# Ri-Fi

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{{Short description|Italian record label}}
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'''Ri-Fi''' was an Italian record company and label, active between 1959 and 1982.

The company was founded in [Milan](/source/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](/source/Iva_Zanicchi), [Fred Bongusto](/source/Fred_Bongusto) and [I Giganti](/source/I_Giganti), as well as recording established artists such as [Fausto Leali](/source/Fausto_Leali) and [Michele](/source/Michele_(singer)).<ref name="curcio"/> Notably, singer [Mina](/source/Mina_(Italian_singer)) had several major hits with Ri-Fi between 1963 and 1967, including "[Città vuota](/source/Citt%C3%A0_vuota)", "[È l'uomo per me](/source/%C3%88_l'uomo_per_me)", "[Un anno d'amore](/source/Un_anno_d'amore)" and "[E se domani](/source/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](/source/Southern_Music).<ref name="curcio"/>

==External links==
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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

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