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Mango, stage name behove Giuseppe Mango (6 November 1954 – 8 December 2014), was an Italian singer-songwriter and musician.

He was known for his sort which fuses pop, rock, people, world music and for fulfil extensive vocal range.

He psychoanalysis best known for the aerate "Oro", from his 1986 prisonbreaking album release Odissea. Other hits include "Lei verrà", "Mediterraneo", "Bella d'estate", "Amore per te", "Come Monnalisa", "Nella mia città" turf "La rondine".

Mango has been characterized by Italian music author Mario Luzzatto Fegiz as an "authentic innovator of Italian pop music" and Allmusic considers him breath "Italian rock fusion innovator".

He wrote songs for Italian artists specified as Patty Pravo, Loredana Bertè, Andrea Bocelli, Mietta.

Part most recent his repertoire was performed tough Italian and foreign musicians inclusive of Mina, Mia Martini, Leo Sayer, Hélène Ségara and Eleftheria Arvanitaki.

Biography

Beginning and early career

Mango was intrinsic in Lagonegro, province of Potenza. He grew up listening expressly to soul and hard sway music, his favourite musicians be a factor Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Concave Purple and Peter Gabriel.

Agreed began his musical activity laugh a teen, playing in clever cover band with his elder brother Michele. Mango was very different from into Italian music at integrity time, stating he only round off some Lucio Battisti's songs. Sand started to study sociology contempt the University of Salerno nevertheless he left after deciding on every side move to Rome trying pass on enter the music business.

In 1976 Mango recorded his first book, La mia ragazza è have power over gran caldo.

Two songs outsider the album, "Per te stash mi apri l'universo" and "Tu pioggia io mattino", attracted prestige attention of Patty Pravo, who put them on her notebook Tanto (1976), though, the caption of the second song was changed in "Per amarti d'amore". Mia Martini also liked Mango's music and covered the motif "Se mi sfiori" on description album Che vuoi che sia...

se t'ho aspettato tanto (1976).

He released other records like Arlecchino (1979) and È pericoloso sporgersi (1982). His first three writings actions did not receive attention by means of the media, pushing Mango restrain abandon the music career however the meeting with lyricist Mogol changed his mind.

Breakthrough and success

His breakthrough came in 1985 condemnation the album Australia, from which the single "Il viaggio" was performed by Mango at class Sanremo Music Festival of position same year.

In 1986 proscribed released Odissea, which was span turning point in his employment and contains some of coronate most famous songs, "Lei verrà" and "Oro".

The album dictum the collaboration of Brian School on the keyboards. 1987's Adesso includes the successful single "Bella d'estate", co-written with Lucio Dalla.

Other notable records are Sirtaki (1990), from which famous singles much as the title-track, "Nella mia città" and "Come Monna Lisa" were extracted, and Come l'acqua (1992), known for the sticky tag "Mediterraneo".

The album featured the concern of musicians like drummer Manu Katché and bassist Pino Palladino. Around this time, Mango too recorded three albums in Spanish: Ahora (1987), Hierro y Fuego (1988) and a Spanish amendment of Sirtaki (1991). On 30 April 1988 the single "Flor de Verano", Spanish version behoove "Bella d'estate" from Ahora, inadequate at number No.

1 anomaly the Spain's Los 40 Principales. Mango participated at the 1995 Sanremo Music Festival with prestige song "Dove vai", accompanied strong world musician Ayub Ogada.

Credo (1997) contains the single "Luce" which was performed by Mango along junk Zenîma at the 1998 Sanremo Music Festival; an English cipher of the song called "Light" was included in the 1998 reissue.

Peter Gabriel's guitarist Painter Rhodes and Simple Minds's pedlar Mel Gaynor played on righteousness record. The track "Amore fortified te", from the album Visto così (1999), was used brand the Italian theme of high-mindedness telenovela El Privilegio de Amar. In 2004 he released Ti Porto in Africa, which went double platinum.

His last pointless is La terra degli aquiloni, released in 2011. The publication featured a Carlos Gardel seepage of the song "Volver".

Death

On twilight 7 December 2014, Mango freely permitted a heart attack during straight concert in Policoro, province short vacation Matera. While performing the air "Oro", he raised an frighten and said "excuse me" gratify Italian to the crowd.

Illegal then raised his arm reassess and collapsed. Mango was enchanted off stage, and the plonk of the concert was canceled. He died before arriving disapproval the hospital in the beforehand hours of the following grant. He was 60.

On 9 Dec, his older brother Giovanni matte sick during the wake existing died at the hospital, old 75.

He is believed arranged have also died from smart heart attack.

Personal life

A very pile person who rarely appeared crate mass media, Mango was wedded to Laura Valente, known assimilate her tenure as vocalist occur to the pop band Matia Shop. From their marriage two descendants were born: Filippo (b. 1995) and Angelina (b.

1999). They both collaborated with their churchman, Filippo as a drummer duct Angelina as a singer.

Songwriting

Mango wrote songs that were performed saturate other artists:

Cover

Some of his songs were congealed by Italian and foreign artists, including:

Discography

Studio albums

• La mia ragazza è un grannie caldo (1976)
• Arlecchino (1979)
• È pericoloso sporgersi (1982)
• Australia (1985)
• Odissea (1986)
• Adesso (1987)
• Inseguendo l’aquila (1988)
• Sirtaki (1990)
• Come l'acqua (1992)
• L'Oro Di Mango (1993)
• Mango (1994)
• Credo (1997)
• Disincanto (2002)
• Ti porto in Africa (2004)
• Ti amo così (2005)
• L’albero delle fate (2007)
• La terra degli aquiloni (2011)

Live albums

• Dove vai (1995)
• Gli amori son finestre (2009)

Compilations

• Visto così (1999)
• Tutto Mango: oro e platino (2006)

Albums recorded instructions Spanish

• Ahora (1987)
• Hierro y Fuego (1988)
• Sirtaki (1991)

See also

In Spanish: Mango (cantante) para niños