Giuni Russo
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Giuseppa Romeo |
| Born |
10 September 1951 Palermo, Sicily |
| Died | 14 September 2004 (aged 53) Milan, Italy |
| Genres | Easy listening, experimental, pop, classical, jazz, opera |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1968–2004 |
| Labels | EMI-Columbia, BASF, Durium, Ghibli, WEA, CGD, Ricordi, L'Ottava, NAR, Sony, Radiofandango, Edel |
| Associated acts | Franco Battiato, Alice, Juri Camisasca |
| Website | www |
Giuni Russo (born Giuseppa Romeo, 10 September 1951 – 14 September 2004) was an Italian singer-songwriter who specialised in experimental music after a short successful stint as art-pop singer in the early 1980s. During her career she sang in Italian, English, French, German, Chinese, Spanish, Arabic, Persian, and Latin.
Giuni Russo was born in Palermo, Sicily, on 7 September 1951. Busy with several family matters (Giuni is the eight of nine sons) her father Pietro Romeo registered his new born baby girl Giuseppa 3 days later, on 10 September.
Playing and studying weren't as important as singing to her and she was continuously requested to do that at school. Her teacher offered her own desk to Giuni to be used as a stage but Giuni was so shy she'd prefer to perform hiding herself behind the classroom's door. A first try to come out was on the little stage of Music opposite to the "Politeama Theatre" in Palermo.
Her family didn't know what was going on and no one of them knew she was taking singing lessons from Master Ettore Gaiezza, paying him with the money earned during her first nights shows.
At the age of 15 she sang for the Castrocaro festival, reaching the semifinal. The following year she won the festival, with a plebiscite of votes, singing "Hurt" by Timi Yuro and "A chi" by Fausto Leali. The following year she took part to the Sanremo Festival, under the name of Giusy Romeo with the song "No amore", definitely not appropriate for her young age and talent.
She released two singles during 1968, "No amore" and "L'onda". After her participation at Un Disco per l'Estate, Cantagiro and Festivalbar with the song "L'onda", she recorded the cover version of "Smoke in your eyes" and the cover of "I Say A Little Prayer" of Aretha Franklin in 1969. That year, she moved to Milan to collaborate with musician and songwriter Maria Antonietta Sisini.
In the 1970s, Russo began with several participations as chorist for many artist's publications. In 1972 she sang in the choirs of Balletto di Bronzo's Ys.
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