Luca Barbarossa (born 15 April 1961, Rome) is an Italian singer-songwriter who has released 12 albums since 1981, and is known for his participation in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest.
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Born | (1961-04-15) 15 April 1961 (age 61) |
Origin | Rome, Italy |
Genres | Pop, Rock |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Website | Luca Barbarossa |
In 1980, Barbarossa won the Castrocaro Music Festival, where he was spotted by a producer for the Fonit-Cetra record company, who signed him to a recording contract. As the Castrocaro winner, he was eligible to compete in the 1981 San Remo Festival, where he finished fourth with the self-penned song "Roma spogliata". His first self-titled album was released in the same year, and he toured as support act to Riccardo Cocciante. The album, and the singles released from it, were not notably successful and relations soured with Fonit-Cetra, leading to Barbarossa's departure from the label. He signed with the Italian division of the CBS label, where the decision was taken to try to establish him as a singles artist before releasing an album. In 1986, he again participated in the San Remo Festival with "Via Margutta", but only managed 18th place. Another San Remo entry in 1987 resulted in ninth place for "Come dentro un film", which was also the title of the first album he released for CBS in the same year. He achieved his best San Remo placement to date in 1988 with "L'amore rubato" finishing third.[1]
In 1988, Barbarossa was chosen by broadcaster RAI as the Italian Eurovision representative with the song "Vivo (Ti scrivo)" ("Alive (I Write to You)").[2] He went forward to the 33rd Eurovision Song Contest, held on 30 April in Dublin, where "Vivo (Ti scrivo)" finished in 12th place of 21 entries.[3]
Barbarossa won the 1992 San Remo Festival at his fifth attempt with "Portami a ballare", a song dedicated to his mother. In the 1990s he released four studio albums and a live album. In 1996 another San Remo entry with "Il ragazzo con la chitarra" placed 12th. A compilation album of his most popular songs, with two previously unreleased tracks, was issued in 2001.
Barbarossa's final San Remo participation to date came in 2003, with "Fortuna" finishing 10th. He released an album of the same name that year, before putting his recording career on hold for four years. He returned with a single, "Aspettavamo il 2000" in 2007, before releasing Via delle storie infinite, his first album for five years, in 2008.[1]
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Preceded by Riccardo Cocciante with "Se stiamo insieme" |
Sanremo Music Festival Winner 1992 |
Succeeded by Enrico Ruggeri with "Mistero" |
Preceded by Umberto Tozzi & Raf with Gente di mare |
Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 |
Succeeded by Anna Oxa & Fausto Leali with Avrei voluto |
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1950s | Nilla Pizzi ("Grazie dei fiori") · Nilla Pizzi ("Vola colomba") · Carla Boni / Flo Sandon's ("Viale d'autunno") · Giorgio Consolini / Gino Latilla ("Tutte le mamme") · Claudio Villa / Tullio Pane ("Buongiorno tristezza") · Franca Raimondi ("Aprite le finestre") · Claudio Villa / Nunzio Gallo ("Corde della mia chitarra") · Domenico Modugno / Johnny Dorelli ("Nel blu, dipinto di blu") · Domenico Modugno / Johnny Dorelli ("Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)") |
1960s | Tony Dallara / Renato Rascel ("Romantica") · Betty Curtis / Luciano Tajoli ("Al di là") · Domenico Modugno / Claudio Villa ("Addio, addio") · Tony Renis / Emilio Pericoli ("Uno per tutte") · Gigliola Cinquetti / Patricia Carli ("Non ho l'età") · Bobby Solo / The New Christy Minstrels ("Se piangi, se ridi") · Domenico Modugno / Gigliola Cinquetti ("Dio, come ti amo") · Claudio Villa / Iva Zanicchi ("Non pensare a me") · Sergio Endrigo / Roberto Carlos ("Canzone per te") · Bobby Solo / Iva Zanicchi ("Zingara") |
1970s | Adriano Celentano / Claudia Mori ("Chi non lavora non fa l'amore") · Nada / Nicola Di Bari ("Il cuore è uno zingaro") · Nicola Di Bari ("I giorni dell'arcobaleno") · Peppino di Capri ("Un grande amore e niente più") · Iva Zanicchi ("Ciao cara come stai?") · Gilda ("Ragazza del sud") · Peppino di Capri ("Non lo faccio più") · Homo Sapiens ("Bella da morire") · Matia Bazar ("E dirsi ciao") · Mino Vergnaghi ("Amare") |
1980s | Toto Cutugno ("Solo noi") · Alice ("Per Elisa") · Riccardo Fogli ("Storie di tutti i giorni") · Tiziana Rivale ("Sarà quel che sarà") · Al Bano and Romina Power ("Ci sarà") · Ricchi e Poveri ("Se m'innamoro") · Eros Ramazzotti ("Adesso tu") · Gianni Morandi, Umberto Tozzi and Enrico Ruggeri ("Si può dare di più") · Massimo Ranieri ("Perdere l'amore") · Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali ("Ti lascerò") |
1990s | Pooh ("Uomini soli") · Riccardo Cocciante ("Se stiamo insieme") · Luca Barbarossa ("Portami a ballare") · Enrico Ruggeri ("Mistero") · Aleandro Baldi ("Passerà") · Giorgia ("Come saprei") · Ron and Tosca ("Vorrei incontrarti fra cent'anni") · Jalisse ("Fiumi di parole") · Annalisa Minetti ("Senza te o con te") · Anna Oxa ("Senza pietà") |
2000s | Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel ("Sentimento") · Elisa ("Luce (Tramonti a nord est)") · Matia Bazar ("Messaggio d'amore") · Alexia ("Per dire di no") · Marco Masini ("L'uomo volante") · Francesco Renga ("Angelo") · Povia ("Vorrei avere il becco") · Simone Cristicchi ("Ti regalerò una rosa") · Giò Di Tonno and Lola Ponce ("Colpo di fulmine") · Marco Carta ("La forza mia") |
2010s | Valerio Scanu ("Per tutte le volte che...") · Roberto Vecchioni ("Chiamami ancora amore") · Emma Marrone ("Non è l'inferno) · Marco Mengoni ("L'essenziale") · Arisa ("Controvento") · Il Volo ("Grande amore") · Stadio ("Un giorno mi dirai") · Francesco Gabbani ("Occidentali's Karma") · Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro ("Non mi avete fatto niente") · Mahmood ("Soldi") |
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