Mina (Italian singer)

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non-conformist choices represented the emancipation of women in Italy, which did not accord with the dominant Catholic and bourgeois virtues prevalent at the time. The subsequent ban from performing on Italian TV and radio channels further developed Mina's image as an independent bad girl, which she emphasized with her choice of song themes. An example was her performance of "Sacumdì Sacumdà" on air after RAI had expressed their displeasure with the song's lyrics about a girl's encounter with the Devil. Other songs that RAI initially banned as immoral were "Ta-ra-ta-ta" (dealing forthrightly with smoking), "La canzone di Marinella", and "

49: 1338: 1057: 2835: 676:'s TV show caused a boom of 40,000 record sales in ten days in Germany. The record went to No. 1 and spent over half the year on the German charts in 1962. Mina had six more singles on the German chart in the next two years. In a listeners' poll conducted in July 1962 in Germany, Austria, and the German-speaking portion of Switzerland, Mina was voted the most popular singer in the world. In May 1962, she performed in Buenos Aires. Meanwhile, her version of the 8211: 3178: 1680: 2497: 1171: 532: 971:' "Break Your Promise". The series also included the songs "Fantasia", "La musica è finita" ("The Music is Over") and the elegant "Un colpo al cuore" ("Heart Attack"). "Un colpo al cuore" ended up as No. 68 on the best-selling singles chart for that year in Italy. Each show was closed by Mina singing "Vorrei che fosse amore" ("Wish It Was Love"), a piece of atmospheric music by 3174:, was born on 18 April 1963. Owing to Mina's refusal to hide the relationship, the singer was banned from performing on public Italian television or radio channels. As her record sales were unaffected and audiences demanded to see Mina on the air, RAI was forced to end the ban and let Mina return to television on 10 January 1964. Within a year, her affair with Corrado ended. 1754:

their collaboration, Mina turned toward middle-of-the-road pop. Battisti's melodies were sophisticated and had a complex chord sequence. The songs were characterized by frequent changes of rhythm, pauses, and dialogues between the voice and the orchestra. Another characterizing feature was an instrumental introduction without a rhythmic base.

1630:, the Santa Tecla, and the Taverna Messicana clubs of Milan, which promoted rock and roll music. Mina's repertoire at the beginning of her career included clumsy imitations of British and American rock and jazz songs, while her extra-loud and syncopated version of the song "Nessuno" showcased her excellent sense of rhythm. Earlier in 1958, 1328:". The video was the final number of the "Mille e una luce" show on 1 July 1978. Her last concert appearances, a series of thirteen fully booked concerts at La Bussola in 1978, were cut short due to her illness. Mina gave her last public performance on 23 August 1978 at the Bussoladomani theatre. It was recorded and issued as 638:. The idea for the song "Love can grow at any moment at any place" had come to Paoli while lying on a bed and looking at the purple ceiling. The single topped the list of annual sales in Italy and reached the Billboard Hot 100 as "This World We Love In". Video performances of the song were included in the musicarellos 733:, where she performed "Io sono quel che sono" ("I Am What I Am"). A reminder of her previous adolescent image, her single "Suna ni kieta namida" ("Tears Disappear in the Sand"), sung in Japanese, peaked at No. 1 on the Japanese singles chart and earned Mina the title of Best International Artist in Japan. 1353:

as the producer. Between 1972 and 1995, she published a double album each year. From 1973, her LPs and CDs have been characterized by artistic motifs of the designers Luciano Tallarini, Gianni Ronco and the photographer Mauro Balletti. From the mid-1980s, the design of the album covers was trusted to

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Less than a month after the breakup with her previous band, Mina co-founded a new group called Solitari, which consisted of a singer, a saxophonist, a pianist, a contrabassist, and a guitarist. Her first hit with the band featured Mina performing an extra-loud, syncopated version of the popular song

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When she altered her musical style in 1969, Mina changed her hairdo from short and straight to long blonde curls, and started to wear a black minidress. Mogol's and Lucio Battisti's first songs, particularly "Insieme" and "Io e te da soli", showcased Mina's blues and soul skills. Around the time of

