Germana Caroli

{{Short description|Italian singer (1931–2024)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox person | name = Germana Caroli | image = Germana Caroli.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Germana Mazzetti | birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|8|18|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Bologna]], [[Kingdom of Italy]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|1|7|1931|8|18|df=y}} | death_place = [[Monghidoro]], Bologna, Italy | occupation = Singer | spouse = }}

'''Germana Caroli''' (born '''Germana Mazzetti'''; 18 August 1931 – 7 January 2024) was an Italian singer, mainly active in the 1950s.

==Life and career == Born in [[Bologna]] on 18 August 1931,<ref>[https://www.ildiscobolo.net/CAROLI%20GERMANA%20HOME.htm Germana Caroli] {{in lang|it}}</ref> Caroli was noted by the composer and conductor {{Interlanguage link multi|Giovanni Fenati|it}} while she was performing a song in a night club of her hometown. After studying singing, diction and acting, Caroli was entered into the Orchestra Fenati as vocalist, and with them she got a large success with the song "Ehi, tu" (1954), which subsequently launched her solo career.<ref name="curcio">Enzo Giannelli. "Caroli, Germana". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990-2013.</ref><ref name=music>{{cite book|last=Eddy Anselmi|title=Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana|publisher=Panini Comics, 2009|isbn=978-8863462296|chapter=Germana Caroli|year=2009 }}</ref>

Caroli had the peak of her career between the late 1950s and the early 1960s, when she participated to the most important Italian musical events of the time, including [[Canzonissima]], [[Festival di Napoli]] and [[Sanremo Music Festival 1960|the tenth edition]] of the [[Sanremo Music Festival]].<ref name="curcio"/><ref name=music/>

Caroli died on 7 January 2024, at the age of 92.<ref>[https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/bologna/cronaca/addio-a-germana-caroli-grande-voce-bolognese-3403130a Addio a Germana Caroli, grande voce bolognese] {{in lang|it}}</ref>

==Discography== {{Inc-musong|date=October 2021}} [[File:Germana Caroli, Bruno Pallesi, Giovanni Fenati.jpg|thumb|Caroli with composers Bruno Pallesi and Giovanni Fenati (1956)]]

* 1958 – Magic Moments/Non partir (Durium, Ld A 6394) * 1958 – [[La pioggia cadrà]]/Dors mon amour (Durium, Ld A 6395) * 1958 – Parole alla luna/Femminilità (Durium, Ld A 6468) * 1958 – Da te era bello restar/Ehi tu! (Durium, Ld A 6469) * 1959 – Un bacio sulla bocca/Nessuno (Durium, Ld A 6476) * 1959 – Ti prego, amore/Dance darling dance (Durium, Ld A 6510) * 1959 – Petite fleur/D'improvviso (Durium, Ld A 6562) * 1959 – D'improvviso/Venus (Durium, Ld A 6563) * 1959 – Passiuncella/'O destino 'e ll'ate (Durium, Ld A 6570) * 1959 – Rubare/Por dos besos (Durium, Ld A 6730) * 1960 – Gridare di gioia/Amore senza sole (Durium, Ld A 6738) * 1960 – Luna, Lina e brezzolina/Di' la tua (Durium, Ld A 6901) * 1960 – Alle 10 della sera/Diavolo (Durium, Ld A 6953) * 1961 – [[Le mille bolle blu]]/Che brivido ragazzi (Durium, Ld A 6976) * 1966 – Sei poco intelligente/Un pezzetto di ghiaccio (Century, AM 006) * 1967 – Forse/La colpa più grande (DKF Folklore, KF 30038) * 1969 – È troppo tardi/Va via (Kansas, dm 1114) * 1981 – Georgia on my mind/Temptation/Stardust (Manhattan Records Man, 45002)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0001454940|label=Germana Caroli}} * {{discogs artist|Germana Caroli}}

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