Ri-Fi

{{Short description|Italian record label}} {{expand Italian|Ri-Fi|date=January 2017|topic=cult}} '''Ri-Fi''' was an Italian record company and label, active between 1959 and 1982.

The company was founded in Milan by {{Interlanguage link multi|Giovanni Battista Ansoldi|it}}, who also was CEO.<ref name="curcio">Mauro De Luigi. "Ri-Fi". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990.</ref> The company discovered and launched many artists, including Iva Zanicchi, Fred Bongusto and I Giganti, as well as recording established artists such as Fausto Leali and Michele.<ref name="curcio"/> Notably, singer Mina had several major hits with Ri-Fi between 1963 and 1967, including "Città vuota", "È l'uomo per me", "Un anno d'amore" and "E se domani".<ref name="curcio"/> A few years after the death of Ansoldi in 1979, the company went on hiatus. Its catalogue was subsequently bought by Southern Music.<ref name="curcio"/>

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Category:Italian record labels Category:Record labels established in 1959 Category:Italian companies established in 1959 Category:Record labels disestablished in 1982