Collage (also spelled as I Collage) are an Italian pop music group, mainly successful in the 1970s.
Career
[edit]The group formed in 1971 in Olbia, Sardinia, as the result of the merging of two previous groups, MAL P2 and The Angels.[1] In 1976 they won the Castrocaro Music Festival with the romantic "Due ragazzi nel sole", which turned to be a hit and peaked at third place on the Italian hit parade.[2][3]
The following year the group entered the main competition at the Sanremo Music Festival ranking second with the song "Tu mi rubi l'anima", which also charted #2 on the Italian hit parade.[2][3][4] Following a series of minor hits, starting from the second half of the 1980s the band mainly devoted themselves to live performances and concerts.[2][4]
Members
[edit]- Tore Fazzi – bass guitar, lead vocalist (1971 – present)
- Piero Fazzi – guitar, voice (1971 – present)
- Masino Usai – drums (1971 – 1990)
- Piero Pischedda – guitar (1971 – 1990)
- Pino Ambrosio – keyboards, voice (1971 – 1990)
- Luciano Degortes – voice (1971 – 1974)
- Mario Chessa – keyboard, violin, voice (1992 – present)
- Francesco Astara – drums (1992 – present)
Discography
[edit]- Albums
- 1976 – Due ragazzi nel sole
- 1978 – Piano piano m'innamorai di te
- 1979 – Concerto d'amore
- 1980 – Donna musica
- 1982 – Stelle di carta
- 2000 – Settantaseiduemila
- 2003 – Abitudini e no
- 2010 – Non ti dimenticherò
References
[edit]- ^ Giacomo Serreli. Sardegna rock 1960 - 1990 : 30 anni di musica nell'isola dal beat al pop, dal jazz all'etno rock. GIA Editrice, 1991.
- ^ a b c Enrico Deregibus. Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. ISBN 8809756258.
- ^ a b Dario Salvatori. Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. ISBN 8876054391.
- ^ a b Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Collage discography at Discogs
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