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Ricchi e Poveri (Italian: Rich and Poor) is a famous disco and pop group from Italy. The name translates as "rich and poor." The career of this group began in 1968 in Genoa. At this time, Ricky and Poveri are performing at the Kantajiro festival. They performed the song “L’ultimo amore”. The influence of the Mamas & Papas is quite noticeable in this song.

Ricchi e Poveri biography which includes 17 full-length albums and 12 compilations, originally consisted of four members: Angela Bramarti, Marina Occhiena, Franco Gati and Angelo Sotju. In 1981, Marina left the group. The members of the group were fond of music since childhood: Franco and Angelo played in the group “I Jet”, Marina studied vocals, and Angela sang in Ligurian institutions. In an interview, Angelo and Angela admitted that in their youth they were in love with each other and planned to get married. They decided to start a relationship when Angela was 16 years old.

Two years after the first concert in the history of Ricky and Poveri, the group takes part in one of the Sanremo festivals. The group performs the song "La prima cosa bella", written by Nicola Di Bari. The composition took second place. In 1971, a show was held again with the participation of Ricky and Poveri, and the Italians, together with Jose Feliciano, performed the composition “Che sarà”. Soon the group is invited to participate in musical comedy on one of the TV channels. In 1972, Ricchi e Poveri performed again at the Sanremo festival and delighted fans with the new hit “Un diadema di ciliegie”.

In 1973, the show “Sweet Fruit” took place with the participation of Ricchi e Poveri. The musical had incredible success throughout the country. Three years later, the group again finds itself at the festival in San Remo and performs a song composed by Bardotti. Later group makes a theatrical tour.

In 1978, an important event took place for Ricky and Poveri’s biography - the team represented Italy at Eurovision. The composition “Questo amore” takes 12th place.

In 1980, Ricky and Poveri recorded their last album as a foursome (“La stagione dell’amore”). Then a serious conflict occurs, after which Marina leaves the group.

The team continues to make progress, and in 1981 it will triumph in San Remo. The song “Sarà perché ti amo” becomes a super hit. The music created by Riki and Poveri is now admired in Europe. Another song, "Come vorrei", becomes the theme song for the TV show Portobello. In the same year, one of the most successful albums in the history of Ricky and Believe, “E penso a te,” was released.

Next year becomes the peak of the band's musical career. They release the single "Mamma Maria". This composition is the title track of the best-selling album in Europe. You can listen and download this, as well as other songs of the group, in the MP3 section. In 1983, the song “Voulez vous dancer” received an award as the best-selling composition in Europe. Soon, with the participation of Ricchi e Poveri, a concert takes place in Chile. In 1985, the team won the festival in San Remo. The composition “Se m’innamoro” brought success to the Italians. More than 150 thousand viewers, fascinated by the music performed by Ricchi e Poveri, voted for this song. The group goes on tour to Australia, and a year later - to Soviet Union, where he gives 44 concerts. In total, performances in the USSR attracted 780 thousand fans. And in 1987, Ricky and Poveri again found themselves in San Remo, where they presented the composition of Toto Cutugno. The latest album with new songs of the group is being released - “Pubblicita`”. In the future, the discography of Rika and Poveri is replenished only with albums with remakes of previously written compositions.

Not the best is happening in Ricchi e in 1988 Poveri stories event. The group performs in San Remo, where they perform the unusually gloomy composition “Naskera`Gesu”. This song is dedicated to the problems and issues of genetic engineering. The composition was received ambiguously by both listeners and critics. The newspapers wrote that this was a real failure. However, the musicians were rehabilitated already in 1989 and presented at the festival the much more interesting composition “Chi voglio sei tu” to the public. A song from the 1990 festival became the theme song for an Italian television program.

The following year, the Italians signed a contract with the RAI TV channel and became the hosts of the famous television program “Domenica In”. A year later, Ricky and Poveri once again take part in the festival in San Remo and present Toto Cutugno’s composition “Così lontani”. In 1993, the musicians signed a contract with the Mediaset TV channel.

1994-2008 - time tours for the team, after which they are left with a pile of photographs and a lot of positive emotions among their fans. Ricchi e Poveri performs in Italy, Belgium, France, Germany, Lithuania, Albania, Australia, Moldova, Slovenia, Belgium, USA, Hungary, Canada. Various TV shows take place with the participation of Ricky and Believe. At the moment, the albums of the Italian band have been released with a circulation of at least 20 million copies.

