Fausto Leali

Biography

"1944: He is born to Nuvolento, in province of Brescia, 29 October. As soon as the elementary schools finished, the economic necessities of the numerous family (are in the hard years of the post-war period) push to try it job. Garzone of salumeria, the Faustus cultivates but, in little the free time, its great passion thanks to one old guitar.

1957: It has not still completed 13 years when, playing one new guitar, given from the parents, participates to the first canori competitions in province; the piece strongly of its repertorio is ""the valzer of the road"".
It is brought to light and it enters to make part of a complessino of the mantovano. To sixteen years, it discovers Ray Charles and entusiasma for the soul, rock and the rhythm & blues. One chooses a stage name, the Faustus Denis, and begins to participate to competitions for new voices like solista singer, in the meantime perfects the study of the guitar thanks to the members of the group Marcellos Ferial.

1961: To the Lyric theatre of Milan, it attract attention, participating to the six days of the song, with an unknown brano ""Loving therefore"".

1962: The 23 July, not still diciottenne, records its first 45 turns then ""a kiss and"" thanks to Walter Guertler, founder of the record group Saar.

1963: It records in version blues ""Portami many roses"", song of anni' the 30 of Galdieri-Bixio review in modern key, and while publishes two cover of the Beatles (""Please please me ""and"" She loves you"") continuing to exhibit itself in the night and in it knows them from dance with the group, of the ""Novelty"", young people emergent musicians, their names are: Gianfranco Discs of a valve (low), Piero Braggi (guitar), Delio Ombrella (battery) and Gianfranco Raffaldi (organ and plan).

1964: In this alternate year large successes to small disappointments. ""of summer"" (published to the acronym and Madnesses end 1963) of omonima the television transmission the nozzle which new Italian singer, ""the campaign in city"" instead will not place itself to the Cantagiro. It makes capolino in classifies ""loves to you"" cover of ""She love you"" of the Beatles, and ""Then it was love"". Its first job to 33 turns exits also, from the title it ""the Faustus Loyal"" who groups the entire production of its first single ones.

1965: The Faustus picks its satisfaction larger artist when he comes chosen with to the New Dada, to make from supporter to the Beatles in theirs tourneé Italian the Vigorelli of Milan the 24 june. He exits ""Tells it to an other"" and ""Sha-la-la"".
Contagiato from the beatlesmania lascerà to grow hats and will wear the classics ankle boots to tip with elastichino edoardiano to the side.

1966: To you open them exits first the 45 turns with label Rifi ""E' only a game"" cover of ""Like to recorded Baby"" with to inseparable the Novelty. For November, the winter disc is prepared, to he appeals to ""Funky how love can be"", hit of Leo Chiosso translate from Loyal in ""If someone tried of you"", piece typically beat. For the other side of the 45 turns, behind council of Renzo Arbore, the Faustus it is made translate from Mogol ""Hurt"" (brano of large impact that is going around of the world in the version of Yuro Thymuses), that it becomes ""To who"": the outbreak will be for the Faustus Loyal, ""To who"" it sells nearly a million copies and it consecrates the great public.

1967: ""To who"" inserted in a promozionale operation called ""Canguro Operation"" (a minium-disc of smaller dimensions imbustato in the main disc) arrives alone in spring in summit to the hit parade and will dominate for all the summer. Published in various European countries, South America and Japan this 45 turns opens wide the road to the Loyal album ""the Faustus and its Novelty"". But always in the $R-this year they arrive for Loyal also two unexpected ones rest: the exclusion from the Disc for the summer of ""Without of you"" (resumed nearly endured from Ornella Vanoni) and the insufficient sales of ""Without light"" Italian version of ""To whiter shade of shovels"" of the Procol Harum, published from Loyal in clearly delay regarding the version of the Dik Dik.