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The main themes of Mina's songs were distressing love stories. Her style was to interpret them in a highly dramatic way by using gestures and body language to bring the story alive. Mina's performance was typically characterised by expressive intensity, subtle variations, and original phrasing. The

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Mina became engaged to her last husband, cardiologist Eugenio Quaini, in 1981. They were married on 10 January 2006 in Lugano. She obtained Swiss citizenship in 1989. As required in that country, she took on her husband's last name and her legal name became Anna Maria Quaini. For the public, the

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Mina introduced her new sensual manner in her presentation of the ballad "Il cielo in una stanza" in 1960. Three years later, her love affair with Corrado Pani challenged the moral foundations of Italy, a country where divorce was illegal and single motherhood was considered shameful. Thus, her

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selling albums to the present. She alternates pop albums with jazz-arranged projects and other styles and keeps surprising with new musical collaborations. Meanwhile, her voice and songs are omnipresent in radio and TV commercials, theme tunes of sports programs, talent shows (where they sing

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dialogue between Mina's singing and Lupo's declamation. The lyrics' theme is hollow words. These intertwine the lady's lamentation of the end of love and the lies she has to hear with the male protagonist's recitation. In the dialogue she scoffs at the compliments he gives her, calling them

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on the Italian charts. She is the only artist to land an album at the top of the Italian charts in each of the six decades from the start of record keeping in 1965. She released an album every year during 1958–2003, and continues to release new albums and singles.

737: 543:, won enthusiastic approval from local critics. She soon signed with Davide Matalon, owner of the small record company Italdisc. Her first single, "Non partir"/"Malatia", was produced under the stage name Mina for the Italian audience. Simultaneously, " 1737:) pioneered by combining classic Italian pop and swing music with features of blues, R&B and soul music, particularly in the songs "Se stasera sono qui" and "Deborah". She helped to incorporate new styles into Italian pop music, including 473:

in 1974. In 1982 her disco single "Morirò per te" entered in the Billboard Hot Dance/Disco Top 100. Mina gave up public appearances in 1978 but has continued to release popular albums and musical projects on a yearly basis to the present day.

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Acqua e sale - Amami amami - A un passo da te - Brivido felino - Che t'aggia di' - Come un diamante nascosto nella neve - Dolce fuoco dell'amore - E l'amore - Io non volevo - Ma che ci faccio ancora qui - Messaggio d'amore - Non mi ami -

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on 1 March and 4 April were hailed by Italian critics. The starlet signed with Elio Gigante, an experienced artist manager. In the following years, he organized her performances in the grand ballrooms of Italy. Her first Italian

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records and was a frequent visitor at the Santa Tecla and the Taverna Messicana clubs of Milan, both known for promoting rock and roll. After finishing high school in 1958, she attended college where she majored in accounting.

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Mina's brother Alfredo Mazzini died in a car accident in 1965. A year later she and her father moved to Lugano, Switzerland. Mina's intimate relationships, however, remained in Italy, as she had a brief affair with the actor

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Mina was banned from TV and radio in 1963 because her pregnancy and relationship with a married actor did not accord with the dominant Catholic and bourgeois morals. After the ban, the public broadcasting service

959:"Nem Vem Que Não Tem", narrowly escaped a ban by RAI because of its irreverent lyrics. The song was performed as part of a musical fantasy, back to back with "Quelli che hanno un cuore", her intense version of " 1544:". Her voice was also present, singing a cover in videos by main sponsor TIM, at the Festival editions of 2017 and 2018. The latter year, on the final night, a digitized version of Mina was shown performing 3194:

ended after she found out about Volonté's affair with an actress. Mina's great love of the late 1960s, with whom she had a relationship that lasted three years and almost led to marriage, was the composer

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in the spring of 1972. One of the highlights of the series was a selection of Battisti's songs performed in duet with the composer. The shows also included "Balada para mi muerte" ("Ode to My Death"), a

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was asked to compose the music. Mina and the three songwriters met in an RAI rehearsal room at Via Teulada, Rome. Morricone started to repeat a short musical theme of just three notes (by his term a