Ricci e Poveri

""Ricchi e Poveri"" (pronounced: "Ricky, believe me"; ital. rich and poor) - Italian pop group, popular in the early to mid-80s of the 20th century. Originally a quartet, in 1981 it became a trio, and in May 2016 it became a duet.

Participants

Current lineup

Angela Brambati, born October 20, 1947 in Genoa (age 69)
Angelo Sotgiu, born February 22, 1946 in Trinita d'Agultu e Vignola (Sardinia) (age 70)

Former members

Marina Occhiena, born March 19, 1950 in Genoa (66 years old)
Franco Gatti, born October 4, 1942 in Genoa (74 years old)

Story

The group Ricchi e Poveri was born in Genoa in 1967 as a result of the division of two groups: “I Jets” and “I Preistorici”. The group "I Jets" consisted of Angelo Sotju, Franco Gatti and their friends. Angela Brambati was a member of the trio “I Preistorici”. She knew Angelo and Franco, often came to listen to “I Jets” and, when this group broke up, left “I Preistorici” to create a trio. Later, Angela introduced Franco and Angelo to Marina Occhiena, who also did vocals, and thus the trio turned into a polyphonic quartet called Fama Medium, derived from the first letters of their names. The Fama Medium group began their performances on the beaches, performing popular songs various groups of that time, such as Mamas & Papas, Manattan Trasfert, etc., accompanying them with playing guitars. After an audition in Milan, their first producer was Franco Califano, who changed the group's name to "Ricchi e Poveri" and also suggested new image participants. Marina was turned into a blonde, blonde hair Angelo's hair was even more bleached, with Angela's hair cut short while Franco's hair became long. Califano explained the meaning of the new name by saying that all four were rich in their talents, but poor financially.

The band's musical career began in Genoa in 1968, when he took part in the Cantagiro festival with the song "L" Ultimo Amore" (« last love"), an Italian cover version of the song "Ever lasting love".

To the album "E penso a te", released in 1981, also included the song "Come vorrei" ("How I wish"), which rose to number 3 in the Italian charts, and became the theme song for the television show "Portobello".

During this period, the group received numerous prizes and awards: in 1981 “For the best group of the year”, a gold disc for the song “Sarà perché ti amo”, which in 1982 won in the TV show “Premiatissima”, as well as a gold RAI 5 plate, winning two episodes in a row in the program on this channel.

Next year a popular album will be released in Europe "Voulez-vous danser?"("Do you want to dance?") The same year the group became the guest of honor music festival"Viña del Mar" in Chile.

In 1985, “Ricchi e Poveri” wins the Sanremo festival with the song “Se m”innamoro” (“If I fall in love”), receiving 1,506,812 audience votes for it, rising to 6th place in the Italian hit parade and also tours in Australia, the Medien Prize awarded for a large number of CDs sold in France. The first tour in the Soviet Union, which took place in the summer of 1986, included 44 concerts that attracted 780 thousand spectators; on November 21, 1986, Central Television showed a television version of the concert.

In 1987, the group took 7th place at the Sanremo festival with Toto Cutugno’s song “Canzone d’amore” (“Love Song”) and released the last, in terms of the novelty of the songs, album “Pubblicità”. After that, only albums with remakes of old and a small number of new songs (“Baciamoci” (“Let’s kiss”), 1994, author - Umberto Napolitano; “Parla col cuore” (“Speak from the heart”), 1998).

The musicians take 9th place in Sanremo with a rather complex and pale musically song "Nascerà Gesu", dedicated to the problems of genetic engineering and received rather ambiguously by both the public and critics. However, a performance at the 1989 festival with a song written former producer Eros Ramazzotti Piero Cassano "Chi voglio sei tu"(“The one I need is you”) arouses much more interest among listeners, the song will take 8th place. Festival song 1990 "Buo na giornata" becomes the screensaver of one of the Italian television programs.

In 1991, the group members signed a contract with the RAI television channel and became the hosts of the popular television program Domenica in and released the album “Una domenica con te”. In 1992, Ricchi e Poveri performed a song by Toto Cutugno at the Sanremo festival "Così lontani" (“So far away”), and the next year they signed a contract with the Italian TV channel Mediaset. In the same year they recorded a tribute album “Allegro italiano” - their own versions of popular Italian songs: "Caruso"("In Memory of Caruso"), "L"italiano" ("Italian"), "Ti amo" ("I love you") and many others. During these same years, RIcchi e Poveri appeared in a television show on the Rete 4 TV channel, and starred in a parody of the famous television series "La donna del mistero"("Mysterious Woman") entitled "La vera storia della donna del mistero"(“Another Story of the Mysterious Woman”) and were a great success. In subsequent years, they were regular guests on the TV show A casa nostra, hosted by Patricia Rosetti.

