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Raf
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"RAF, to the registry office Raffaele Riefoli, is born to Daisy of Savoia (Fg) the 29 september 1959. Very soon it is moved to Florence and it collaborates to the liveliest scene new wave. To the beginning from years eighty sound to London lives and.
1983
It records with a first French label its single one, SELF CONTROL, a brano dance that it catches up the first place in the classifiche of all the world, comprised United States, where the version of Laura Branigan arrives to the n°1 of the Hit Parade di Billboard. To the end of the year first entitled album RAF. Beyond to SELF CONTROL exits, is others two single ones of happening. CHANGE YOUR MIND and HARD.
1984-87
After a period of Raf reflection it decides to go counter-current and it begins to write Italian songs POP collaborating also to the drawing up of the witnesses.
1987
It writes for the trio Morandi-Ruggeri-Tozzi PUO' TO GIVE ITSELF OF PIU ', the song that wins to Sanremo.
In brace with Umberto Stocky it writes and it interprets PEOPLE OF SEA, a Hit in all Europe.
It exits in this period LONDON TOWN, a single one that is one celebration to one city to he much beloved.
1988
Sanremo. UNAVOIDABLE MADNESS.
The album from which it is draft, TO AGO WAKE UP a YEAR, photographer a musician ""on the generis"" that it has uncovered the tradition of the author song but al same time is most careful to the sonorità more puts into effect them and sophisticated.
Of new in top the 10, of hour in then it will be always therefore.
1989
Of new Sanremo. Raf has already ready a new succeeding album of, WHAT RESTERA' Of YEARS EIGHTY.
The song that once again gives to the title it to the album conquest the great public. August 1989; I EXPECT to YOU is the hit of the summer, like demonstrates the Victoria to the Festivalbar.
1991
Raf conquest before the hit parade with the splendid INTERMINATAMENTE, then makes an impression to Sanremo with an evocative one danced TODAY a GOD DOES NOT HAVE, finally, IS SINGLE In IMMENSE the EMPTY one THAT There and '. The three most various successes between they, but not only of the album the DREAMS... E' ALL Which There and '.
1993
It exits CANNIBALS. A rich album of songs of succeeding (the ANIMAL HEARTBEAT, TWO, YOU ARE WITH ME) but with in more one paricolare attention to the present time and that it puts in prominence the restlessness that characterizes a conflicting world and an historical moment travagliatissimo.
1995
Raf records MANIFESTO, a disc that ahead marks a step from the musical and artistic point of view and in this occasion not only realizes one absolute innovation for Italy: without no increase on the cost of MANIFESTO cover it gives to the public the CD rom INTERACTING support through which the public it has the possibility to deepen the own acquaintance on the artist.
Raf is on Internet to the address: WWW.RAF.IT.
To a computer and a modem are enough in order to enter directly in contact with he.
1996
November. Raf makes, ""point to head"", closes with a cycle and of it it begins an other with the anthology TEMPORARY COLLECTION.
1998
Rivisitando the its formation musical, that have origin towards the end of the year ' 70 Raf exit with THE TEST, a album cult for the exploration and evolution musical in it contained.
2001
Hyperbola."
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