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Peppino di Capri (born Giuseppe Faiella on 27 July 1939) is an Italian popular music singer, songwriter and pianist, successful in Italy and Europe. His international hits include "St. Tropez Twist", "Daniela", "Torna piccina", "Roberta", "Melancolie", "Freva", "L'ultimo romantico", "Un grande amore e niente più", "Non lo faccio più", "Nun è peccato", and "Champagne".

Peppino di Capri
Peppino di Capri in Torino, 2008
Background information
Birth nameGiuseppe Faiella
Born (1939-07-27) 27 July 1939 (age 83)
Capri, Italy
OriginItaly
Genres
  • Neapolitan songs
  • Pop
  • Italian popular music
Years active1958–present
Labels
  • Carisch
  • Splash
  • Baby Records
  • Ricordi
  • Polygram
  • Lucky Planets
  • Odeon
Websitewww.peppinodicapri.net

Biography


Peppino began singing and playing the piano at age 4, entertaining the American army troops stationed on the island of Capri with a repertoire of American standards. After 6 years of classical studies and playing at nightclubs around Capri, Peppino and his group The Rockers released their first single, with the songs "Malattia" ("Sickness") and "Nun è Peccato" ("It's not a sin"), sung in Neapolitan in 1958.

The single was an instant hit, and Peppino spent most of the following year touring. A string of hit singles soon followed, usually alternating between Italian versions of American rock'n'roll and twist songs (with some verses sung in English), and originals in Italian and Napoletano, and di Capri became one of the top acts in the country.

After performing as the opening act for The Beatles in their 1965 tour of Italy, Peppino and his group attempted, with moderate success, to break out of the European market. Their work was well received, particularly in Brazil, thanks to the large Italian immigrant community in the country.

The 1970s saw Peppino with a new band, the New Rockers. He won the prestigious Festival della canzone italiana ("Festival of Italian song", better known as the San Remo Festival) in 1973, with the song "Un grande amore e niente più" ("A great love and nothing more").

The same year, he released the song "Champagne" that was a big hit in Italy, Germany, Spain and Brazil.

He won the Festival della canzone italiana again in 1976, with the song "Non lo faccio più" ("I won't do it anymore"). He represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991, coming in 7th place with 89 points with the song "Comme è ddoce 'o mare" ("How sweet is the sea"), sung in Neapolitan.

As of 2006, Peppino di Capri is the performer with the most appearances (15) at the Festival della canzone italiana, his last appearance being in 2005, singing "La Panchina" ("The little park bench").


San Remo Festival


Peppino di Capri has participated 15 times in the San Remo Festival, twice winning first place:


Literary references


In his writings, Orhan Pamuk brings up Peppino di Capri's songs. His novel Snow, taking place at the Turkish provincial town of Kars, includes the following passage:

"Through the open door of a shop which sold women's stockings, bolts of cotton, coloured pencils, batteries and cassettes, he heard once again the strains of Peppino di Capri's "Roberta". He recalled hearing it on the radio when he was a child and his uncle had taken him out for a drive to the Bosphorus" (Snow, Ch. 12).

In The Museum of Innocence, he writes:

"Later on I wrapped my arms around the ever patient and compassionate Sibel, swaying with her as Pepino di Capri sang “Melancholy.”" (The Museum of Innocence, Ch. 29)


Bibliography




Media related to Peppino di Capri at Wikimedia Commons

Preceded by
Nicola Di Bari
with "I giorni dell'arcobaleno"
 Sanremo Music Festival
Winner
1973		 Succeeded by
Iva Zanicchi
with "Ciao cara, come stai?"
Preceded by
Gilda
with "Ragazza del sud"
 Sanremo Music Festival
Winner
1976		 Succeeded by
Homo Sapiens
with "Bella da morire"
Preceded by Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest
1991		 Succeeded by
Mia Martini
with Rapsodia

На других языках

[de] Peppino di Capri

Peppino di Capri (* 27. Juli 1939 in Capri, Provinz Neapel, als Giuseppe Faiella) ist ein italienischer Sänger.
- [en] Peppino di Capri

[es] Peppino di Capri

Peppino di Capri (Capri, Nápoles, Italia, 27 de julio de 1939), cuyo nombre real es Giuseppe Faiella, es un cantautor italiano, una de las voces más populares de la canción napolitana y, en general, de la canción popular romántica italiana.

[ru] Ди Капри, Пеппино

Пеппи́но ди Ка́при (итал. Peppino di Capri; род. 27 июля 1939 года) — итальянский певец.


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