In 1998, the trio released the album "Parla col cuore", which included their best songs, as well as 6 unreleased songs (“Mai dire mai” (“Never say never”), “La stella che vuoi” (“The Star You Wish”), etc.), written by themselves in collaboration with the writer Fabrizio Berlincioni .

In 2004, Ricchi e Poveri took part in the reality show Music Farm, won the Loredan Berta challenge and finished third in the final.

In 1994-2008, the group conducted numerous tours in Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Moldova, Georgia, Lithuania, Australia, Albania, Slovenia, Hungary, Canada and the USA. He also takes part in various television shows. TO today The group's records have sold over 20 million copies. In 2012, the group released their first album after a 14-year hiatus with several new songs called “Perdutamente Amore”.

In 2008, the disc “Mamma Maria (The Hits Reloaded)” was released, set in modern dance rhythms

In 2013, their performance at the Sanremo festival was canceled, Franco Gatti announced the death of his 23-year-old son Alessio, but still remained on stage.

On May 4, 2016, Franco Gatti announced that he was leaving the group, citing a desire to spend more time with his family. Angela and Angelo reacted calmly and respectfully to his decision, telling fans that they would continue their creative path without Franco.

Currently, the group takes part in various Russian and foreign television shows and continues to tour the world.

Discography

Numbered studio albums

1970 - Ricchi e Poveri
1971 - Amici Miei
1971 - L "Altra Faccia Dei Ricchi e Poveri
1974 - Penso Sorrido E Canto
1975 - RP2
1976 - I Musicanti
1976 - Ricchi e Poveri
1978 - Questo Amore
1980 - La Stagione Dell"Amore
1981 - E Penso A Te
1982 - Mamma Maria
1983 - Voulez-Vous Dancer
1985 - Dimmi Quando
1987 - Pubblicita
1990 - Una Domenica Con Te
1992 - Allegro Italiano
1998 - Parla Col Cuore
2012 - Perdutamente Amore

Collections

1982 - Profili Musicali
1983 - Made In Italy
1983 - Ieri E Oggi
1990 - Canzoni D"Amore
1990 - Buona Giornata E
1993 - Anche Tu
1996 - I Nostri Successi
1997 - Un Diadema Di Canzoni
1997 - Piccolo Amore
1998 - The Collection
2000 - I Successi
2001 - Made In Italy

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At this time, with quick steps in front of the parting crowd of nobles, in a general's uniform, with a ribbon over his shoulder, with his protruding chin and quick eyes, Count Rostopchin entered.
“The Emperor will be here now,” said Rostopchin, “I just came from there.” I believe that in the position we find ourselves in, there is not much to judge. The Emperor deigned to gather us and the merchants,” said Count Rastopchin. “Millions will flow from there (he pointed to the hall of merchants), and our job is to field a militia and not spare ourselves... This is the least we can do!”
Meetings began between some nobles sitting at the table. The entire meeting was more than quiet. It even seemed sad when, after all the previous noise, old voices were heard one by one, saying one: “I agree,” the other, for variety, “I am of the same opinion,” etc.
The secretary was ordered to write a decree of the Moscow nobility stating that Muscovites, like Smolensk residents, donate ten people per thousand and full uniforms. The gentlemen who were sitting stood up, as if relieved, rattled their chairs and walked around the hall to stretch their legs, taking someone by the arm and talking.
- Sovereign! Sovereign! - suddenly echoed through the halls, and the entire crowd rushed to the exit.
Along a wide passage, between the wall of nobles, the sovereign walked into the hall. All faces expressed respectful and frightened curiosity. Pierre stood quite far away and could not fully hear the sovereign’s speeches. He understood only from what he heard that the sovereign was talking about the danger in which the state was, and about the hopes that he placed in the Moscow nobility. Another voice answered the sovereign, reporting about the decree of the nobility that had just taken place.
- Gentlemen! - said the sovereign’s trembling voice; the crowd rustled and fell silent again, and Pierre clearly heard the sovereign’s so pleasantly human and touched voice, which said: “I have never doubted the zeal of the Russian nobility.” But on this day it exceeded my expectations. I thank you on behalf of the fatherland. Gentlemen, let's act - time is most valuable...
The Emperor fell silent, the crowd began to crowd around him, and enthusiastic exclamations were heard from all sides.
“Yes, the most precious thing is... the royal word,” said the sobbing voice of Ilya Andreich from behind, who heard nothing, but understood everything in his own way.
From the hall of the nobility the sovereign went into the hall of the merchants. He stayed there for about ten minutes. Pierre, among others, saw the sovereign leaving the merchants' hall with tears of tenderness in his eyes. As they later learned, the sovereign had just begun his speech to the merchants when tears flowed from his eyes, and he finished it in a trembling voice. When Pierre saw the sovereign, he went out, accompanied by two merchants. One was familiar to Pierre, a fat tax farmer, the other was a head, with a thin, narrow beard, yellow face. They both cried. The thin man had tears in his eyes, but the fat farmer wept like a child and kept repeating:
- Take life and property, Your Majesty!
Pierre no longer felt anything at that moment except the desire to show that he didn’t care about anything and that he was ready to sacrifice everything. His speech with a constitutional direction appeared to him as a reproach; he was looking for an opportunity to make amends for this. Having learned that Count Mamonov was donating the regiment, Bezukhov immediately announced to Count Rostopchin that he was giving up a thousand people and their contents.
Old man Rostov could not tell his wife what had happened without tears, and he immediately agreed to Petya’s request and went to record it himself.
The next day the sovereign left. All the assembled nobles took off their uniforms, again settled in their houses and clubs and, grunting, gave orders to the managers about the militia, and were surprised at what they had done.