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In her early teens, Mina was a competitive swimmer for the Canottieri Baldesio sports club in Cremona, attended by the elite of the Cremonese bourgeoisie at the time. She met her first boyfriend, a

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classics), tribute shows, new covers, and even as samples in the recordings of other artists (for example rapper Mondo Marcio). Although not appearing live, she opened and closed the 2009 national

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Balletti alone. All of Mina's records under the PDU label have reached the Italian Top 100. A large part of her work has consisted of covering well-known songs; she has dedicated tribute albums to

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wrote "Se telefonando" with numerous transitions of tonality. More songs were composed exclusively for Mina and arranged for RAI's all-star orchestras for performance on the TV variety series

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She is the most charted artist in the Italian charts, and between albums and singles, she has scored 24 number one, 61 top-three, 86 top-five, 114 top-ten and 130 top-twenty, for a total of

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Mina is a soprano with great agility and a range of three octaves. Swingy and anti-melodic in her early years ("Tintarella di luna", 1959), her singing later acquired high dramatic tones.

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song was "La voce del silenzio" ("Silent Voices") by Paolo Limiti and Elio Isola, presented in a live session during the show. "Niente di niente" ("Nothing at All") was her version of

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Mina said she would be retiring from public appearances after an exclusive concert at the La Bussola Club on 16 September. Thousands of people turned up at the nightclub's doorstep.

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live Saturday night series showcased Mina's new blond look with shaved eyebrows. The shows included the brooding songs "Un bacio è troppo poco" ("One Kiss is Not Enough") and "

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internet site on 30 March. This resulted in millions of visits to the site on that night, and additional millions on the following days. The footage was released as the DVD

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was not yet legal in Italy. Mina's record sales were unaffected and due to public demand, RAI ended the ban. On 10 January 1964 she returned to the TV screen on the program

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As her songs and movies were already popular abroad, Mina started to tour Spain and Japan, and performed on Venezuelan TV in 1961. Mina performed on Spanish TV and at the

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with "Tintarella di luna", "Il cielo in una stanza", "Folle banderuola", "E' vero", "Na sera 'e maggio", "O Sarracino", "Ma l'amore no", "Violino tzigan" e "Due note"

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featured the song as one of the standout tracks along with "Ta-ra-ta-ta" and "Una casa in cima al mondo". It was the fifth biggest-selling album of the year in Italy.

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In September, she started her solo career with the backing of the band Happy Boys. Her concert in September 1958, before an audience of 2,500 people at the Theatre of

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newspaper as the "birth of a star". It was Mina's last performance with the Happy Boys, as her family refused to let her skip college for a scheduled tour of Turkey.

729:'s "He Walks Like a Man", became the biggest selling record of the year in Italy. Her new melodic manner was demonstrated again on the 11 December 1964 TV programme 2452:

with Mina's covers in Spanish, published on 20 March 1999. The tracks included "Ancora, ancora, ancora", "Io é te da soli", "Fiume azzurro" (as "Sobreviviré") and "

1579:, consisting of a limited and numbered edition box containing the 4 LPs recorded live by Mina, the only live performances of her career, realized at the Bussola in 955:. The orchestrations were scored by the conductors Bruno Canfora and Augusto Martelli. "Sacumdì Sacumdà", Mina's talking and laughing version of Carlos Imperial's 929:. She celebrated the 10th anniversary of her career with a concert at La Bussola, backed by the Orchestra Augusto Martelli. The concert was recorded and issued as 2875:, which portrays some video clips of the artist in the recording studio, has recorded over 20 million hits and was one of the most followed of all times in Italy. 688:"Renato" peaked at No. 1 and No. 4 respectively on the Italian charts. "L'eclisse twist" appeared on the flip side of "Renato", and was used on the soundtrack of 661:" ("A Thousand Blue Bubbles") placed fifth. Disappointed with these results, Mina declared her intention of never performing at the Sanremo song festival again. 1024: 1294: 6771: 3339: 1021:

live televised concert from the Auditorio A in Naples on 20 January 1970. The material provided by Mogol-Battisti was the core for five albums. Among them,

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newspaper held a reader's poll to pick Mina's best song of all time. In a vote of 30,000 participants, "Se telefonando" emerged at the top of the list.

