Not to be confused with Roberto Danova (Pan Pipe Moods).
Roberto Danova
Birth name Giacinto Bettoni Born 27 August 1937 (1937-08-27 ) (age 87)Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (near Lake Maggiore ), Northern Italy Origin Lake Maggiore , Northern Italy Genres Pop , dance , rock , electronic , funk , blues , choral , reggae , soul , instrumental Occupation(s) Composer , arranger , producer Years active 1959–present Labels Plaza Records London Website www .plazarecords .net
Musical artist
Roberto Danova (born Giacinto Bettoni ; 27 August 1937) is best known as a music composer , arranger and producer , achieving record chart success - particularly in Ireland , the UK , Europe , South Africa and Australasia .
Producing, arranging and composing
During the 1970s 1980s and 1990s Danova produced, arranged, or had compositions covered by many popular performers, including Joe Dolan (with whom he made a key contribution in the mid-1970s),[ 1] [ 2] Johnny Logan (whose career was overseen in the late 1970s by Danova and Louis Walsh ),[ 3] Mungo Jerry ,[ 4] Tom Jones ,[ 5] Demis Roussos ,[ 6] Engelbert Humperdinck ,[ 7] and Showaddywaddy ,[ 8]
Since the mid-1980s Danova has developed an instrumental project General Lafayette , a series of albums and singles featuring some of his own compositions through the sound of the trumpet.[ 9] [ 10] [ 11] From 1977 to 1980, Danova released an album and singles as Roberto Montecristo.[ 12]
The premiere of his musical The Phantom of the Opera on Ice , featuring a cast of Russian ice skating stars and live singers, played at various locations in the UK between 1995 and 1996. A VHS video was issued in 1999, and a CD /DVD with some modifications was released in 2006 by Plaza Records London .[ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
In 1998 he produced Credo , a musical celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ . The concept album was featured on BBC Radio 3 in April 2001.[ 17]
Also the same year he guested on the Don Maclean BBC Radio 2 show.[ 18]
Danova was honoured in 2012 by the Irish Country Music Association at a ceremony in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland for his outstanding contribution to Irish Popular Music.[ 19]
Record labels
Ritz Records London : 1977–1981 - Established his first production company and label in 1977.[ 20] [ 21]
Plaza Records London : 1981–present - Runs independently alongside his publishing firm Quatermass Music [ 22]
Also associated with EMI ,[ 23] Pye Records and Red Bus Music (International) Ltd.[ 24]
Selected discography credits
1972: Hideaway - Pop Tops - peaked 22 German charts [ 25] - (co-music/lyrics)
1973: All Because of You - Geordie featuring Brian Johnson - peaked 6 UK charts[ 26] - (co-producer)
1973: Signorina Concertina - Shuki & Aviva - peaked 3 Swiss charts[ 27] - (co-writer/producer)
1974: Sweet Little Rock'n Roller - Jerry Williams (singer) [ 28] - (co-writer)
1974: Lady Laura - Roberto Blanco [ 29] - (co-writer)
1975: Lady in Blue - Joe Dolan - reported million seller [ 30] [ 31] [ 32] [ 33] [ 34] - (co-writer/producer)
1975: Crazy Woman Joe Dolan - annual French charts 1975 [ 35] - (co-writer/producer)
1975: Träume Weiter Lady Blue - Bata Illic [ 36] - (co-writer and producer)
1976: Who's That Lady With My Man - Kelly Marie - peaked 4 French charts - (co-writer/producer) [ 37] [ 38]
1976: When - Red Hurley - peaked 4 Irish charts [ 39] - (producer)
1976: Tennessee Special - Red Hurley - peaked 3 Irish charts [ 39] and 11 Netherlands charts [ 40] - (producer)
1976: Doktor Bernhard - Bonnie St. Claire - peaked 11 Belgian charts [ 41] - (co-writer)
1977: Who's That Lady With My Man - Patricia Paay - peaked 2 Netherlands charts [ 42] - (co-writer)
1977: Hush Hush Maria - Joe Dolan - peaked 1 South African charts [ 43] - (co-writer)
1978: Où En Est Ma Vie - Michel Louvain [ 44] - (co-writer)
1979: Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller - Showaddywaddy - peaked 15 UK charts [ 8] - (co-writer)
1979: (Gonna Get Along) Without You Now (disco mix version) - Viola Wills [ 45] - (mixer)
1979: In London - Johnny Logan - peaked 29 Belgian charts [ 46] - (co-writer/co-producer)
1981: More and More - Joe Dolan - peaked 1 Irish charts [ 39] - (producer)
1981: Sister Mary - Joe Dolan - peaked 2 Irish charts [ 39] - (co-writer/producer)
1981: Fire Queen Brian Johnson and Geordie [ 47] - (producer)
1981: The Force - Nancy Nova [ 48] - (co composed/produced)
1983: You Are No Angel - Tom Jones ,[ 5] also covered by Barbara Mandrell .[ 49] - (co-writer)
1986: Loneliness - Brendan Shine [ 50] - (writer/producer)
1986: You Are Temptation - Miami Showband [ 51] - (composed/produced/arranged)
1989: I'll Never Stop Wanting You - Dickie Rock - peaked 10 Irish charts [ 39] - (producer)
1989: Impossible To Do - Linda Martin & General Lafayette [ 52] - (arranger/producer)
1990: D-Day 50th Anniversary - BBC Concert Orchestra & Central Band of the Royal Air Force [ 53] [ 54] - (co-producer)
1990: Voices Of The Highlands - Karl Denver [ 55] - (composed/co-produced/arranged)
1993: General Lafayette – Angel in Blue , trumpet instrumental[ 56] - arranged and produced by Danova
1994: Nostradamus - Engelbert Humperdinck [ 57] (re-mixed 2012),[ 58] - (co-composer/producer)
1995: Sister Mary - Demis Roussos [ 6] - (co-writer)
2006: Mr Midnight - Mungo Jerry .[ 4] - (writer/producer/arranger)
2009: Tu Per Me - La Voce Del Nord, by Angelo Camassa - over 20 million YouTube views - (producer)
2010: It's Wonderful - Rock Mystery, composed by Angelo Camassa - over 25 million YouTube views - (co-writer / producer)
2014 'Pop Songs of the 70s, 80s, 90s, Vol. 3 Various Artists' It's Raining Richard Cocciante [ 59]
Further credits; Irish charts [ 39] Discogs ,[ 60] All Music ,[ 61] 45cat [ 62] French charts [ 63]
Film
Television
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