{{Short description|Italian singer-songwriter}} {{Use British English|date=June 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Marcella Puppini | image = Puppini Sisters at Graham Norton Show.jpg | caption = Marcella Puppini (middle) with Emma Smith (left) and Kate Mullins (right) as part of The Puppini Sisters, backstage at ''The Graham Norton Show'', Christmas 2012 | background = solo_singer | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Bologna, Italy | genre = A cappella, close harmony, pop, jazz, swing | occupation = Singer, songwriter, record producer | years_active = 1999–present | label = UCJ, Verve | current_member_of = The Puppini Sisters | website = {{URL|marcellapuppini.com}} }}

'''Marcella Puppini''' is an Italian singer, songwriter, and the founder of The Puppini Sisters.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.dragoonpublishing.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&path=77&product_id=287|title = Vintage Life Magazine 56 July 15|date = July 2015|archive-date = 29 May 2016|access-date = 8 January 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160529150924/http://www.dragoonpublishing.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&path=77&product_id=287|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="holden">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/31/arts/music/31pupp.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&fta=y&pagewanted=print|title=MUSIC REVIEW; A Trio Winks at the 1940s And Nods at Today's Tunes|last=Holden|first=Stephen|date=31 May 2007|work=The New York Times|page=5|access-date=16 October 2013}}</ref>

==Biography== Marcella Puppini started playing the piano at age five and hoped to become an opera singer. At the age of 18, having completed her A levels in Classics (Ancient Greek, Latin, Italian Literature and Art History), Puppini moved to London to study at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Having graduated in fashion, Puppini became Accessories Production Manager at Vivienne Westwood Studios but kept her side career as a singer in clubs all around London.

In 1999, she left the fashion world and embarked on a degree course at Trinity College of Music, where she graduated in Jazz Performance and Composition.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

Her first band was called Dead Sex Kitten. She appeared on Rich B's song "Revolution".<ref name="revolution">{{cite web|url=http://www.jemmone.com/interview-london-dj-and-producer-rich-b-talks-to-jemmones-phil-marriott/|title=INTERVIEW: London DJ and Producer, Rich B talks to JemmOne's Phil Marriott!|work=Jemmone|access-date=16 October 2013}}</ref> She also performed in her own name in the jazz and cabaret scene in the UK and Italy.

In 2004, Puppini created a new group called the Puppini Sisters, a close-harmony trio inspired by the sister groups of the 1930s and '40s.<ref name="jive">{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/musicnightlife/2003846723_puppini22.html|title=Pardon me boy, do you like to jive?|last=Berson|first=Misha|date=21 August 2007|work=The Seattle Times|access-date=16 October 2013}}</ref> The Puppini Sisters' debut album, ''Betcha Bottom Dollar''<ref name="betchabottomdollar">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/23/AR2007082300687.html|title=THE PUPPINI SISTERS 'Betcha Bottom Dollar' Verve|last=Lewis|first=Catherine|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=16 October 2013|date=24 August 2007}}</ref> (UCJ, 2006), was awarded a Gold disc in the UK.<ref name="lookback">{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.it/en/people-are-talking-about/music-theatre-cinema/2011/07/look-back-go-ahead|title=Look back, go ahead -|work=Vogue|access-date=16 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="chart">{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-149356243.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020005150/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-149356243.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 October 2012|title=Sisters make chart history|work=Birmingham Mail|access-date=16 October 2013}}</ref>

Puppini became involved in alternative performance art. She worked with Marisa Carnesky on Ghost Train, with Paloma Faith in 2005, with The Whoopee Club as musical director, and with Duckie.

She founded Marcella and The Forget Me Nots.<ref name="trousers">{{cite web|url=http://wearsthetrousers.com/2009/11/2010-a-girl-group-odyssey-1-marcella-the-forget-me-nots/|title=Marcella & The Forget Me Nots interview • "I love the camaraderie of working with women"|work=Wears The Trousers magazine|access-date=16 October 2013}}</ref> The band's first album came out in January 2010 as part of ''Twisted Cabaret'', a part-audio, part-video compilation curated by French label Volvox. Marcella and The Forget Me Nots changed formation in 2010 to become an indie-art-punk-Weimar inspired band and released ''Born Beautiful'' in 2011.

Puppini has been working as a regular guest conductor for the Georgy Garanian Big Band, formerly known as the Russian State Big Band. She has performed in Moscow, Siberia, and in Izhevsk as part of a Tchaikovsky festival.

In May 2013, she was nominated as the Mayoress of Camden.<ref name="runriot">{{cite web|url=http://www.run-riot.com/articles/blogs/interview-marcella-puppini-introduces-mayoress-presents|title=INTERVIEW: Marcella Puppini introduces 'The Mayoress Presents'|work=Run Riot|access-date=16 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="mayoress">{{cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/amy-winehouse/70480|title=Mayor of Camden names Amy Winehouse Foundation his 'charity of the year'|work=NME|access-date=16 October 2013}}</ref>

In 2015, Puppini released ''Everything Is Beautiful'', her first solo album of original material, which she describes as "electro vintage, because it's not just electro swing, it's a mixture of different vintage styles interpreted with an electronic sound."

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20161207021814/http://www.marcellapuppini.com/ Marcella Puppini official web site] {{The Puppini Sisters}} {{Authority control}}

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