- Patty Pravo
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birthname = Nicoletta Strambelli
birthdate = birth date and age|1948|4|9
location = flagicon|ItalyVenice ,Italy
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yearsactive =Patty Pravo is the stage name of Italian pop singer Nicoletta Strambelli, born in
Venice on 9 April1948 .She studied at the conservatory institute Benedetto Marcello and has known American poet and writer
Ezra Pound and the pope Angelo Roncalli (Pope John XXIII ).Irrepressible and adventurous, at age 15 she left home to live in London and then Rome.
In Rome she began her career singing in the night club called Piper Club.In
1966 she made her first single, "Ragazzo Triste" (Sad Boy), the highly successful Italian version of the song "But You're Mine" bySonny Bono .Patty followed that by recording numerous songs, the most popular being "Qui e là" (Here and There), "Se Perdo Te" (If I Lose You,
1967 ), "La Bambola" (The Doll,1968 ), "Sentimento" (Feeling,1968 ), "Tripoli '69" (1969 ), "Il Paradiso" (The Heaven, written byLucio Battisti in1969 ), "Pazza Idea" (Crazy Idea,1973 ) and "Pensiero Stupendo" (Stupendous Thought,1978 ).She is featured on many Italian television programs and in 1970 she hosted her own program called "Bravo-Pravo!", broadcast on French television. She became a symbol for women of the 60s, exemplifying their evolution from more established conservative roles. Patty is blonde, lithe and striking in appearance, yet she has a deep voice, ideally suited for rock and dramatic musicals. In
1978 , she appeared on a TV show called "Stryx", wearing very strange and provocative clothing which had many heads turning.She became more prolific, and by
1994 was traveling to China to record her album "Ideogrammi". In1995 she returned toItaly and re-emerged in1997 singing "E Dimmi Che Non Vuoi Morire", written byVasco Rossi .She seems to have discovered a new-found creativity, releasing four albums in
2004 alone.Discography
*1968 - Patty Pravo
*1969 - Concerto per Patty
*1970 - Patty Pravo
*1971 - Bravo Pravo
*1971 - Di vero in fondo
*1971 - Per aver visto un uomo piangere e soffrire Dio si trasformo' in musica e poesia
*1972 - Si'...incoerenza
*1973 - Pazza idea
*1974 - Mai una signora
*1975 - Incontro
*1976 - Tanto
*1976 - Patty Pravo
*1978 - Miss Italia
*1979 - Munich Album
*1982 - Cerchi
*1984 - Occulte persuasioni
*1989 - Oltre l'Eden
*1990 - Pazza idea eccetera eccetera
*1994 - Ideogrammi
*1997 - Bye Bye Patty
*1998 - Notti, guai e liberta'
*2000 - Una donna da sognare
*2001 - Patty Live '99
*2002 - Radio Station
*2004 - Nic-Unic
*2007 - Spero che ti piaccia... Pour toi (Tribute toDalida )External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqloLSEUlBM The first exhibition of Patty Pravo]
* [http://coltempo.it The official web-site of the singer]
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