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debut with two songs. She turned to slow emotional love songs for the first time. The song "È vero" ("It's True") reached No. 8 on the Italian charts.

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and great power. Her main themes are anguished love stories performed in high dramatic tones. The singer combined classic Italian pop with elements of

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and power. Later, the public called Mina "the Queen of Screamers". Her extravagant gestures earned her another nickname – "the Tigress of Cremona" (

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on backup instrumentals, worked with Mina on several songs as a result of the success of "Non credere". The team produced a set of songs including "

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was the biggest seller of 1972. The latter two albums were recorded during a break from live performances to give birth to her daughter Benedetta.

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recalled the Italian public's first encounter with the enthusiastic singer as "for many people a memorable experience, ... a revelation." TV host

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Italian civil registry and its Italian documents, however, she still addresses herself as Mina Mazzini, also seen in her website's domain name.

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Caught up in the wave of rock and roll sweeping across Italy in 1958, Mina listened to American records, and she was a frequent visitor at the

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song, which reached No. 3 in Italy. Mina continued to perform on Italian TV, and presented "Zum zum zum" on the spring 1967 variety series

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singer in Italy. Her loud syncopated singing earned her the nickname "Queen of Screamers". The public also labelled her the "Tigress of

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night club. During the following nights, Sergio Bernardini, the owner of the club, held her back in her attempts to get back on stage.

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on 8 August 1958, Mazzini gave an improvised performance of the song "Un'anima tra le mani" to amuse her family after a concert at the

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music critic Gherardo Gentili has noted her interpretive skills as such: "By Mina, a word became the word, a note became the note."

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was Mina's first independent album to reach No. 1 of the weekly Italian charts and was the biggest-selling album of 1969 in Italy.

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that was No. 50 on the best-selling singles chart for 1968 in Italy. A selection of songs from the series were issued as the album

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that builds tension throughout the chorus. Morricone's arrangement featured a sophisticated combination of melodic trumpet lines,

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tried to continue to prohibit her songs, which were forthright in dealing with subjects such as religion, smoking and sex. Mina's

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in 1962. Their relationship shocked Italian audiences as he was already married although separated from his wife. Their son,

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naval band. The series also included "La coppia più bella del mondo" ("The Most Beautiful Couple in the World"), a duet with

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by Marco Castiglioni, Fulvio Fiore, Maurizio Maiotti, Stefania Fiore, Barbara Alari and Maurizio Maiotti (Satisfaction 2001)

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Mina lost her husband Virgilio Crocco in a car accident in 1973. She continued her career with the top Italian chart hits "

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After that event, Mina's singles started to chart in Italy again. The track "Succhiando l'uva" (2002), written for her by

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At the 1961 Sanremo Song Festival, Mina performed two songs. "Io amo, tu ami" ("I Love, You Love") finished fourth and "

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was chosen as a contrast to her 178 cm height (5 ft 10 in) – exceptionally tall for an Italian woman – and

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and Ghigo De Chiara wrote the lyrics of "Se telefonando" ("If Over the Phone") as the theme for the TV program

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Antonella Giola, Daniela Teruzzi, Gherardo Gentili (1997). Mina – I miti (in Italian). Arnoldo Mondadori.

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recorded the Spanish version of the hit "Sono, come tu mi vuoi", entitled "Soy como quieras tú".

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has used Mina's songs in his movie soundtracks. In 2001, Mina published the compilation album

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during the late 1960s, especially when she worked in collaboration with the singer-songwriter

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In performance, Mina combined several modern styles with traditional Italian melodies and

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band La Scala released a rock cover of her hit "Tu Farai" with Gretta Rochelle on vocals.

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Mina refused to cover up her relationship and resulting pregnancy with the married actor

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Porta romana - La ballata del Cerutti - Trani a gogò - Barbera e champagne - Il Riccardo

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also recorded a version of the song in 1997 (Released as "I Hate You Then I Love You").

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in 2018 debuted again at the Number 1 spot of the Italian albums and vinyls hitparade.

