1. Fiorella Mannoia's father Luigi was an Italian film stuntman, and Fiorella, her brother Maurizio and sister Patrizia began work in this area as children.
15 Facts About Fiorella Mannoia
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Fiorella Mannoia debuted in the world of music at the Castrocaro Music Festival in 1968, singing Un bambino sul leone by Adriano Celentano.
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Fiorella Mannoia then decided to leave RCA and go to the label Ricordi, with whom she released three 45s, Piccolo, Tu amore mio and Scaldami.
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Fiorella Mannoia's first recording for the new label was not for a record of her own but for an album by Pierangelo Bertoli, entitled Certi momenti.
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Fiorella Mannoia sang a duet with Bertoli on Pescatore and the great success of this single and of the album, helped to make her name known.
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Fiorella Mannoia continued recording albums and 45s produced by Mario Lavezzi.
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Fiorella Mannoia entered the Sanremo Music Festival once more in 1984 with Come si cambia, written by Renato Pareti, which had a certain amount of sales success.
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Fiorella Mannoia won the final of Premiatissima with the song Margherita by Riccardo Cocciante.
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Fiorella Mannoia won again in 1988 with Le notti di maggio, written by Ivano Fossati.
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In 1992, Fiorella Mannoia released the pivotal album I treni a vapore, which, as well as the title track by Ivano Fossati, contains the popular tracks Il cielo d'Irlanda by Massimo Bubola, Tutti cercano qualcosa by Francesco De Gregori and Inevitabilmente by Enrico Ruggeri and Luigi Schiavone, which was used on the soundtrack of the film Caro diario by Nanni Moretti.
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In 2000, Fiorella Mannoia was invited to the 50th Festival of Sanremo as Italian Super Host.
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Fiorella Mannoia is the only performer to have won the Targa Tenco in this category more than once.
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Fiorella Mannoia competed in the Sanremo Music Festival 2017 with "Che sia benedetta", ultimately coming second.
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Fiorella Mannoia competed in the Sanremo Music Festival 2024 with "Mariposa".
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Fiorella Mannoia has devoted herself to social issues, lending her attention to subjects such as abortion and divorce, and has expressed her solidarity with the aid association Emergency.