Napoleon started the war with Russia because he could not help but come to Dresden, could not help but be overwhelmed by honors, could not help but put on a Polish uniform, could not succumb to the enterprising impression of a June morning, could not refrain from an outburst of anger in the presence of Kurakin and then Balashev.
Alexander refused all negotiations because he personally felt insulted. Barclay de Tolly tried to manage the army in the best possible way in order to fulfill his duty and earn the glory of a great commander. Rostov galloped to attack the French because he could not resist the desire to gallop across a flat field. And so exactly, due to their personal properties, habits, conditions and goals, all those innumerable persons who took part in this war acted. They were afraid, they were conceited, they rejoiced, they were indignant, they reasoned, believing that they knew what they were doing and that they were doing it for themselves, and all were involuntary instruments of history and carried out work hidden from them, but understandable to us. This is the unchangeable fate of all practical figures, and the higher they stand in the human hierarchy, the more free they are.
Now the figures of 1812 have long since left their places, their personal interests have disappeared without a trace, and only the historical results of that time are before us.
But let’s assume that the people of Europe, under the leadership of Napoleon, had to go deep into Russia and die there, and all the self-contradictory, senseless, cruel activities of the people participating in this war become clear to us.
Providence forced all these people, striving to achieve their personal goals, to contribute to the fulfillment of one huge result, about which not a single person (neither Napoleon, nor Alexander, nor even less any of the participants in the war) had the slightest aspiration.
Now it is clear to us what was the cause of the death of the French army in 1812. No one will argue that the reason for the death of Napoleon’s French troops was, on the one hand, their entry at a late time without preparation for a winter campaign deep into Russia, and on the other hand, the nature that the war took on from the burning of Russian cities and the incitement of hatred towards the enemy in the Russian people. But then not only did no one foresee that (which now seems obvious) that only in this way could the army of eight hundred thousand, the best in the world and led by the best commander, die in a clash with the Russian army, which was twice as weak, inexperienced and led by inexperienced commanders; not only did no one foresee this, but all efforts on the part of the Russians were constantly aimed at preventing the fact that only one could save Russia, and on the part of the French, despite the experience and so-called military genius of Napoleon, all efforts were directed towards this to stretch out to Moscow at the end of summer, that is, to do the very thing that should have destroyed them.
IN historical works About the year 1812, French authors are very fond of talking about how Napoleon felt the danger of stretching his line, how he looked for a battle, how his marshals advised him to stop in Smolensk, and give other similar arguments proving that then the danger of the campaign was already understood ; and Russian authors are even more fond of talking about how from the beginning of the campaign there was a plan for the Scythian war to lure Napoleon into the depths of Russia, and they attribute this plan to some Pfuel, some to some Frenchman, some to Tolya, some to Emperor Alexander himself, pointing to notes, projects and letters that actually contain hints of this course of action. But all these hints of foreknowledge of what happened, both on the part of the French and on the part of the Russians, are now exhibited only because the event justified them. If the event had not happened, then these hints would have been forgotten, just as thousands and millions of opposing hints and assumptions that were in use then, but turned out to be unfair and therefore forgotten, are now forgotten. There are always so many assumptions about the outcome of every event that takes place that, no matter how it ends, there will always be people who will say: “I said then that it would be like this,” completely forgetting that among the countless assumptions, completely opposite.
Assumptions about Napoleon's awareness of the danger of stretching the line and on the part of the Russians - about luring the enemy into the depths of Russia - obviously belong to this category, and historians can only attribute such considerations to Napoleon and his marshals and such plans to Russian military leaders only with great reserve. All the facts completely contradict such assumptions. Not only throughout the war was there no desire on the part of the Russians to lure the French into the depths of Russia, but everything was done to stop them from their first entry into Russia, and not only was Napoleon not afraid of stretching his line, but he rejoiced at how triumph, every step forward, and very lazily, unlike in his previous campaigns, he looked for battle.
