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Mino Reitano
Italian singer, songwriter, actor (–)
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| Birth name | Beniamino Reitano |
| Born | ()December 7, Fiumara, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | January 27, () (aged&#;64) Agrate Brianza, Lombardy, Italy |
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Musical artist
Beniamino "Mino" Reitano (December 7, &#; January 27, ) was an Italian singer, songwriter and actor.
Reitano was born in Fiumara, a small village in Calabria. His father, an employee at the local railway station, was very passionate about music, and encouraged all his sons to learn to play an instrument. After a spell in the local brass band, Reitano moved to Reggio Calabria, where he studied at the Francesco Cilea Conservatory for eight years, learning piano, trumpet, and violin. In the late s, Reitano moved with his brothers to Hamburg, where they formed a rock'n'roll band, Benjamin & His Brothers. They often played at the Star-Club, sharing the bill with Rory Storm, Tony Sheridan and The Beatles. After a couple of years, Reitano returned to Italy, where he recorded his first single, Twist Time. After a successful performance at the Castrocaro Music Festival, he was offered a contract with the Italian label Dischi Ricordi, and in he participated for the first time at the Sanremo Festival. His first commercial hit was Avevo un cuore (che ti amava tanto) ().
Reitano was an actor and starred in such films as Povero Cristo, I'm Crazy About Iris Blond and Long Lasting Days.[1]
Reitano died in Agrate Brianza, aged 64, of intestinal cancer, after a long period of illness.[2][3]
Discography
- – Mino canta Reitano (Ariston Records, AR )
- – L'uomo e la valigia (Durium, ms AI )
- – Ti amo tanto tanto (Durium, ms AI )
- – Partito per amore (Durium, ms AI )
- – Tutto Mino (Durium, ms AI )
- – Dedicato a Frank (Durium, ms AI )
- – Omaggio alla mia terra (Durium, ms AI )
- – I miei successi (Ariston Records)
- – Sogno d'amore (Durium, ms AI )
- – OK Mister (Mister, MRL )
- – Le più belle canzoni per bambini (Mister, SM )
- – Omaggio a Napoli (Mister, MRL )
- – Isole d'amore (Five Record, FM )
- – I cantautori (Five Record, FM )
- – Questo uomo ti ama (Five Record)
- – Vorrei (Fonit Cetra)
- – Mino Reitano Story (Air Plane APCD )
- – Ma ti sei chiesto mai (Fonit Cetra, MFLP )
- – Canne al vento (BMG)
- – Il meglio – Dal vivo (DV More Record, DV ) (live)
- – Musica tua – i Grandi Successi (anthology)
- – Flashback – i Grandi successi originali (anthology)
- – La mia canzone le mie canzoni (Cassiopea Music, CAS 2)
- – Italia – Dal vivo (DV More Record DV ) (live)