Biography of Gaetano Curreri
Gaetano Curreri was born on 26 June 1952 in Bertinoro (now in the province of Forlì-Cesena). In the late 1960s began working in ballrooms and dance halls of the Modenese, thanks to an encounter with a boy at the time unknown and very young, some Vasco Rossi, with whom he starts a fruitful working relationship and founded one of the first radios in our country, Punto Radio in Bologna.
The first collaborations
In the late seventies is in charge of arrangements of "... Ma cosa vuoi che sia una canzone ... " (released in 1978) and "we're not Americans" (released in 1979), namely the first two discs of Vasco Rossi. During the same period he joined, as Chorister and keyboardist, of the Stadium, an accompanying band of Lucio Dalla, on the eve of the tour "Banana Republic" that sees the bolognese singer joined by Francesco De Gregori.Gaetano Curreri and Stadium
The Group was officially founded in the spring of 1981, and during The summer tour of that year, has his first songs, "Big son of a bitch" and "who told you", which by the way are chosen as part of the soundtrack to the film by Carlo Verdone "talcum powder". The following year the band released their first LP, entitled simply "Stadium" which includes the song "a flower for Hal" and that relies on the participation of Jimmy Van der Sluis, Ron and Lucio Dalla. Curreri in 1983 and the rest of the Stadium come partner with Carlo Verdone: released on 45 rpm, in fact, the song "SOAP and water" for the eponymous film of actor and Director Roman.Gli anni ' 80
After having accompanied on tour by participating in the live disc recording "Ron all hearts traveling", in 1984 the Stadium go up on stage at the Ariston Theatre by participating in the "Sanremo Festival" with the song "the stadium", which comes in last place in the standings. Shortly after the album is published "the face of women", while the song "you're lonely" became part of the soundtrack of a film by Luciano Salce, "Vediamoci chiaro". Following the release of the mini album "Ask who were the Beatles," the Stadium achieved considerable success thanks to the song of the same name. Yet again collaboration with Verdone ("I wish" was part of the soundtrack of the comedy "the two carabinieri") anticipates the departure of band Connie Lam. In 1986 the Group again in Sanremo with "songs on the radio": again, does not go beyond the last place. The album of the same name, released shortly after, including "absolute nightmare" written by Roberto "Freak" Antoni, and "Monday Cinema", long opening Monday night book "Lunedifilm", proposed by Raiuno on the occasion of the transmission of great films. Shortly after Gaetano Curreri and members accompany Lucio Dalla in his American tour, which will extract the live album "DallAmeriCaruso", while in 1988 the piece "you want something" is proposed to "Festivalbar" before becoming initials of "Monday" process.The years ' 90 and 2000
In 1990 the abrupt separation by Lucio Dalla takes the group to the brink of dissolution: the Stadium, however, remain alive, even with the help of Vasco Rossi, and the following year they signed with EMI Italiana. In 1991 released "generation of phenomena", single that anticipates the album "we're all elephants invented" and getting a very good response from the public because it is the abbreviation of "I ragazzi del muretto", telefilm aired on Raidue. After the thematic collection "Dance between the sky and the sea," which includes the song "backpack", in 2001 Curreri performs with Gibonni, Croatian singer, in the song "odustajem (I'm not giving to her)," included in the album "Mirakul". Two years later, during a concert at Acireale with stadium, suffers stroke: after being admitted to a hospital in Catania, she recovers gradually and then recover permanently. In 2005 the Stadium released disc "fickle love", followed by the next year, "songs for hair salon Live Tour" disc recorded on the occasion of the theatrical tour of the same name, which comes from a dvd. In 2008 Gaetano Curreri duets with Kenneth Malone in "yet you changed my life"; care also the soundtrack of the film by Stefano Salvati "Albakiara", with the collaboration of Frank Nemola, made only with Vasco Rossi songs.The years 2010
In 2011 Curreri composes with Saverio Grandi the music for the song "Brussels sprouts", whose text is written by Federica Nargi e Costanza Caracciolo, which is interpreted by Gabibbo. In the same year the Stadium issued the album "Diamonds and candy", within which there is "the promise", a song that is attended by Noemi. In 2012, Gaetano Curreri takes the stage of the Sanremo Festival right beside the Roman singer to sing with her in the song "just words", before taking part in various stages of his "RossoNoemi Tour". On 13 December of 2015 is announced that the Stadium will be among the competitors of the 2016 Edition of the Sanremo Festival, where will the song "tell me". And this is the song to win the Festival.Article contributed by the team of collaborators.