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Paul Mazzolini

 
Artist: Gazebo
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  • Born: February 18, 1960, Beirut, Lebanon
  • Active: '80s, '90s, 2000s
  • Genres: Rock
  • Instrument: Vocals
  • Representative Albums: "Collection," "Greatest Hits," "Gazebo"
  • Representative Songs: "I Like Chopin," "Masterpiece," "Lunatic"

Biography

Born Paul Mazzolini on February 18, 1960 in Beirut, Lebanon, in a family of an Italian diplomat and an American singer, he spent his early years globetrotting around the world with his parents. As a teenager, he played in a rock band, later he studied the classical guitar in Paris for two years and spent some time in London where he was briefly interested in the punk scene. Upon his return to Italy in the early '80s, he recorded his first song, "Masterpiece", co-written with his friend Pier Luigi Giombini (who would become his regular songwriting partner). Issued as a single, it became a big success in Italy in 1982 and only missed the number one spot in the charts by a whisker. A year later, Gazebo released his self-titled debut album, containing the hit song "I Like Chopin" -- a number one in Italy and 15 other countries that sold eight million copies around the world and contributed to the popularity of the nascent Italo-dance style. The singer essayed a different stylistic approach on his second album, Telephone Mama (1984), but the record still sold very well. Striving for more independence, in the mid-'80s Gazebo founded his own company, Lunatic S.r.l., which was followed by Cresus Enterprises S.n.C. in 1990 (the latter promoted and distributed the production of Lunatic). In the interim, the artist issued three more albums, Univision (1986), The Rainbow Tales (1988), and Sweet Life (1989). The last was composed, produced, and arranged by Mazzolini himself, and featured a new cover of the famous song "Dolce Vita" that he wrote for Ryan Paris back in 1983. In 1997, Gazebo merged Lunatic S.r.l. and Cresus Enterprises S.n.C. into a new company, Softworks. In 2000, he combined his two previous releases Portrait (1994) and Viewpoint (1998) into a special double-CD issue, Portrait & Viewpoint, that included new covers and remixes of his greatest hits and a previously unreleased follow-up to "Masterpiece." ~ Yuri German, All Music Guide
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Gazebo

Background information
Birth name Paul Mazzolini
Born February 18, 1960 (1960-02-18) (age 49)
Beirut, Lebanon
Origin Italy
Genres Italo-disco
Occupations Singer
Years active 1982 - present
Labels Baby Records (Italy), Carosello
Website www.gazebo.info

Paul Mazzolini (born February 18, 1960; stage name Gazebo), is an Italian musician. He has a legend status among the fans of the "italo-disco" music style, a variation of 1980s eurodance (also known as eurodisco).

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Biography

Mazzolini was born in Beirut, Lebanon, the son of an Italian diplomat and an American singer. Reportedly, he learned to play the guitar aged 10 to impress a German girl in his class.

As a rather cosmopolitan teenager Mazzolini began a career in a variety of jazz, rock and punk bands before meeting Rome based producer Paul Micioni. The first release, Masterpiece, was a minor hit in 1982.

His footnote in charts history is his 1983 release "I like Chopin", popular opinion notwithstanding, the piano motif herein is not a Chopin composition. The release sold 8 millions copies worldwide and reached #1 of italian charts along with 15 other countries. [1]

The follow-up song "Lunatic" and the eponymous album also entered the Top 20 across Europe.

Since then Mazzolini has released more albums, not counting the occasional hit compilation with all his best track called Portrait & Viewpoint. In autumn 2006 he released a new single called "Tears for Galileo", which achieved constant radio airplay on Italian RAI Radio2 and peaked at #1 in the Euro dance chart.

Recently Gazebo released a new single, "Virtual Love" after "Ladies!", from his upcoming new album The Syndrone.

Discography

Albums

  • Gazebo (Baby Records, 1983)
  • Telephone Mama (Baby Records, 1984)
  • Univision (Carosello, 1986)
  • The Rainbow Tales (Carosello, 1988)
  • Sweet Life (Carosello, 1989)
  • Scenes From The News Broadcast (Lunatic, 1991)
  • Portrait (Giungla-BMG Italy, 1994)
  • Viewpoint (Softworks, 1997)
  • Portrait & Viewpoint (Softworks, 2000)
  • Ladies ! (iTunes Softworks, 2007)
  • The Syndrone (Softworks, 2008)

Singles

  • "Masterpiece" (1982; #2 Italy, #35 Germany, #5 Switzerland)
  • "Gimmick!" (1982)
  • "I Like Chopin" (1983; #1 Italy, #1 Germany, #1 Switzerland, #7 Netherlands, #1 Austria)
  • "Lunatic" (1983; #3 Italy, #4 Germany, #6 Switzerland, #13 Austria)
  • "Telephone Mama" (1984; #10 Italy)
  • "Trotsky Burger" (1986)
  • "Sun goes down on Milkiway" (1986)
  • "Give me one day ... / Diamonds are forever" (1987)
  • "Face to face / Dolce Vita" (1989)
  • "Fire" (1991)
  • "The 14th of July" (1991)
  • "I like Chopin" (remix) (1991)
  • "Masterpiece" (remix) (2000)
  • "Tears For Galileo" (CD Single Softworks, 2006)
  • "Ladies!" (2007)
  • "Virtual Love" (2008)

references

  1. ^ "Gazebo". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. http://www.billboard.com/artist/gazebo/bio/15090#/artist/gazebo/bio/15090. Retrieved 28 November 2009. 

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