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Scapricciatiello - Pigliate 'na pasticca - Pasqualino Marajà - 'Na voce e 'na chitarra

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In 2016, there was quite a hype about a second album of Mina and Celentano together:

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on the occasion of her last public performances at the Bussoladomani Theatre in 1978

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T. Crotti, G. Bassi, "Mina prima di Mina", Rizzoli Editore, 2007, p. 64. In Italian

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by Antonella Giola, Daniela Teruzzi & Gherardo Gentili (Arnoldo Mondadori 1997)

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had caused astonishment by raising his hands in the air during his performance of "

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Marcello Bufacchi, Mina 1958–2005 Ancora insieme, Riuniti 2005, p. 13. In Italian

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After leaving the stage, her greatest chart successes have been duets. In 1985, "

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Television roles showing year released, title, role played, network and notes

2311:. In 1964, the song reached No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the version by 2295:

A number of Mina's songs were turned into hits by singers in other languages:

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in collaboration with her father. The first record issued under the label was

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album topped the Italian chart that year. Her recordings of 1965 included the

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Film roles showing year released, title, role played, director and notes

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Mina with her Anelli piano and a Giemmei guitar at home in Cremona, 1959

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La Provincia newspaper, 24 September. In Italian. Retrieved 3 July 2007

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and released as "La inmensidad" in Spain and Latin American countries.

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Song of the Day: La Scala ft. Gretta Rochelle, "Tu Farai" (Mina cover)

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famously declared her to be "the greatest white singer in the world".

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series on 16 March 1974. Mina was the hostess of the series alongside

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hall at the beginning of 1962. The presentation of her German single "

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was born on 11 November 1971. Crocco died in a car accident in 1973.

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Non ci lasceremo mai - Frida - Sei proprio tu - Doce doce - A Detroit

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After a break of three months, Mina returned and recorded the song "

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F. Fratarcangeli, "Mina talk", Coniglio, 2005, p. 87. In Italian

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used a sample from Mina's "Un bacio è troppo poco" on his album

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Mina continued to release albums on a yearly basis with her son

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Galleriadellacanzone.it. In Italian. Retrieved 1 September 2007

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P. Belluso- F. Merkel, Unicamente Mina, Gammalibri 1983, p. 12

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from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially

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from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially

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Mina. Ready Steady Girls website. Retrieved 21 February 2008

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by Andrea Angeli Bufalini / Giovanni Savastano (Hoepli 2019)

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with "Il cielo in una stanza" and "Stringimi forte i polsi"

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Mina's last live TV appearance was the final episode of the

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from September 1968 to January 1969. It was hosted by Mina,

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performance of "Spirale Waltz", the theme song for the film

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by Franco Fabbri & Luigi Pestalozza (eds. Euresis 1998)

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Mina backed by the orchestra conducted by bassist/arranger

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was a Saturday night prime-time variety show that aired on

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Galleria della canzone. In Italian. Retrieved 28 June 2007

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5655:. Archivo RAI Uno site. In Italian. Retrieved 27 June 2007 5384:"Mina ha conquistato dal vivo gli spagnoli" (In Italian). 5138:. Musicalstore.it site. In Italian. Retrieved 27 June 2007 3199:. Her second spouse was Virgilio Crocco, a journalist for 1321:, Mina announced her withdrawal from public performances. 367:

Mina's TV appearances in 1959 were the first for a female

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Minamazzini.com site. In Italian. Retrieved 30 July 2010

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based on Mina's songs was staged in Argentina, starring

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to showcase her singing skills, particularly "Brava" by

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Musica e memoria. In Italian. Retrieved 21 January 2007

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Musica e memoria. In Italian. Retrieved 21 January 2008

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Minamazzini.com. In Italian. Retrieved 22 February 2008

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female choir, and intense subsonic-sounding trombones.

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football club, at the swimming pool at her age of 16.

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Hit Parade Italia. In Italian. Retrieved 31 July 2010

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Hit Parade Italia. In Italian. Retrieved 31 July 2010

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Mina. Storia di un mito by Nino Romano (Rusconi 1986)

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and the Orchestra Radiosa in Lugano. She founded the

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Franco Fabbri, Goffredo Plastino (30 October 2013).

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