Pino Calvi - Besame Mucho
From Album: "Pino Calvi ~ Pino Calvi".
Pino Calvi (Voghera, Pavia, 12 January 1930 - Palazzina di Castana, Pavia, 4 January 1989) was a pianist and soundtrack composer for films and TV series.
He became popular in the 1970s for his participation in some RAI TV programs, such as Senza Rete in Naples, when he was a polite Maestro.
After studying classical music, comes close to jazz, playing the piano with musicians such as Giorgio Azzolini and Bruno De Filippi, the end of the'50s becomes arranger for Columbia and the voice of the master, making many recordings light music for singers of the two labels.
In 1957 he participated with a dream of crystal at the festival of Sanremo: the song, with words written by Alberto Testa, is presented by Carla Boni and Jula De Palma, in 1962 we returned with the umbrella, sung by Johnny Dorelli.
The festival also directs the orchestra in 1963 (the year in which it is again in competition with I did not know, sung by Milva and Gianni Lacommare), in 1964 and 1966. In 1968, the album achieves Romantic No. 1, in which rearrange some famous songs of the period (or Sunny as Lara's theme from the soundtrack of the film Dr Zivago) in which the bass to accompany Azzolini, De Filippi on guitar and Henry Cuomo on drums, is the first in a series of albums recorded for various labels but with the same title and numbered.
Becomes known to the general public in the second half of the sixties and seventies, thanks to his participation in some of RAI broadcasts, especially in the historic Without Network, went on the air by the University of Naples, where the conductor was polite and affable, and finally , last year's Sunday historical in by Conrad in 1979.
Among its biggest successes are mentioned Accarezzami and Monte Carlo (with lyrics by Leo Chiosso and sung by Johnny Dorelli), which is part of the soundtrack of the film Crimen (1960) Mario Camerini (in the cast: Alberto Sordi, Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi , Franca Valeri, Silvana Mangano as well as soundtracks for a number of drama series including RAI Tenente Sheridan (1971), Ubu Roi (1971), Joe Petrosino (1972), Malombra (1974), The Dutch disappeared (1974), Diagnosis ( 1975), Forgetting Lisa (1976). ~ Read more from Wiki