1968: In this end of aim anni' the 60 its successes are succeeded with regolarità: on all, to remember ""introduced Deborah"" to Sanremo' 68 in brace with the great Wilson Pickett; splendid mixture of rhytm' n' blues to the Italian pulled to the maximum from the skillful pen of Paul Conte and ennobled from the version made from Mine, the alive one, to the Compass Strongly of Marbles; and the struggente prayer ""Angels black persons"" (with which it participates to the Disc for the summer) that it will turn out one of the greater successes of the summer, exceeded in the sales of the entire year solo from ""Blue"" of Adrian Celentano and ""the Doll"" of Patty Pravo. To close 1968, after one they tourneè in the United States, the participation to Canzonissima and the publication of the 33 turns prevails ""the black person white man"".

1969: Punctual E' to participating like protagonist to the festival of Sanremo where it proposes - on the wake of happened of ""Angels the black persons"" - ""an hour makes"" written and arranged from master Gianfranco Intra, than place is also classified to the quarter not being helped from the opaque version of Tony of the Monaco; the sales in fact, are to appanage exclusively of the Faustus. Also in this case, the piece of Loyal comes resumed from two primedonne of the Italian song: Patty Pravo that ""Concert for Patty"" inserts it in its album and Mine that includes it in its 45 turns. Still a disappointment with the exclusion from the Disc for the summer with the brano ""You does not deserve a song to you"" that is one of beautifulst of its repertorio, from the jazzistico and written agreement to two hands with Roberto Vecchioni.

1970: It has I wriggle of a sure relief with last targato its 45 turns Rifi is ""Hippy"", its composition to say true enough incolore (in spite of the title it!), finalist to Sanremo' 70 in brace with Carmen Villani that of from an interpretation a po' more on the lines. Of this year also single ""Hail Maria not morro"" and the last album Loyal Rifi ""the Faustus In"".

1971: Rockeggiante song participates to the Disc for the summer with ""is called Maria"" that does not go very well in Italy but it obtains clamorous happening in the South American market; a lot chè the the 6 organizers of International Festival of River de Janeiro invite it which only Italian singer and rewards it for the new disc; ""I cry for who"", at the moment not still published in Italy and that door the company of Tawny Lauzi. The Faustus exits the album ""Run... run"" job from the optimal cues, arranged from same the Loyal ones and orchestrated from the old Lebanese Giulio friend.

1972: Alternate fortunes for all the first half of anni' the 70: in this year it comes eliminated from the Festival di Sanremo cin the brano ""the man and the dog"" and publishes in summer, an other piece from the good impact ""Karany karanué"".

1973: This year arrives instead in end to the Festival of the flowers with it originates them ""the sun flag"" and in summer, it publishes ""Samantha"", homage to its second daughter. ""When me I will go some it is instead a good introduced piece to Canzonissima where it arrives to the semiends.

1974: E' the year of a small great gioiellino musical ""Only she"" that later on the great Mine (once again!) it will resume for its production.

1975: It changes record house passing to the more valid Cbs and proposes one of the album of its career: ""sweet Love, bitter love, love mine"" that takes advantage of the agreements of the group the Flight. A album this, a po' too much ahead musically for the times of publication, than does not come understood from the large public and for this it does not take off as it would have. The lp arranged from same the Loyal ones and the Flight it contains pieces written with to Mogol and Mamared (Milena Cantù, its moglie). In the album from it originates them cover devised from Luciano Tallerini is also one vocal-guest of exception that not figure in the titles them: nearly disowned Loredana Bertè.

1976: Interpeta, with its particular style ""I will walk"" brano recorded in 45 turns that it quota laughs. The author is an emergent young person that he promises very well: Umberto Stocky. And the happened one of this brano is so immense that the Cbs decides ristampare to time of record the previous album, adding the two new songs of the single one and printing it with one new cover. The title it of the album, to case is not ""I will walk"".

1977: It still newly changes to label passing to the Cgd. Incide with it a new album from the title it ""Leapoli"", job composed resuming for brani halves classics of the Neapolitan repertorio which: ""Na sera' and May"", ""Sciummo"", ""Scalinatella"" (of Murolo) and ""Vierno"". The musicians who accompany it are optimal between they Tullio De Piscopo to the percussions, Stefano Pulga to the keyboards, Stefano Cerri to the bottom, Alberto Radius (already with the Flight in the previous job) to the guitar and Mauro Thorn on drums. In a piece there is also Tawny De Filippi with its harmonica and for the cover it has been scomodato nientemeno that Mario Convertino, but also this time the job does not have the appreciation of the large public.

