Pooh ( Pu ) - Italian rock band [1] . During their career, the group has sold more than 100 million copies of its records [2] .
| Pooh | |
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 Pooh perform in Monza in 2004. | |
| basic information | |
| Genre | soft rock |
| Years | 1966 - n. at. |
| A country |  Italy |
| City | Bologna |
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| Song languages | |
| Label | Vedette, CBS, Compagnia Generale del Disco |
| Composition | Roby Facchinetti ( Italian: Roby Facchinetti ) Dodi Battaglia ( Italian: Dodi Battaglia ) Red Canzian ( Italian: Red Canzian |
| Former the participants | Valerio Negrini Mauro Bertoli Gilberto Faggoli Bob Gillo Mario goetti Riccardo Fogli Stefano D'Orazio |
| Other projects | Jaguars |
| pooh.it | |
History
The group was founded in Turin in the mid-1960s [1] .
In the late 1960s, the group consisted of Robi Fakkinetti (vocals, keyboards), Valerio Negrini (drums, vocals), Dodi Battaglia (guitar, vocals) and Riccardo Fogli (bass, vocals). In 1971, Negrini left [1] , but continued to write lyrics for the group until his death in 2013. The remaining three took instead the drummer Stefano D'Orazio .
In 1973, Riccardo Fogli leaves the group, who decided to start a solo career. Instead, they took guitarist, bassist and vocalist Red Kantsyana . It was in this composition that the group for 15 years was one of the best and most popular ensembles on the Italian rock scene [1] . This lineup did not change until 2009, when D'Orazio left the group. The wax figures of each of the four are set in the Wax Museum of the city of Rome.
In 1990, Pooh, along with American singer Dee Dee Bridgewater, won the San Remo Festival with the song “Uomini soli”. (They performed the song separately, in turn on different days, that is, at different stages of the competition. It is in English and Pooh in Italian.)
Composition
At first, the group consisted of Bob Gillo (keyboards), Riccardo Fogli (vocals and bass), Valerio Negrini (vocals and drums) and Dodi Battagli (guitar).
Current squad
- Robi Fakkinetti ( Italian: Roby Facchinetti , born 1944) - vocals, keyboards (1966 - present )
- Dodi Battaglia ( Italian: Dodi Battaglia , born 1951) - vocals, guitar (1968 - present )
- Red Kantsyan ( Italian: Red Canzian , born 1951) - vocals, bass (1973 - n.v. )
Former members
- Bob Gillot ( Italian: Bob Gillot - vocals, drums (1966)
- Valerio Negrini - vocals, bass guitar (1966-1971)
- Riccardo Fogli - vocals, bass (1966-1973)
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- Stefano D'Orazio ( Italian: Stefano D'Orazio ) - vocals, drums (1971-2009)
Timeline
- Timeline della formazione
Discography
- See the article “ Pooh (band) § Discography ” in the English section.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Pooh - Biography . AllMusic . Date of treatment March 17, 2015.
- ↑ Sandro Neri: Pooh, La grande storia , Giunti Editore, Milan, 2006.
Links
- pooh.it - official site of Pooh
- Pooh YouTube Video Channel
- Pooh on AllMusic