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La Bionda is an Italian musical duo, formed by the brothers Carmelo and Michelangelo La Bionda, who are considered among the inventors of Italo disco music.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=La Bionda )〕 ==Biography== Carmelo and Michelangelo La Bionda grew up in Milan. The two brothers began in 1970 as composers, artists, record producers and publishers. They debuted as songwriters in 1970 with "Primo sole, primo fiore" to be interpreted by Ricchi & Poveri for the Song Festival in Venice. In the early 1970s they recorded two acoustic albums, ''Fratelli La Bionda srl'' and ''Tutto va bene'' (recorded in the Apple Studios in London) where they used Nicky Hopkins as their pianist. They wrote for the Italian female singer Mia Martini "Neve bianca, Amica, Gentile se vuoi", and Michelangelo La Bionda was the co-writer with Bruno Lauzi of "Piccolo uomo". In 1975, he also played acoustic guitar on the album ''Volume VIII'' by Fabrizio De Andre, on which Francesco De Gregori also participated. The popularity came after turning to the disco scene. They moved to Munich, and their first successes came under the pseudonym, D. D. Sound, that accompanied them for their entire recording career. "Disco Bass", and "Burning Love" were their first international successes. This culminated in the production of "Cafè" (1977), and "1, 2, 3, 4... Gimme Some More". In 1978, they released the album ''La Bionda'' with the ballad "Sandstorm", "There for Me" (recorded over the years by Sarah Brightman in a duet with Josh Groban, Dalida, Patty Pravo, and by Paul Potts), and the worldwide hit "One For You, One For Me". This latter track reached number 54 in the UK Singles Chart in October 1978 and a cover by Jonathan King was number 29. From 1978 to 1981, La Bionda released the albums ''Bandido'', ''High Energy'' and ''I Wanna Be Your Lover''. Other albums were released under the D. D. Sound name such as ''Cafe'' and ''The Hootchie Cootchie'', followed by ''Boxes'' and ''Wake Up in the Night''. Since the early 1980s, the brothers La Bionda focused on composition and music production, and in the activity of music publishers. They composed soundtracks for many films directed by Sergio and Bruno Corbucci, including ''Super Fuzz'' (1980), ''A Friend Is a Treasure'' (1981), ''My Darling, My Dearest'' (1981), ''Cat and Dog'' (1983), ''A tu per tu'' (1984), ''Miami Supercops'' (1985) and ''Roba da ricchi'' (1987), as well as ''Virtual Weapon'' (1997), directed by Antonio Margheriti They also composed the television series ''Inspector Giusti'' with Enrico Montesano, and produced various advertising jingles, such as the "Sorrisi is Magic for Smiles and Songs", "Heart of Cream" (for Cornetto Algida), "I'm Coming Home" (for Bayer Aspirin) and released the Italian versions of various Coca Cola commercials. In 2009, they re-recorded "1, 2, 3, 4 ... Gimme Some More", for Vodafone and "One For You, One For Me" for the digital television channel, Mediaset Premium. In parallel, in 1983 they began their collaboration with Righeira, with which they wrote "Vamos a la playa" and "No Tengo Dinero". In 1984, Carmelo recorded as solo artist the song "I Love You," and "You're So Fine". The brothers opened, and continue to manage today, Logic Studios, a recording studio in Milan, where they recorded Ray Charles, Robert Palmer and Paul Young. Depeche Mode recorded ''Violator'' there. The more recent artists who used the facility include Laura Pausini, Rihanna, Pooh, Nek and Alessandra Amoroso. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「La Bionda」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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