1980: The only moment of succeeding in this year-end ' 70 oxen for the Loyal career of the Faustus arrives with the most particular version of celeberrima ""the Malafemmena"" the written beautifulst song from Toto, than the Faustus it makes its and that the Totò planet becomes the acronym of a television cycle dedicated to the great Neapolitan actor from the title it """".

1981: E' without appreciable outcomes the new album affected Itaca label, from the title it ""a moment of blue"". From which it comes extracted the single ""easy Song"".

1982: Still little sales for the single one recorded on Ddd label ""common People"".

1983: Same previous fate of the single one for the new single job entitled ""bitter Song"" nearly a title it premonitor of its artistic moment.

1984: Still a disappointment (we are in the years more oxen of its career) with the 45 turns ""I, I without you"".

1986: The small opening in the life artist and for sure Loyal backs also private of the Faustus, - after that buio the more suit was come down than he - it happens thanks to a colleague and friend whom it has always estimated it and that a duetto proposes it: it is Mine that with to Loyal records ""Via here"", acronym of the television program ""30 years of our history"" and that it is brano pulling ahead of the new album of the Tiger of buana Cremona """". The 45 turns happening has a good ones but the album arrives quite to the first place of the hit parade. It seems that Mine, after to have listened to the brano it has exclaimed: ""here it wants the voice to us of the Faustus!"" And what for many it is a dream, to sing with Mine, for the Faustus Loyal it has become one splendid truth. The prelude of its artistic rebirth will be this episode.

1987: Su di lui decide di puntare ciecamente Toto Cutugno che insieme a Franco Fasano e Italo Janne le cuciono addosso ""Io amo"".
Fausto riesplode alla grande dal palco del Festival di Sanremo, ottenendo un successo tanto inatteso quanto straordinario; il quarto posto che lo penalizza però in virtù del fatto che la votazione popolare non aiuta chi non è al momento al massimo della popolarità. Le vendite gli daranno giustizia perchè ""Io amo"" viene superata solo dalla canzone vincitrice ""Si può dare di più"" dell'inedito trio Morandi-Ruggeri-Tozzi. L' album che deve uscire dopo Sanremo, lascia spiazzata la sua casa discografica che non si aspettava un successo di così vaste proporzioni, non ha materiale nuovo, e fa uscire così ""Io amo e gli altri successi"",dove, al fianco del brano nuovo, e a ""Notte d'amore"" (in cui duetta ancora con Loredana Bertè), Fausto ci ripresenta i suoi più grandi successi: da ""Deborah"" ad ""Io camminero"" e molti altri ancora; per rinfrescare la memoria a chi non li ricordava bene; per la prima volta scala i vertici delle classifiche di vendite per gli albums.

1988: Ancora un Festival di Sanremo, e ancora alla grande; nonostante il rifuito all'ultimo momento della nuova canzone di Toto Cutugno ""Emozioni"" (che poi canterà lo stesso Cutugno) e decide di puntare su""Mi manchi"" che bissa il successo dell'anno precedente. Parte con una fortunatissima tourneè estiva che lo porta su e giù per l'Italia, occasione buona per presentare i brani del nuovo album fatto tutto di inediti, con la sola eccezione di ""Solo lei"": il titolo è ""Non c'è neanche il coro"". Sulla fine dell'anno, partecipando come ospite a Fantastico, scopre una straordinaria intesa musicale e vocale con la collega ed amica Anna Oxa; una collaborazione nata per gioco, ma di cui sentiremo parlare...

