Patty Pravo
(born 9 April 1948 Venice, Italy) is the stage name of Italian pop singer Nicoletta Strambelli
, whose career has spanned more than forty years. She known for her contralto vocal range and a sexually aggressive act. [1]
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Biography
Strambelli studied at the conservatory institute of Benedetto Marcello and was an acquaintance of the American poet
Ezra Pound and
Angelo Roncalli (Pope John XXIII). At the age of fifteen, she left home to live in London and then Rome where she began her career singing in the Piper Club. In 1966 she made her first single, "Ragazzo Triste" (Sad Boy), the Italian version of the song "
But You're Mine" by
Sonny & Cher. It was the first pop song broadcast on
Vatican Radio.
Patty Pravo followed that by recording numerous songs, the most popular being "Qui e là" (Here and There), "Se Perdo Te" ("If I Lose You", 1967), "La Bambola" ("The Doll", 1968), "Sentimento" ("Feeling", 1968), "Tripoli '69" (1969), "Il Paradiso" ("The Heaven", written by
Lucio Battisti in 1969), "La solitudine" ("The loneliness", with
Robert Charlebois) "Pazza Idea" ("Crazy Idea", 1973) and "Pensiero Stupendo" ("Stupendous Thought", 1978). She has been featured on many Italian television programmes and in 1970 she hosted her own programme called
Bravo-Pravo!
, broadcast on French television. She became a symbol for women of the 1960s, exemplifying their evolution from more established conservative roles.
Patty is blonde and has a lithe body. Her act also features a deep, husky voice, suited for rock and dramatic musicals. In 1978, she appeared on a TV show called
Stryx
, wearing provocative clothing which attracted much attention. Over the years she became more prolific, and by 1994 was travelling to China to record her album
Ideogrammi
. In 1995 she returned to
Italy and re-emerged in 1997 with the #1 hit "E Dimmi Che Non Vuoi Morire" (And Tell Me That You Don't Want To Die), written by
Vasco Rossi. In 2004, she released four albums. Patty Pravo has taken part in the
Sanremo Music Festival seven times. Her last Italian top 10 album has been her 2004 set
Nic-Unic
.
Discography
- 1968 - Patty Pravo
- 1969 - Concerto per Patty
- 1970 - Patty Pravo
- 1971 - Bravo Pravo
- 1971 - Di vero in fondo
- 1971 - Per aver visto un uomo piangere e soffrire Dio si trasformo' in musica e poesia
- 1972 - Si'...incoerenza
- 1973 - Pazza idea
- 1974 - Mai una signora
- 1975 - Incontro
- 1976 - Tanto
- 1976 - Patty Pravo
- 1978 - Miss Italia
- 1979 - Munich Album
- 1982 - Cerchi
- 1984 - Occulte persuasioni
- 1989 - Oltre l'Eden
- 1990 - Pazza idea eccetera eccetera
- 1994 - Ideogrammi
- 1997 - Bye Bye Patty
- 1998 - Notti, guai e liberta'
- 2000 - Una donna da sognare
- 2001 - Patty Live '99
- 2002 - Radio Station
- 2004 - Nic-Unic
- 2007 - Spero che ti piaccia... Pour toi (Tribute to Dalida)
References
- The Cambridge Companion to Modern Italian Culture