At the very beginning of the campaign, our armies are cut up, and the only goal to which we strive is to unite them, although in order to retreat and lure the enemy into the interior of the country, there does not seem to be any advantage in uniting the armies. The emperor is with the army to inspire it to defend every step of the Russian land, and not to retreat. The huge Dries camp is being built according to Pfuel's plan and it is not intended to retreat further. The Emperor reproaches the commander-in-chief for every step of retreat. Not only the burning of Moscow, but the admission of the enemy to Smolensk cannot even be imagined by the emperor, and when the armies unite, the sovereign is indignant because Smolensk was taken and burned and was not given a general battle before the walls of it.
The sovereign thinks so, but the Russian military leaders and all Russian people are even more indignant at the thought that ours are retreating into the interior of the country.
Napoleon, having cut up the armies, moves inland and misses several occasions of battle. In August he is in Smolensk and thinks only about how he can move on, although, as we now see, this movement forward is obviously detrimental for him.
The facts clearly show that neither Napoleon foresaw the danger in moving towards Moscow, nor Alexander and the Russian military leaders then thought about luring Napoleon, but thought about the opposite. The luring of Napoleon into the interior of the country did not happen according to anyone’s plan (no one believed in the possibility of this), but occurred from the most complex game of intrigues, goals, desires of people - participants in the war, who did not guess what should be, and what was the only salvation of Russia. Everything happens by accident. The armies are cut up at the start of the campaign. We are trying to unite them with the obvious goal of giving battle and holding off the enemy’s advance, but even in this desire to unite, avoiding battles with the strongest enemy and involuntarily retreating at an acute angle, we lead the French to Smolensk. But it’s not enough to say that we are retreating at an acute angle because the French are moving between both armies - this angle is becoming even sharper, and we are moving even further because Barclay de Tolly, an unpopular German, is hated by Bagration (who will become under his command ), and Bagration, commanding the 2nd Army, tries not to join Barclay for as long as possible, so as not to become under his command. Bagration does not join for a long time (although in this the main objective all commanders) because it seems to him that he is putting his army in danger on this march and that it is most profitable for him to retreat to the left and south, harassing the enemy from the flank and rear and recruiting his army in Ukraine. But it seems that he came up with this because he did not want to obey the hated and junior German Barclay.
The emperor is with the army to inspire it, and his presence and lack of knowledge of what to decide on, and a huge number of advisers and plans destroy the energy of the 1st army’s actions, and the army retreats.
It is planned to stop at the Dris camp; but unexpectedly Paulucci, aiming to become commander-in-chief, influences Alexander with his energy, and Pfuel’s entire plan is abandoned, and the whole matter is entrusted to Barclay. But since Barclay does not inspire confidence, his power is limited.
The armies are fragmented, there is no unity of leadership, Barclay is not popular; but from this confusion, fragmentation and unpopularity of the German commander-in-chief, on the one hand, follows indecision and avoidance of battle (which could not be resisted if the armies were together and Barclay was not the commander), on the other hand, more and more indignation against the Germans and excitement of the patriotic spirit.
Finally, the sovereign leaves the army, and as the only and most convenient pretext for his departure, the idea is chosen that he needs to inspire the people in the capitals to excite people's war. And this trip of the sovereign and Moscow triples the strength of the Russian army.
The sovereign leaves the army in order not to hamper the unity of power of the commander-in-chief, and hopes that more decisive measures will be taken; but the position of the army command is even more confused and weakened. Bennigsen, Grand Duke and a swarm of general adjutants remain with the army in order to monitor the actions of the commander-in-chief and excite him to energy, and Barclay, feeling even less free under the eyes of all these sovereign eyes, becomes even more careful for decisive actions and avoids battles.

