A conductor in a number of variety television and music shows, Canfora is also well known for his work in pop music, particularly for his collaboration with Mina, for whom he composed, among others, the songs "Brava" and "Come tu mi vuoi"; he was also author of a great number of successful songs for Rita Pavone, Ornella Vanoni and Kessler Twins.
It was later translated into English, Italian (by Luigi Tenco, Ornella Vanoni and Ivano Fossati), Spanish, Swedish ("Jag står här på ett torg", Lars Forssell), Dutch ("De deserteur" by Peter Blanker), Catalan and Danish and then many other languages.
Mara began her career in 1967, as secretary in the Ariston Records press office, working with Ornella Vanoni and Mino Reitano.
As a songwriter, he penned songs for several artists, including Ornella Vanoni and Renato Zero.
The Swinging Blue Jeans carried Vanoni's song "Non Dirmi Niente" to the U.K. chart under the English title "Don't Make Me Over".
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She started her artistic career in 1960 as a theatrical actress of Bertolt Brecht works, under the direction of Giorgio Strehler in his Piccolo Teatro of Milan.
Tesi has released several solo albums and has also worked with such musicians as Elena Ledda, Piero Pelu, Ivano Fossati, Ornella Vanoni, Patrick Vaillant and Fabrizio De André, among others.
Today he is well known for playing with many important artists as Angelo Branduardi, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Diorio, Adam Holzman, Airto Moreira, Amii Stewart, Enzo Jannacci, Patty Pravo, Ornella Vanoni, Claudio Lolli, Alessandro Safina, and many others.
He also wrote the music of La musica è finita (1967), another Italian classic, made famous by Ornella Vanoni and Mina.
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