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Pompei, Campania, Italy
Pino D'Angiò (14 August 1952 – 6 July 2024) was an Italo disco artist. He is best known for his hit 1980 song, "Ma Quale Idea", which sold over 2 million copies in Europe. The bassline of the track was taken from "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" by McFadden & Whitehead, and later sampled in Madison Avenue's 1999 hit "Don't Call Me Baby". Under the name Age of Love, he and producer Bruno Sanchioni…
Known for
- Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore — Verzella Clan Boss #22025
- Fish Takes Off — Self2019
- Tribute to the Funk - Live in Paris2005
- The Professor — Verzella Clan Boss #21986
- Numéro un — Self1975
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Italy
- Active from
- 1952-08-14
- Active to
- 2024-07-06
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 206,310
- Total plays
- 2,291,409
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Pino D'Angiò (14 August 1952 – 6 July 2024), (born Giuseppe D. Chierchia in 1952, Pompeii, Italy) was a noted Italo disco artist. He is perhaps best known for his hit 1980 song, Ma Quale Idea, which sold over 2 million copies in Europe. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Pino+D%27Angi%C3%B2">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Giuseppe
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Pompei
- Place of death
- Rome
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Notable work
- Ma quale idea
- Genre
- Italo disco
- Record label
- Fonit Cetra
- Official website
- pinodangio.com
- Image
- Pino D'Angiò, “Disco Stupenda”, Alcazar Live, Rome, Italy (06-01-2023) · © Danilo Samà.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1952-08-14
- birth name
- Giuseppe Chierchia
- influenced by
- Fred Buscaglione
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
- date of death
- 2024-07-06
- end of work period
- 2024-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- medical condition
- laryngeal cancer
- pseudonym
- Pino d'Angiò
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