{{Short description|Italian musical and comedy club}} {{about|Italian musical and comedy club|the football club|Derby County F.C.|the defunct baseball club|Derby Baseball Club|the horse racing arcade game|Derby Owners Club}} '''Derby Club''' was a musical and comedy club located in Milan, Italy.
The club was founded in the late 1950s by Gianni Bongioanni as a restaurant named "Gi-Go" in which live jazz music was occasionally played.<ref name=curcio>Bassignano, Ernesto; Cantore, Lalla (1990). "Derby Club". Castaldo, Gino (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore. p. 533. {{in lang|it}}</ref><ref name="bio">{{Cite book |last=Cappa |first=Felice |title=Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900 |last2=Gelli |first2=Piero |last3=Mattarozzi |first3=Marco |date=1998 |publisher=Baldini & Castoldi |isbn=978-88-8089-295-3 |pages=329-30 |language=it |chapter=Derby Club}}</ref><ref name="man">{{cite news |last1=Crippa |first1=Stefano |title=Derby, gli anni da ridere di Milano |url=https://ilmanifesto.it/derby-gli-anni-da-ridere-di-milano |access-date=18 February 2023 |work=Il manifesto |date=26 August 2016 |language=en}}</ref> It turned into a nightclub in 1962, when thanks to the involvement of jazz musician Enrico Intra was renamed "Intra’s Derby Club" (later just "Derby Club") after the Inter Milan-A.C. Milan football derby, and started focusing on jazz music and cabaret performances.<ref name=curcio /><ref name=bio/><ref name=man/>
The club became a meeting place for a very diverse audience, and actively contributed to the launch of several artists' careers, including Enzo Jannacci, Cochi Ponzoni and Renato Pozzetto (aka Cochi e Renato), Paolo Villaggio, Diego Abatantuono, Claudio Bisio, Giorgio Faletti, I Gufi, Massimo Boldi, Teo Teocoli, Lino Toffolo, Paolo Rossi, Antonio Catania, Gianfranco Funari, Giobbe Covatta, Enrico Beruschi, Felice Andreasi, Francesco Salvi, Enzo Iacchetti, Walter Valdi.<ref name=curcio /><ref name=bio/><ref name=man/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dagradi |first1=Danilo |title=Derby Club: C'era Una Volta Un Luogo Magico |url=https://www.milanodavedere.it/curiosita/derby-club/ |access-date=18 February 2023 |work=Milanodavedere.it |date=5 February 2020 |language=it-IT}}</ref> Among artists who performed there were also Dario Fo, Charles Trenet, Amália Rodrigues, Ornella Vanoni, Gino Paoli, Gabriella Ferri, Bruno Lauzi, Franco Califano, Quartetto Cetra.<ref name=curcio /> In the 1980s the club started declining, eventually closing in 1985.<ref name=curcio /><ref name=bio/><ref name=man/>
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Category:1959 establishments in Italy Category:Nightclubs in Italy Category:Music venues in Italy Category:Comedy venues Category:music in Milan Category:companies based in Milan