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Ricchi e Poveri (Ricky and Poveri, translated: rich and poor) is an Italian pop group, popular in the 1970s and 80s.

Composition of the group:
Angela Brambati
Angelo Sotgiu
Franco Gatti

The band's musical career began in Genoa in 1968, when he took part in the Cantajiro festival with the song L "ultimo amore ("Last Love"), in which the influence of American group Mamas & Papas.
In 1970, the group took part for the first time in the Sanremo festival with the song La prima cosa bella (“The First beautiful thing"), which was written by Nicola Di Bari, and takes 2nd place at this festival. In 1971, Ricchi e Poveri participated in the festival with the song Che sara (“What will happen”), which the musicians performed together with José Feliciano. In the same year, the team took part in a musical comedy on the RAI TV channel.
In 1972, Ricchi e Poveri again participated in the Sanremo Festival with the song Un diadema di ciliegie ("The Cherry Diadem").
In 1973, together with the Italian TV presenter Pippo Baudo, the group took part in the musical “Sweet Fruit”, which was a huge success throughout Italy.
In 1976, the team again performed at the festival in Sanremo with a song that Sergio Bardotti composed for them. In the same year, Ricchi e Poveri made a theatrical tour with Walter Chiari.

In 1978, Ricchi e Poveri represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest with Dario Farina's song Questo amore (Such Love), where they took 12th place. In 1980 they are guests of honor at the Monte Carlo Radio festival. 1981 is famous for their triumph in San Remo and throughout Europe with the song that became a super hit, Sarà perché ti amo (“Probably because I love you”).
The album "E penso a te", released this year, also included the song "Come vorrei" ("How I wish"), which became the theme song for the television show "Portobello".
In 1982, the single Mamma Maria (“Mama Maria”) was released and became the title track of the best-selling album in Europe.
Next year, the song Voulez vous dancer (“Do you want to dance?”) receives an award as the best-selling song in Europe. In the same year, the group became the guest of honor at a music festival in Chile.

In 1985do group wins the festival in San Remo with the song Se m "innamoro ("If I fall in love"), receiving 1,506,812 votes from viewers, and also tours Australia. A year later, the tour in the Soviet Union includes 44 concerts that attract 780 thousand viewers.
In 1994-2008, the group conducted numerous tours in Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Moldova, Georgia, Lithuania, Australia, Albania, Slovenia, Hungary, Canada and the USA. The group also takes part in various television shows. To date, the group's records have sold more than 20 million copies.
You can order a performance by the Rikki and Poveri group for a party or invite the Rikki and Poveri group to a concert at an event by calling the numbers listed on our official website of the Rikki Poveri group.

Ricchi E Poveri(pronounced: Ricky, believe me; rich and poor) are an Italian pop group popular in the early to mid-80s.

Participants

Angela Brambati (1968–present)
Angelo Sotju (1968 - present)
Franco Gatti (1968 - present)
Marina Occhiena (1968-1981)

Story

The band's musical career began in Genoa in 1968, when it took part in the Cantajiro festival with the song L'Ultimo Amore(“Last Love”), in which the influence of the American group Mamas & Papas was noticeable.

In 1970, the group took part for the first time in the Sanremo festival with the song La Prima Cosa Bella(“The First Beautiful Thing”), written by Nicola Di Bari, takes 2nd place at this festival. In 1971, Ricchi e Poveri again came second at the festival with the song Che Sara(“What will happen”), which the musicians perform together with Jose Feliciano. In the same year, the team took part in a musical comedy on the RAI TV channel. In 1972, Ricchi e Poveri again participate in the Sanremo festival with the song Un Diadema Di Ciliege(“Cherry Tiara”).

In 1973, together with the Italian TV presenter Pippo Baudo, the group took part in the musical “Sweet Fruit”, which was a huge success throughout Italy. In 1976, the team again performed at the festival in Sanremo with a song that Sergio Bardotti composed for them. In the same year, Ricchi e Poveri made a theatrical tour with Walter Chiari.

In 1978, Ricchi e Poveri represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Dario Farina Questo Amore(“This is Love”), where they take 12th place. In 1980 they are guests of honor at the Radio Monte Carlo celebration. In the same year they recorded their last disc as a foursome, “La Stagione Dell’amore”.

