“I invented it!”: Pippo Baudo and the artists he launched
A few years ago, in the middle of a Milan Music Week, Eros Ramazzotti presented his fourteenth studio album, “Life there is” in 2018, at the Castello Sforzesco in Milan, on an evening conducted by Pippo Baudo. By making his debut remembering the first meeting in 1981 in Castrocaro and retracing the history of Eros from the famous Sanremo of 1984, at a certain point Baudo Amise “I invented it“This exclamation has become a maximum of the presenter, who during his career has discovered many new and non -musical proposals.
Pippo Baudo, who passed away yesterday – August 16 – at the age of 89, he invented television as we know it todaycollecting sensational successes: from “Settevoci” (that the Rai leaders judged “intrasumissible” – had to change their mind, given the triumph) to “Sunday in” (conducted from the autumn of 1979 to 1985), passing through the editions of “Fantastic” of 1984 and 1986 and the 13 editions of the Sanremo Festival conducted by him (a record): 1968, 1985, 1985, 1985, 1985, 1985, 1985 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2008. In 2013 Baudo also received the City of Sanremo career prize. In addition to having co -founded several songs for prominent artists of the Italian music scene, such as – for example – “A Sunday so” (1967) for Gianni Morandi, “Love for life” (1968) and “La Balena” (1980) for Orietta Berti, Baudo also helped to launch or relaunch numerous artists such as – among others – Milva, Mietta, Anna Oxa and Giuni Russo, The launching pad for the careers of characters such as Andrea Bocelli, Giorgia, Laura Pausini, Fabrizio Moro, Elio and Le Storie Tese and others.
Especially, He discovered four big singers Today a bearer of Italian music in the world and three showgirls who have made some incursions in the world of music. That’s who I am.
Eros Ramazzotti
It was Pippo Baudo who “launched” Eros Ramazzotti, when in 1984 – just 21 years old – the singer was proclaimed winner among the young people of the Sanremo Festival with “Promised Land”.
Laura Pausini
The same thing happened in 1993, when a very young Laura Pausini won the festival in the novelty section with the song “L’ARDO”. The rest, as they say, is history.
Andrea Bocelli
Always very young, it was Andrea Bocelli when in 1994 he won the Sanremo Festival in the category new proposals with “The calm sea of the evening”, written by the same Zucchero and Gloria Nuti.
Giorgia
“As I know” is the title of the song with which Giorgia is proclaimed by Pippo Baudo the winner of the “Champions” section of the Sanremo Festival in 1995. The year before, the singer had presented herself in the “New proposals” category with “E then”, arriving in seventh place.
Loretta Goggi
In 1972 he presented “Canzonissima” together with Loretta Goggi, for which he also wrote three songs, “Come away with me (Tatatapunzi-e)”, “Yeah!” and “Cicciottella”, among the first songs published by Goggi, who in 1981 will have an incredible success with “Cursed Spring” (second place at the Sanremo Festival, that year won by Alice with “For Elisa”).
Heather Parisi
In 1979 Heather Parisi kept baptism, making it debut in the Saturday evening variety “Luna Park”. The soubrette had a great success as a singer in 1981, when she published the song “Cicale”, theme of the television broadcast “Fantastic 2” (of which she was a presenter).
Lorella Cuccarini
In 1985 Lorella Cuccarini entered the cast of “fantastic” by replacing Heather Parisi: Pippo Baudo La Notà among the dancers of a row in an event organized by the Algida. Cuccarini, like Parisi, also had a great success as a singer: among her hits we remember “Sugar Sugar” (theme of that edition of “Fantastic”) and “The night flies”.
