Edoardo De Angelis (singer-songwriter)

Edoardo De Angelis
De Angelis in 2019
Born24 December 1945 (1945-12-24) (age 79)
Rome, Italy
NationalityItalian
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Musical career
Genres
Instrumentguitar
Labels

Edoardo De Angelis (born 24 December 1945) is an Italian singer-songwriter and record producer.

Life and career

Born in Rome, De Angelis graduated from the Liceo classico Torquato Tasso and studied modern letters at the Sapienza University of Rome.[1] Since the late 1960s he started performing at Folkstudio, where he befriended Francesco De Gregori, of whom he produced the first two albums.[1][2] In 1974 De Angelis was among the founding members of the vocal group Schola Cantorum, with whom he also collaborated as a songwriter, but after 4 albums he left the group to reprise his solo activity.[2] He is best known for the song is "Lella", a ballad he composed and first recorded with his childhood friend Stelio Gicca Palli as "Edoardo e Stelio" and which later became a hit in a cover version of Edoardo Vianello and Wilma Goich.[1][2][3]

De Angelis was the artistic director of the labels D'Autore and Cantare In Italiano.[2] He was also a columnist for the magazine Ciao 2001 and a radio host for Radio 1.[2]

Discography

  • 1972 - Il paese dove nascono i limoni (Valiant, ZSLV 55047)
  • 1977 - Il tuo cuore è casa mia (RCA Italiana, PL 31243)
  • 1978 - Piccola storia di libertà (Polydor, 2448 069)
  • 1979 - Edoardo De Angelis (Polydor, 2448 087)
  • 1981 - Anche meglio di Garibaldi (Durium)
  • 1982 - Cantare in italiano (Durium/Chewing music, CML 4001)
  • 1984 - Mia madre parla a raffica (Spaghetti Records, SPRQ 401)
  • 1986 - Cammina cammina (Virgin, dv 500)
  • 1992 - Gara di sogni (Fonit Cetra, TPLX 311)
  • 1994 - De Angelis (BMG, 74321146222)
  • 1996 - Parole nel cuore (BMG, 743221337382)
  • 1997 - Antologia d'autore (Tring)
  • 2002 - Il coraggio delle parole (D'Autore, DA1004)
  • 2004 - Antologia d'autore (D'Autore)
  • 2005 - Le allodole di Shakespeare (D'Autore)
  • 2008 - Historias (il manifesto, CD 188)
  • 2010 - Te la ricordi Lella (Editrice Zona, libro + CD)
  • 2011 - Sale di Sicilia (Rai Trade, RTP 0252)
  • 2016 - Il cantautore necessario (Helikonia, HK 1609)
  • 2018 - Nuove Canzoni (Musica del Sud/Il cantautore necessario)

References

  1. ^ a b c Giannelli, Enzo (1990). "De Angelis, Edoardo". Gino Castaldo (edited by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore. pp.494-5.
  2. ^ a b c d e Deregibus, Enrico (2006). "De Angelis, Edoardo". Dizionario completo della canzone italiana (in Italian). Giunti. p. 149. ISBN 978-88-09-04602-3.
  3. ^ Zampa, Fabrizio (24 December 2020). "Le speranze nell'Europa e i sogni e i dolori del mondo nel nuovo album in arrivo del cantautore romano Edoardo De Angelis". Il Messaggero (in Italian). Retrieved 15 February 2022.