angeli in Blue Jeans, Camerini took a break from music for about a decade.[1][3] In 1995 Camerini reprised his career and recorded the album Dove l'arcobaleno arriva.

Discography

Selected singles

  • 1976 – "Pane quotidiano"
  • 1977 – "Gelato metropolitano"
  • 1978 – "Sciocka"
  • 1980 – "Sintonizzati con me"
  • 1980 – "Serenella"
  • 1981 – "Rock 'n' roll robot"
  • 1982 – "Tanz bambolina"
  • 1982 – "Questo amore"
  • 1983 – "Computer capriccio"
  • 1984 – "La bottega del caffè"
  • 1986 – "Va bene così"

Studio albums

  • 1976 – Cenerentola e il pane quotidiano
  • 1977 – Gelato metropolitano
  • 1978 – Comici cosmetici
  • 1980 – Alberto Camerini
  • 1981 – Rudy e Rita
  • 1982 – Rockmantico
  • 1986 – Angeli in blue jeans
  • 1995 – Dove l'arcobaleno arriva
  • 2001 – Cyberclown
  • 2005 – Kids Wanna Rock

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Bertoncelli, Riccardo; Cris Thellung, eds. (2006). 24.000 dischi: guida a tutti i dischi degli artisti e gruppi piu importanti (in Italian). Milan: Zelig. ISBN 88-6018-151-8.
  2. ^ a b c Deregibus, Enrico (2006). Dizionario completo della canzone italiana (in Italian). Florence: Giunti. ISBN 88-09-04602-1.
  3. ^ Anselmi, Eddy (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana (in Italian). Modena: Panini. ISBN 978-88-6346-229-6.
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