Life and career Albert Verrecchia

1 life , career

1.1 beginnings: evy , pyranas
1.2 film soundtracks
1.3 disco era
1.4 recent activity

life , career
the beginnings: evy , pyranas

born in paris , raised in family of musicians, albert verrecchia started young sister evy (Évelyne) recording. got band in paris, les problèmes , joined vigon et les lemons, r&b ensemble awesome horn section, became evy s backing group.

then evy had them move italy, got popularity single l abito non fa il beatnik (1966) – italian cover of jackie edwards , spencer davis group s 1965 uk number 1 hit, keep on running – , started playing live in of night clubs, both in italy , in france in north africa, @ titan club in rome , @ bus palladium in paris.

as lemons, furthermore, evy s backing group featuring albert backed chuck berry in french concerts , got credits on evy s third italian single domani il mondo sarà nelle nostre mani . in period verrecchia toured raffaella carrà.

later, in rome, popular black jazz singer rocky roberts had split airdales go solo, chose best musicians find in paris him up, , 1 of influential italian beat bands born, pyranas . verrecchia played würlitzer piano , hammond m3 incorporated leslie, while alex ligertwood on vocals , andré ceccarelli on drums,. later robbie mcintosh (former drummer of average white band later worked lot santana) , steve ferrone played in group. left rocky roberts, pyranas continued solo several years 3 successful albums released on rca s arc subsidiary label - tanti successi per pyranas (1968), motivi di ieri, successi di oggi (1969), giulietta e romeo (1970).

when disbanded, verrecchia began series of collaborations many up-and-coming artists, among these alan sorrenti – verrecchia produced debut album aria (1972) contributing keyboardist , arranger using alias albert prince - , renato zero. verrecchia played keyboards , did arrangements on first album, no! mamma, no! (1972) - before dedicating himself write , direct film soundtracks in following years.

film soundtracks

albert verrecchia pyranas in late 60s.

in film soundtracks verrecchia delivered regarded interesting works date, tecnica di un amore (1973), composed still rather obscure italian erotic drama directed brunello rondi , starring janet Ågren alongside erna schurer , silvano tranquilli, standing praised outcome. tecnica di un amore got first vinyl release in 1973 naples b.b.b. records label , later reprinted on lp , cd in 2000 moving image entertainment.

another verrecchia highlight rediscovered roma drogata: la polizia non può intervenire (also known hallucination strip), 1975 drugs-themed movie starring bud cort, patrizia gori, annarita grapputo, , directed lucio marcaccini. received public release in 2007 (on cinedelic gdm label cd, associazione culturale escalation s interest), verrecchia made use of electric sounds instead of canonical orchestral arrangements, mixing soul, hard rock, blues style, experimental vocals , percussions, heavy psychedelic influences.

for instrumental part, verrecchia recruited group of young players: cyan – italo-english quartet formed george sims (guitars), roger smith (bass), alberto visentin (keyboards) e franco di stefano (drums) derived former patty pravo backing band – baba yaga – female vocal trio worked rca , had backed singer-songwriters such de gregori (in alice non lo sa, 1973) , dalla (in anidride solforosa, 1975) singing in few soundtracks guido & maurizio de angelis such watch out, re mad! (1974), in track dune buggy ).

roma drogata: la polizia non può intervenire, both film , record, open ve got lord , soul ballad interpreted sammy barbot featuring baba yaga. written Évelyne credited herself period on Évelyne lenton. film opened showing actual recording sessions of ve got lord . other verrecchia scores include: black ribbon deborah (marcello andrei, 1974), prigione di donne (brunello rondi, 1974) , season assassins (marcello andrei, 1975).

disco era

early 70 s studio session albert verrecchia (center), alan sorrenti (left) , jean-luc ponty (right).

in 1976, verrecchia turned music interests toward emerging disco euroscene , started own record productions under pseudonym albert weyman releasing single le chat (la chatte à la voisine) , banned on italian radio, regularly programmed on vatican state radio until had lyrics double meaning translated. followed in verrecchia s mind idea of glittering disco trio led evy, 2 black chorists, marcia briscoe atlanta , jusy fortes cape verde, formed belle epoque.

their first success miss broadway verrecchia wrote, real exploit came in 1977, when trio score major european hit disco-fied remake of big success of decade before, black black los bravos. belle epoque version top ten hit in many european countries, including number 2 in uk singles chart (the same chart position los bravos original had reached there eleven years earlier). song became number 1 hit in australia in 1978, while in states belle epoque better known miss broadway , charted @ number 26 on u.s. r&b chart , @ number 92 on billboard hot 100 in 1978. both songs rose number 21 on billboard s national disco action top 40 chart in summer 1977.

after black black verrecchia , belle epoque followed number disco successful productions late 1970s, bamalama (1978), let men (1978), com on tonight (1978), (1979), jump down (1979), , dance version of bobby solo s una lacrima sul viso (1978).

at principle of 1980s disco boom over, , after many years of intense work verrecchia decided take pause, reducing musical activity. while evy began recording solo again in 1982, contributing vocals both in english , french productions until end of decade, brother bought boat, silver maid , scottish, in teak, had been susan stafford s - managed enter grand piano! - , opened exclusive disco club, superstar , in nice, french riviera.

recent activity

in 2011, verrecchia dedicating music again (and again under moniker albert weyman), forging modern, updated style, describes blend of electronica, new-age, house , progressive.