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.
61 acting credits
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DAS!
1991
Volle Kanne
1999

Eurovision Song Contest
1956

Markus Lanz
2008

Champs-Elysées
1982

Sacrée soirée
1987

ZDF-Fernsehgarten
1986

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

Midi Première
1975
3 nach 9
1974

Le monde est à vous
1987

Sanremo Music Festival
1951

Die Montagsmaler
1974
Die ZDF-Hitparade
1969

Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen
1994
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
2004

Disco
1971
Die Pyramide
1979
Système 2
1975

Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980

Musikladen
1972

Stars in the Ring
1959
Ein Kessel Buntes
1972

Emigratis
2016

Auf los geht's los
1977

Belve
2018

X-Factor
2010
Flitterabend
1988
Melodien für Millionen
1985

TV Story Superstar
2020
Musikalische Reise
2010
Starnacht am Wörthersee
2000

Mask Singer: Adivina quién canta
2020
Noche de ronda
1993
Show Palast
1999
Weihnachten auf Gut Aiderbichl
2003
Heiligabend mit Carmen Nebel
2012

Bananas
1981
Linzer Eiszauber
2013
Servus, Hansi Hinterseer
2004
Die Stunde der Stars
2001
4 gegen Willi
1986

Poorly Rich
2016
Kein schöner Land
1993

Ciao, 2021!
2022

ZDF-Kultnacht
2002

Resto Umile World Show
2011

Symphony of Love
1970

Sanremo 2023. Tra Palco e realtà
2023

Il ragazzo che sorride
1969

The World's Gold
1967

Il suo nome è Donna Rosa
1969

Midnight of Love
1970

You Are Always In My Mind
1969

All the Gold in the World
1968

Retro Video Collection 1975-1999 vol2
2004
Die Helene Fischer Show 2012
2012

Champagne in paradiso
1983
L'osteria di Via Albicocca
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Johnny e Jessica
2024

Al Bano - 4 Volte 20
2023