Alunni del Sole

Italian pop group

Alunni del Sole

Alunni del Sole in 1972

Background information
Origin| Naples,  Italy
Genres|

* Pop
* Pop rock

Years active| 1968 - 2015
Labels|

* Parade [it]
* Produttori Associati
* Liberty
* Durium
* Ricordi
* RCA

Past members| Paolo Morelli
Bruno Morelli
Giulio Leofrigio
Giampaolo Borra

Alunni del Sole ("Pupils of the Sun") are an Italian pop group, mainly successful in the seventies.

## History[edit]

The group, which takes its name from the eponymous novel by Giuseppe Marotta, was born in the late sixties when two brothers of Naples, Paolo Morelli (piano and vocals) and Bruno Morelli (guitars), sons of a composer and of a pianist, decided moving in Rome to pursue a musical career and to be closer to the record companies; there they formed the group with Giulio Leofrigio (drums) and Giampaolo Borra (bass guitar).[1]

They were hired by Renzo Arbore for the 1969 RAI television program Speciale per voi[1] and had a first success with the song "Concerto".[2] which entered the Italian top ten,[3] They got their major hits a few years later, between 1973 and 1978;[2][3] notably, their song in Neapolitan "'A canzuncella" peaked at the third place on the Italian Hit Parade in 1977,[3] and it is considered as the progenitor of the Neapolitan musical new wave happened between late seventies and early Eighties.[4]

The band won the 1978 Festivalbar with the song "Liù".[2] The group disbanded in 1983, then reunited in 1992.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Luciano Gianfranceschi (13 May 2013). "Sangue fucecchiese negli Alunni del Sole". Il Tirreno.
2. ^ a b c d Enrico Deregibus. Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. ISBN 8809756258.
3. ^ a b c Dario Salvatori. Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. ISBN 8876054391.
4. ^ Vittorio Paliotti. Storia della canzone napoletana. Newton Compton, 1992. ISBN 8854100668.

## External links[edit]

* Official website
* Alunni del Sole at AllMusic
* Alunni del Sole discography at Discogs

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Festivalbar winners

Performers

| 1960s|

* Bobby Solo
* Petula Clark
* Caterina Caselli
* Rocky Roberts
* Salvatore Adamo
* Lucio Battisti

|

1970s|

* Lucio Battisti
* Demis Roussos
* Mia Martini
* (Mia Martini, Marcella Bella)
* Claudio Baglioni
* (Drupi, Gloria Gaynor)
* Gianni Bella
* Umberto Tozzi
* (Alunni del Sole, Kate Bush)
* Alan Sorrenti

1980s|

* Miguel Bosé
* Donatella Rettore
* (Loredana Bertè, Miguel Bosé, Ron)
* Vasco Rossi
* Gianna Nannini
* Righeira
* Tracy Spencer
* Spagna
* Scialpi / Scarlett
* Raf

1990s|

* Francesco Baccini / Ladri di Biciclette
* Gino Paoli
* Luca Carboni
* Raf
* Umberto Tozzi
* 883
* Eros Ramazzotti
* Pino Daniele
* Vasco Rossi
* Jovanotti

2000s|

* Lùnapop
* Vasco Rossi
* Luciano Ligabue
* Eros Ramazzotti
* Zucchero Fornaciari
* Nek
* Luciano Ligabue
* Negramaro

Songs

| 1960s|

* "Credi a me"
* "Ciao ciao"
* "Perdono"
* "Stasera mi butto"
* "Affida una lacrima al vento"
* "Acqua azzurra acqua chiara"

|

1970s|

* "Fiori rosa fiori di pesco"
* "We Shall Dance"
* "Piccolo uomo"
* ("Minuetto", "Io domani")
* "E tu..."
* ("Due", "Reach Out I'll Be There")
* "Non si può morire dentro"
* "Ti amo"
* ("Liù", "Wuthering Heights")
* "Tu sei l'unica donna per me"

1980s|

* "Olympic Games"
* "Donatella"
* ("Non sono una signora", "Bravi ragazzi", "Anima")
* "Bollicine"
* "Fotoromanza"
* "L'estate sta finendo"
* "Run to Me"
* "Dance Dance Dance"
* "Pregherei"
* "Ti pretendo"

1990s|

* "Sotto questo sole"
* "Quattro amici"
* "Mare mare"
* "Il battito animale"
* "Io muoio di te"
* "Tieni il tempo"
* "Più bella cosa"
* "Che male c'è"
* "Io no"
* "Un raggio di sole"

2000s|

* "Qualcosa di grande"
* "Ti prendo e ti porto via"
* "Tutti vogliono viaggiare in prima"
* "Un'emozione per sempre"
* "Il grande Baboomba"
* "Lascia che io sia"
* "Happy Hour"
* "Parlami d'amore"

Category

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI

Artists|

* MusicBrainz

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