Gazebo
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Born Paul Mazzolini on February 18, 1960 in Beirut, Lebanon, to a family of an Italian diplomat and an American singer, Gazebo 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 Gazebo himself, and featured a new cover of the famous song "Dolce Vita" which he'd written 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, RoviWikipedia on Answers.com:
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Gazebo (musician)
| Gazebo | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Paul Mazzolini |
| Born | 18 February 1960 Beirut, Lebanon |
| Origin | Italy |
| Genres | Italo disco, Italian rock |
| Occupations | Singer |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Labels | Baby Records, Softworks |
| Website | www.gazebo.info |
Paul Mazzolini (born 18 February 1960), known as Gazebo, is an Italian musician. He has a legend status among the fans of the "Italo disco" music style, a variation of 1980s 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 million copies worldwide and reached No. 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.
Gazebo put up his own record label, Softworks, in 1997.
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 No. 1 in the Euro dance chart.
In 2008 The Syndrone an album including "Tears For Galileo", "Virtual Love" and "Ladies!" A milestone project in which talents like Jerry Marotta and John Giblin were involved.
On 24 May 2011 he released his new single "Queen Of Burlesque" on iTunes. The relative video on YouTube was shot by night in Rome and is dedicated to the great masters of Italian motion pictures from the past.
Discography
Albums
- 1983 – Gazebo (Baby Records)
- 1984 – Telephone Mama (Baby Records)
- 1986 – Univision (Carosello)
- 1988 – The Rainbow Tales (Carosello)
- 1989 – Sweet Life (Carosello)
- 1991 – Scenes From The News Broadcast (Lunatic)
- 1994 – Portrait (Giungla-BMG Italy)
- 1997 – Viewpoint (Softworks)
- 2000 – Portrait & Viewpoint (Softworks)
- 2007 – Ladies! The Art Of Remixage (Softworks)
- 2008 – The Syndrone (Softworks)
Singles
- "Masterpiece" (1982; No. 2 Italy, No. 35 Germany, No. 5 Switzerland)
- "I Like Chopin" (1983; No. 1 Italy, No. 1 Germany, No. 1 Switzerland, No. 7 Netherlands, No. 1 Austria, No. 9 Japan)
- "Lunatic" (1983; No. 3 Italy, No. 4 Germany, No. 6 Switzerland, No. 13 Austria)
- "Gimmick!" (1983)
- "Love In Your eyes" (1983)
- "Telephone Mama" (1984; No. 10 Italy)
- "First!" (1984)
- "For Anita" (1985)
- "Trotsky Burger" (1986)
- "The Sun goes down on Milky Way" (1986)
- "Give me one day ... / Diamonds are forever" (1987)
- "Coincidence" (1988)
- "Dolce Vita" (1989)
- "Fire" (1991)
- "The 14 July" (1991)
- "I like Chopin 91" (remix) (1991)
- "Masterpiece 2K" (remix) (2000)
- "Tears For Galileo" (2006)
- "Ladies!" (2007)
- "Virtual Love" (2008)
- "Queen of Burlesque" (2011)
References
- ^ "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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