In 1981, the group arrived in San Remo in full force, performing at rehearsals (Italian television preserved video footage of the rehearsals). However, before the first competitive performance on the first evening of the festival, a scandal occurred - group member Marina Okkiena announced that she refused to perform and was leaving the group. “Ricky and Believe” the three of us had to go on stage, the song - Sara Perché Ti Amo(“Probably because I love you”), with the enthusiastic support of the audience, took 5th place. Then the song gained enormous popularity, staying in first place in the Italian charts for 10 weeks, and at the end of the year it took 6th place, ahead of all the songs of the festival. The song also became a super hit in Europe, in France at the end of 1981 the song became 8th, in Switzerland it rose to 2nd, in Austria to 7th, in Germany to 11th place. A performance with this song on the “Tommy Pop Show” on Germany TV (1983), was also included in the New Year’s (1983/84) episode of the program “Melodies and Rhythms” foreign stage", becoming the first appearance of "Ricky e Believe" on Soviet television. The album “E penso a te”, released this year, also included the song Come Vorrei(“How I Wish”), which rose to number 3 in the Italian charts and became the theme song for the television show “Portobello.” Single released in 1982 Mamma Maria(“Mama Maria”), which occupied high places in the European charts, including 19 weeks on the German charts, and the album of the same name, released in Italy, reached number 4 in the charts in 1983.

A popular album will be released in Europe next year. Voulez-Vous Dancer(“Do you want to dance?”). In the same year, the group became the guest of honor at a music festival in Chile. In 1985, the group won the Sanremo festival with the song Se Mi Innamoro(“If I Fall in Love”), having received 1,506,812 votes from viewers, rising to 6th place in the Italian charts, it also tours Australia. The first tour in the Soviet Union, which took place in the summer of 1986, included 44 concerts that attracted 780 thousand spectators; on November 21, 1986, Central Television showed a television version of the concert.

In 1987, the group took 7th place at the Sanremo festival with Toto Cutugno's song Canzone D'Amore and released their last album, in terms of the novelty of the songs, "Pubblicita". After this, only albums were released with remakes of old songs and a small number of new songs (“Baciamoci”, 1994; “Parla Col Cuore”, 1998).

In 1988, the musicians took 9th place in San Remo with a rather complex and musically pale song Nascera`Gesu, dedicated to the problems of genetic engineering and received rather ambiguously by both the public and critics. However, the performance at the 1989 festival with a song written by former Eros Ramazzotti producer Piero Cassano, Chi Voglio Sei Tu, arouses much greater interest among listeners, the song took 8th place. Festival song 1990 Buona Giornata becomes the screensaver of one of the Italian television programs.

In 1991, the group members signed a contract with the RAI television channel and became the hosts of the popular television program “Domenica In” and released the album “Una Domenica Con Te”. In 1992, Ricchi e Poveri performed a song by Toto Cutugno at the Sanremo festival Così Lontani(“So far away”), and next year they sign a contract with the Italian TV channel Mediaset. In the same year they recorded the album “Allegro Italiano” - their own versions of popular Italian songs: Caruso, L’italiano and some others.

In 1994-2008, the group conducted numerous tours in Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Moldova, Georgia, Lithuania, Australia, Albania, Slovenia, Hungary, Canada and the USA. The group also takes part in various television shows. To date, the group's records have sold more than 20 million copies. In 2012, the group released their first album after a 14-year hiatus with several new songs called “Perdutamente Amore”.

In an interview with the TVC channel, Angela and Angelo admit that they were once in love with each other and even thought about getting married. When they started dating, Angela was only 16 years old.

Discography

Numbered studio albums

1970 - Ricchi e Poveri
1971 - Amici Miei
1971 - L'Altra Faccia Dei Ricchi e Poveri
1974 - Penso Sorrido E Canto
1975 - RP2
1976 - I Musicanti
1976 - Ricchi e Poveri
1978 - Questo Amore
1980 - La Stagione Dell'Amore
1981 - E Penso A Te
1982 - Mamma Maria
1983 - Voulez-Vous Dancer
1985 - Dimmi Quando
1987 - Pubblicita
1990 - Una Domenica Con Te
1992 - Allegro Italiano
1998 - Parla Col Cuore
2012 - Perdutamente Amore

Collections

1982 - Profili Musicali
1983 - Made In Italy
1983 - Ieri E Oggi
1990 - Canzoni D'Amore
1990 - Buona Giornata E
1993 - Anche Tu
1996 - I Nostri Successi
1997 - Un Diadema Di Canzoni
1997 - Piccolo Amore
1998 - The Collection
2000 - I Successi
2001 - Made In Italy

Toto Cutugno, 74 years old

Few people know that the performer of his own songs, Toto (Salvatore) Cutugno, was the author of Joe Dassin's most popular hits. It was he who wrote the famous “Salut”, “L”Été indien” and 11 other songs that have become loved all over the world. He was commissioned to sing songs by Mireille Mathieu, Johnny Hallyday, Dalida, Adriano Celentano and many others. And in 1983, “Señor Song” (as Toto Cutugno was called in Italy), performed his most popular hit - “L"italiano”, known to us as “Lashata mi cantare”.

