Al Bano

Albano Antonio Carrisi (born 20 May 1943), better known as Al Bano, is an Italian and Albanian tenor, actor, and winemaker. Having sold over 165 million records globally, he is one of the most recognisable Italian singers in the world whose career spans seven decades. He has gained worldwide notability due to his four and a half octave vocal rangeas well as mésalliance with Romina Power, daughter of Hollywood legend Tyrone Power. Carrisi is acclaimed for singing with operatic affinity in pop, rock and italodisco repertoires. In 2016, he was awarded Albanian citizenship due to his close ties with the country and a forename referring to the land. He was born in the town of Cellino San Marco (province of Brindisi, Puglia in Southern Italy), where he still lives. His mother Iolanda Ottino named him Albano because, when he was born, his father Carmelo Carrisi was fighting in Albania for the Royal Italian Army during World War II. He has one brother, Franco Carrisi (Kocis). He made his debut in 1966 both as a singer, at the Festival delle Rose, and on television. He won the Disco per l'Estate, an Italian song contest, with "Pensando a te" in 1968. He recorded some major hits such as "La siepe" and "Nel sole" at that time. "Nel sole" sold 600,000 copies in Italy within three months of release in 1967, and eventually over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc in July 1968. Soon afterwards, he started a musical collaboration with Romina Power (daughter of the American actor Tyrone Power), whom he married in 1970. After their marriage, they recorded "Storia di due innamorati". They sang as the duo Al Bano & Romina Power for almost thirty years; their work has been especially popular in Italy, Austria, France, Spain, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and Germany. They released "Dialogo" in 1975 and took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 with the song "We'll Live It All Again" ("Noi lo rivivremo di nuovo"). They sang "Sharazan" in 1981 and the following year they took part in the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Felicità", which came second. They won first prize in 1984 singing "Ci sarà" and again took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with "Magic Oh Magic". Both their Eurovision entries placed 7th. Other hits of 1987 include: "Nostalgia canaglia" (awarded 3rd prize at Festival di Sanremo '87) and "Libertà". Those successful songs were followed by "Cara terra mia", which came in third once more at the 1989 Sanremo Music Festival, and "Oggi sposi" which placed 8th at the 1991 Sanremo Music Festival. Al Bano returned to his solo career in 1996 with "È la mia vita" which was followed by "Verso il sole" in 1997 and "Ancora in volo" in 1999 (that year, his duo – and his marriage – with Romina broke up). He also played in "Herşeye Rağmen" ("Nonetheless" in Turkish) music video of Sima (full name was Sima Sarıkaya), a Turkish singer in 1997. In 2000, Al Bano returned to the Eurovision stage, providing backing vocals for the Swiss entry (performed in Italian) "La vita cos'è?" performed by Jane Bogaert. This song placed 20th out of 24 in the contest. On 16 October 2001, Carrisi was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). ... Source: Article "Albano Carrisi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For: Acting

Born: Cellino San Marco, Brindisi, Puglia, Italy, 1943-05-20

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1967	The World's Gold	Carlo Carrera	55
2	1968	All the Gold in the World	Carlo Carrera	37
3	1969	Il ragazzo che sorride	Giorgio	35
4	1969	Il suo nome è Donna Rosa	Andrea 'Canarino'	55
5	1969	You Are Always In My Mind	Carlo	0
6	1970	Midnight of Love	Andrea	70
7	1970	Symphony of Love	Franz Schubert	70
8	1983	Champagne in paradiso	Prof. Marco Allegri	40
9	2004	Retro Video Collection 1975-1999 vol2	self	70
10	2012	Die Helene Fischer Show 2012	Self	100
11	2016	Poor but Rich	Self	60
12	2022	Ciao, 2021!	Alik Banov	76
13	2023	Sanremo 2023. Tra Palco e realtà	Self	80
14	2024	Johnny e Jessica	Caval Donato	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Sanremo Music Festival	Self - Contestant	78
2	1951	Sanremo Music Festival	Self - Special Guest	78
3	1956	Eurovision Song Contest	Self	72
4	1959	Stars in the Ring	Self	53
5	1969	Die ZDF-Hitparade	Self	0
6	1971	Disco	Self	0
7	1972	Ein Kessel Buntes	Self - Musician	18
8	1972	Musikladen	Self	0
9	1974	Die Montagsmaler	Self	0
10	1974	3 nach 9	Self	65
11	1975	Midi Première	Self	100
12	1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self	60
13	1975	Système 2	Self	0
14	1977	Auf los geht's los	Self	0
15	1979	Die Pyramide	Self - Musician	60
16	1980	Verstehen Sie Spaß?	Self	38
17	1981	Bananas	Self	35
18	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self	63
19	1985	Melodien für Millionen	Self	0
20	1986	ZDF-Fernsehgarten	Self	15
21	1986	4 gegen Willi	Self	0
22	1987	Sacrée soirée	Self	65
23	1987	Le monde est à vous	Self	0
24	1988	Flitterabend	Self - Singer	0
25	1991	DAS!	Self	42
26	1993	Noche de ronda	Self	20
27	1993	Kein schöner Land	Self	0
28	1994	Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen	Self	0
29	1999	Show Palast	Self	0
30	1999	Volle Kanne	Self	44
31	2000	Starnacht am Wörthersee	Self	0
32	2001	Die Stunde der Stars	Self	0
33	2003	Weihnachten auf Gut Aiderbichl	Self	0
34	2004	Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel	Self	40
35	2004	Servus, Hansi Hinterseer	Self	0
36	2008	Markus Lanz	Self	55
37	2010	Musikalische Reise	Self	0
38	2011	Resto Umile World Show	Self	73
39	2012	Heiligabend mit Carmen Nebel	Self	0
40	2013	Linzer Eiszauber	Self	60
41	2016	Emigratis	Self	70
42	2018	Belve	Self	73
43	2020	TV Story Superstar	Self (archive footage)	0
44	2020	Mask Singer: Adivina quién canta	Self - Contestant (Girasol)	73

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