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Giampiero Anelli (born 10 August 1947), best known as Drupi, is an Italian rock singer, best known for the songs "Vado via", "Piccola e fragile", "Sereno è" and "Due".

Born in Pavia, Drupi, a former plumber whose hobby was fishing, started his career as lead singer of the band Le Calamite ("The Magnets"). Having been noticed by songwriters Luigi Albertelli and Enrico Riccardi, he entered the 1973 Sanremo Music Festival competition with the song "Vado via". The song ended in last place but achieved significant international success and launched his solo career. "Vado via", recorded on A & M Records, reached number 17 in the UK chart in January 1974 (remaining one of the very few songs not sung in English to enter the UK charts). National popularity arrived in the same year with the song "Piccola e fragile", which topped the Italian hit parade.

Drupi has lived in Austria since 2010. A singer from a rhythm and blues background, his popularity remains linked to several pop and soft rock hits. In 1975 he won the Festivalbar with the song "Due". He has returned several times to the Sanremo Music Festival, achieving third place in 1982 with the song "Soli".

His stage name is a reference to the Tex Avery character Droopy.

Source: Article "Drupi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Giampiero Anelli, dit Drupi, né le 10 août 1947 à Pavie, en Italie est un chanteur, auteur et compositeur italien.

Son nom de scène est une référence au personnage Droopy de Tex Avery. Son premier 45 tours chez Ariston Records contient les chansons Che ti costa et Plenilunio d'agosto (avec une citation musicale de Beethoven). Il est alors le leader du groupe Le Calamite (Les Aimants) .

En 1972, alors chez Dischi Ricordi, il prend son nom de scène de Droopy. Il participe au Festival de Sanremo de 1973, avec Vado via d'Enrico Riccardi et Luigi Albertelli.

En 1974, il interprète la chanson du film de Philippe Labro: Le hasard et la violence. Cette chanson sera l'unique titre de sa carrière interprétée en français.

Il obtient de nombreux succès comme interprète en Europe et sur les marchés de langue espagnole: Sereno è (1974), Piccola e fragile, Due (avec lequel il remporte le Festivalbar de 1975), Sambariò (Festival de Sanremo 1976). En 1978, il crée la chanson Paese, qui deviendra le générique de fin de l'inoxydable émission télé dominicale italienne Domenica in.

En 1982, il est troisième du Festival de Sanremo avec Soli, écrite avec les New Trolls.

En 1984, Regalami un sorriso présenté également au Festival de Sanremo.

A Sanremo, il présente aussi Fammi volare (1985), Era bella davvero (1988), Un uomo in più (1992) et Voglio una donna (1995), cette dernière produite par Toto Cutugno.

Source: Article "Drupi" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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