Marcella Bella

Marcella Bella (born 18 June 1952), also known just as Marcella, is an Italian pop singer. Her brothers Antonio and Salvatore Bella are famous musicians, and her brother Gianni Bella is another popular singer who has composed several songs for her.

Marcella Bella
Bella in 1972
Background information
Birth nameGiuseppa Marcella Bella
Born (1952-06-18) 18 June 1952
Catania, Italy
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active1965–present

Life and career

Born in Catania, Bella started her career at very young age, and in 1965 she won the Festival degli sconosciuti, a victory that was not validated because she was two years younger than the rules required.[1][2] She made her record debut in 1969, with the single "Il pagliaccio", using the mononym "Marcella".[1][2]

Bella got her first success in 1971, with the single "Hai ragione tu".[1] In 1972, she had her breakthrogh taking part in the Sanremo Music Festival with "Montagne verdi", a semi-autobiographical song penned by her brother Gianni Bella which turned to be a massive commercial hit.[1][2][3] She later performed in other musical events, being a finalist in the 1973 edition of Canzonissima with "Un sorriso e poi perdonami", and winning the Festivalbar with "Io domani".[1] Other significant successes of the decade include "Nessuno mai", later covered by Boney M. in an English version titled "Take the Heat off Me" and included in their eponymous album, "Abbracciati", which she presented out of competition at the 1977 Sanremo Festival, and her cover version of Domenico Modugno's canzone napoletana classic "Resta cu'mme".[1][2]

After a period of relative tarnish, in the early 1980s Bella began recording under her full name, and achieved an impressive success in 1983 with "Nell'aria", a song penned by Mogol together with her brother Gianni.[1][2] Other hits followed across the whole decade, mainly linked to her partecipations to the Sanremo Festival, notably "Senza un briciolo di testa" (third place at Sanremo 1986), "Tanti auguri" (Sanremo 1987), "Dopo la tempesta" (Sanremo 1988) and "Verso l'ignoto" (a duet with Gianni Bella presented at Sanremo 1990).[1] In the 1990s she slowed her activities.[2] In 2004 she ran in the European Parliament election with National Alliance party, being not elected.[3] In 2005, she returned to the Sanremo Festival after a fifteen-year absence with the song "Uomo bastardo", ranking second in the "classics" tournement.[2][3]

Italian discography

Singles
  • 1969 Il pagliaccio
  • 1969 Bocca dolce
  • 1971 Hai ragione tu
  • 1972 Montagne verdi
  • 1972 Sole che nasce sole che muore
  • 1972 Un sorriso e poi perdonami
  • 1973 Io domani
  • 1973 Mi...ti...amo
  • 1974 Nessuno mai
  • 1974 L'avvenire
  • 1975 E quando
  • 1975 Negro
  • 1976 Resta cu 'mme
  • 1976 Abbracciati
  • 1977 Non m'importa più
  • 1978 Mi vuoi
  • 1979 Lady anima
  • 1979 Camminando e cantando
  • 1980 Baciami
  • 1981 Pensa per te
  • 1981 Canto straniero
  • 1981 Mi mancherai
  • 1982 Problemi
  • 1983 Nell'aria
  • 1984 Nel mio cielo puro
  • 1985 L'ultima poesia (with Gianni Bella)
  • 1986 Senza un briciolo di testa
  • 1987 Tanti auguri
  • 1988 Dopo la tempesta
  • 1990 Verso l'ignoto (with Gianni Bella)
  • 1998 E' un miracolo (with Gianni Bella)
  • 2002 La regina del silenzio
  • 2007 Forever per sempre
  • 2012 Malecon
  • 2012 Femmina bella

LP, CD
  • 1972 Tu non-hai la più pallida idea dell'amore
  • 1973 Mi..ti..amo...
  • 1974 Metamorfosi
  • 1975 L'anima dei matti
  • 1976 Bella
  • 1977 Femmina
  • 1979 Camminando e cantando
  • 1981 Marcella Bella
  • 1982 Problemi
  • 1983 Nell'aria
  • 1984 Nel mio cielo puro
  • 1986 Senza un briciolo di testa
  • 1987 Tanti auguri
  • 1988 '88
  • 1990 Canta Battisti
  • 1990 Verso l'ignoto...
  • 1991 Sotto il vulcano
  • 1993 Tommaso!
  • 1995 Anni dorati
  • 1998 Finalmente insieme
  • 2002 Passato e presente
  • 2005 Uomo bastardo
  • 2007 Forever per sempre (with Gianni Bella)
  • 2012 Femmina bella

References
  1. Lalla Cantore. "Marcella (Marcella Bella)". Gino Castaldo (edited by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore, 1990. pp. 990-1.
  2. Enrico Deregibus. "Marcella Bella". Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. p. 54. ISBN 8809756258.
  3. Eddy Anselmi. "Marcella Bella". Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.

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