Now Toto is already 74 years old, and 47 of them he lived in marriage with his wife Carla. They married in 1971, when Salvatore was a simple guy, and Carla helped him with everything, paying his bills. The couple never succeeded in having children, but they remained together all their lives, even despite the affair that Toto had in the 80s. Then the singer met flight attendant Christina on the plane and dated her for two years. The girl gave birth to a boy, Niko, and after some time, Toto told his wife about everything. She forgave him and accepted the illegitimate child.

After everything that happened, they became only closer friend to a friend. When the composer was diagnosed with a malignant tumor in 2007, Toto, who did not like to see doctors, underwent surgery, then relapsed, and chemotherapy was prescribed. All this time, Carla remained next to her husband. They fought the disease together and were able to defeat it. Now the family spends almost all their time in their villa on the seashore. Toto leads healthy image life, swims, walks a lot and still sometimes gives concerts in Europe.

Al Bano (75 years old) and Romina Power (66 years old)

He was the son of ordinary peasants, and Romina was the daughter of Hollywood actors. Of all the inheritance, Al Bano had only talent and passion for music, and Romina was a successful actress and acted in films. After meeting her future husband, she abandoned acting career, and over time, the “nondescript bespectacled man” without money or position and the beautiful Romina became one of the brightest, most beloved and famous couples on the stage.

In 1982 came their finest hour. The composition “Felicita” (“Happiness”) was included in the top 3 at the competition in San Nemo.

Over the years of their marriage, the couple had 4 children. But in the mid-90s, tragedy struck. Ilenia’s daughter started taking drugs, and then disappeared completely, calling last time parents from New Orleans.

A crisis began in the family. Romina no longer recognized her husband. He stopped paying attention to the children, and, having turned into a show business shark, demanded from his wife a full account of the money spent. For six years the couple hid their separation, and in 1999 they officially divorced.

Al Bano started solo career, married for the second time. The new wife gave birth to a boy and a girl to the musician, but the marriage broke up after 5 years.

Al Bano now owns his own recording studio, wineries and a hotel, and Romina bought a house and lives in Rome. She is unmarried and writes books and paintings, which are very successful.

In October 2015, after a 15-year break, Al Bano and Romina Power gave a joint concert in Moscow.

Pupo (62 years old)

In 1979, Pupo (as newborn babies are called in Italy) performed “Gelato al cioccolato”, which was written especially for him by the very famous Italian songwriter Cristiano Malgioglio. In the same year, he released an album of the same name, after which he became a real idol of millions. For several years, his songs enjoyed resounding popularity, and many were translated into other languages. By the end of the 1980s, his fame began to fade, and his albums sold out less and less.

Pupo tried his hand at business and opened a chain of restaurants, but the unsuccessful project brought only losses. Rumors began to circulate that the singer was carried away gambling and got into debt. In the early 2000s, Pupo appeared on Italian television, becoming the host of a program and radio show.

Not long ago, the press learned that the 62-year-old singer has had two wives for more than 30 years, considers this absolutely normal and says that both wives love him equally much.

The group “Rich and Poor” began its performances with 4 members and was created as an Italian analogue of the popular ABBA quartet from Sweden. The group was divided into two couples: one performed in luxurious outfits, and the other in modest ones. The meaning of the images was that the performers could not have money, but be spiritually rich.

In 1981, before a performance in San Remo, the first conflict occurred in the group, and one of the members of the group, Marina, left the group. In the same year, the now trio “Ricky and Believe” was recognized best group of the year and was awarded the Golden Disc prize.

The three of “Ricky and Believe” performed until 2016, releasing popular hits and attracting huge audiences. And a couple of years ago, Franco left the group, who decided to put an end to his musical career and spend more time with his family.

Today, “Ricky and Believe” is a duet consisting of Angela Brambati and Angelo Sotju. They said that once in their youth they were in love with each other. Their relationship began when the girl was 16 years old, but it never came to a wedding.