ʻO Annie Cordy he mea mele Pelekania kaulana. I loko o kāna ʻoihana hoʻolālā lōʻihi, ua hoʻokō ʻo ia e pāʻani i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni i lilo i mau mele kaulana. Aia ma mua o 700 mau hana maikaʻi i loko o kāna waihona puaʻa mele. ʻO ka hapa liona o ka poʻe pā o Anna ma Farani. Ua hoʻomana ʻia ʻo Cordy ma laila. ʻAʻole ʻae kahi hoʻoilina hoʻoilina waiwai i nā "fans" e poina [...]

Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Lou Monte ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo New York (USA, Manhattan) i ka makahiki 1917. He moʻa ʻItalia, ʻo Louis Scaglione ka inoa maoli. Ua kaulana ʻo ia no nā mele a kāna mea kākau e pili ana iā Italia a me kona poʻe kamaʻāina (ʻoi aku ka kaulana i waena o kēia diaspora aupuni ma nā mokuʻāina). ʻO ka manawa nui o ka hoʻomohala ʻana ʻo ka 50s a me 60s o ke kenekulia i hala. ʻO nā makahiki mua […]

ʻO ka mea mele kaulana Italia ʻo Massimo Ranieri he nui nā hana kūleʻa. He haku mele ʻo ia, he mea keaka, a he mea hōʻike TV. ʻAʻole hiki ke hiki i kekahi mau huaʻōlelo e wehewehe i nā ʻano āpau o ke kālena o kēia kanaka. Ma ke ʻano he mele, ua kaulana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he lanakila o ka San Remo Festival ma 1988. Ua hōʻike ʻelua ka mea mele i ka ʻāina ma ka Eurovision Song Contest. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Massimo Ranieri he mea kaulana […]

ʻAʻole kānalua, ʻo Vasco Rossi ka hōkū pōhaku nui loa o Italia, ʻo Vasco Rossi, ʻo ia ka mea mele ʻItalia lanakila loa mai ka makahiki 1980. ʻO ke ʻano maoli maoli a paʻa hoʻi o ka triad o ka wahine, nā lāʻau lapaʻau (a i ʻole ka waiʻona) a me ka rock and roll. ʻAʻole mālama ʻia e ka poʻe hoʻohewa, akā mahalo ʻia e kāna mau mea pā. ʻO Rossi ka mea pena kiʻi Italia mua i mākaʻikaʻi i nā kahua pāʻani (i ka hopena o 1980s), hiki i ka […]

Hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia ʻo Gino Paoli kekahi o nā mea hoʻokani Italia "maʻamau" o ko mākou manawa. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia i ka makahiki 1934 (Monfalcone, Italia). ʻO ia ka mea kākau a me ka mea hoʻokani o kāna mau mele. He 86 makahiki ʻo Paoli a aia nō ka noʻonoʻo maʻemaʻe a me ka hoʻoikaika kino. ʻO nā makahiki ʻōpio, ʻo ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka ʻoihana mele o Gino Paoli ʻo Gino Paoli ʻo […]

Ua hānau ʻia ma Naples, Italia i ka makahiki 1948, ua kaulana ʻo Gianni Nazzaro ma ke ʻano he mele a mea keaka i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni, keaka a me nā moʻolelo TV. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna ʻoihana ponoʻī ma lalo o ka pseudonym Buddy ma 1965. ʻO kāna kumu nui o ka hana, ʻo ia ka hoʻohālike o ka hīmeni ʻana o nā hōkū Italia e like me Gian Liugi Morandi, Bobby Solo, Adriano [...]