1989: A coronamento di un biennio veramente eccezionale, e di un escalation straordinaria, giunge la vittoria al Festival di Sanremo in coppia con Anna Oxa. La bellissima ""Ti lascerò"", plasmata alla perfezione per le caratteristiche vocali dei due interpreti, andrà ad incastonarsi fra le perle della carriera di Fausto Leali. Una vittoria annunciata, ma non per questo non meritata (i 5.851.574 voti stanno lì a dimostrarlo),""Ti lascerò"" viene considerata da molti, una delle canzoni migliori degli ultimi anni, uno di quei brani nati già con l'etichetta di evergreen stampata addosso. Il duetto Oxa-Leali si ricostituisce in aprile in occasione dell'Eurofestival con un nuovo brano: ""Avrei voluto"". Esce anche l'album ""Leali"" prodotto e arrangiato da Fio Zanotti, Pinuccio Pirazzoli e Natale Massara. Nell'album due piccole sorprese: il ritorno come autore di Pino Donaggio e la rivisitazione di ""Stand by me"" ossia ""Pregherò"".

1991: Sull'onda lunga di questa fine anni 80, per lui veramente staordinari, che ne hanno sancito una nuova e definitiva rinascita artistica alla soglia dei cinquant'anni; pubblica un nuovo lavoro inedito dal titolo ""Saremo promossi"" dal buon successo di vendita e che lo vede interprete apprezzato in una lunga tournee italiana.

1992: A distanza di tre anni dal trionfo, decide di sfidarsi, ripresentandosi ancora sul palco del Festival di Sanremo con ""Perchè"" struggente canzone scritta da Aleandro Baldi e Giancarlo Bigazzi, che ottiene grande successo grazie alla profonda e sapiente interpretazione che Leali sa darle.

1993: E' l'anno del riepilogo della seconda fortunata parentesi della sua carriera artistica. Esce l'album ""Le più belle canzoni"" in cui ci ripropone le suggestive interpretazioni di Ti lascerò, Pregherò, Io amo, Mi manchi e molte altre ancora; in un susseguirsi di emozioni lunghe tanto quanto dura l'ascolto dell'intero disco.

1994: Dopo un periodo di breve e meritato riposo, partecipa e trionfa al nuovo festival della canzone napoletana ""Viva Napoli"" ideato e trasmesso da Canale 5, con un indimenticabile interpretazione della sua Malafemmena. Subito dopo il trionfo televisivo, esce l'album ""Anima nuda"" che ottiene grande successo e che vede l'artista partecipare a molte trasmissioni televisive.

1996: Realizza a New York, in collaborazione con famosi artisti statunitensi, l'album ""Non solo blues"" dal sapore internazionale e decisamente nuovo per il nostro mercato, che contiene le versioni italiane di celebri hits anni 60 e 70. Il suo merito, in questo disco, è su tutti, quello di aver fatto conoscere ai giovani queste bellissime canzoni senza tempo della musica internazionale, da lui magistralmente reinterpretate grazie alla sua voce unica, perfettamente adattabile al rhytm & blues.

1997: Sull'onda di questo nuovo grande successo, si presenta a Sanremo con ""Non ami che te"", brano estratto dal nuovo lavoro ""Non ami che te - non solo blues 2"" che segue la fortunata l'impronta americana tracciata dal lavoro precedente, e che presenta, oltre ad una nuova raccolta di reinterpretazioni blues, il brano sanremese e altri due inediti: ""Voglio un'anima"", blues italiano arricchito da un coro gospel e ""Se c'è l'amore"".
Più di una generazione si è accompagnata in oltre trent'anni di carriera alla sua particolare, calda e coinvolgente vocalità. Molti aggettivi sono stati usati e molte definizioni coniate per questo straordinario interprete amato dalle regine della musica italiana; ma a nostro giudizio, quello che porta e porterà indelebile sulla pelle; perfettamente calzante è: ""Il Negro bianco"" anche se può sembrare scontata e ripetitiva. Ma la sua voce, roca e graffiante, di scuola blues, è riuscita a proporre in Italia un diverso modo di interpretare la canzone, venendo poi seguito nello stile da altri artisti. Ma lui resta il migliore.

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