Giovanna Nocetti (born 10 March 1945), known mononymously as Giovanna, is an Italian singer, record producer and songwriter, mainly successful in the 1970s.
Life and career Born in Viareggio, Giovanna started playing the guitar during her high school years, and after a year at the university she eventually decided to abandon her studies and to move to Milan to pursue a music career.Nicola Sisto. "Giovanna". Gino Castaldo (edited by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore, 1990. In 1967, she signed a contract with the label , and the same year she recorded her first single, "Ricordi notturni", composed by her own.
Giovanna became first known in 1970, thanks to her participation to the RAI musical show Settevoci, and the same year she got her first hit, "Io non volevo dimenticare". In 1971 she released her first album, Una corsa pazza. In the late 1970s she passed to the label Ri-Fi, getting her major hit with the song "Il mio ex", written by Paolo Limiti and Roberto Carlos.
In 1982 Giovanna founded her own label, Kicco Records. In 1985 she composed a musical version of Ave Maria, which she also performed at the Sala Nervi in Vatican City in the presence of Pope John Paul II.
From the mid-1980s Giovanna focused her activity both as a singer and as a producer on rediscovering and reworking Italian classic songs.
Discography Album
1971: Una corsa pazza 1973: Ho passato un brutto inverno 1975: Una storia quasi vera 1980: Giò 1982: Giovanna 1983: Macchie d'amore 1984: ’Na sera 'e maggio 1985: Tentazioni 1987: La voce dell'amore 1990: Giò 1991: L'amante mia 1991: Vecchio frak 1993: Noi, fra un tango e una canzone 1994: Lega l'amore 1994: Giò - La donna che amo 1997: Giovanna canta Nino Rota 1999: Songs e melodies 2000: Le canzoni di Paolo Limiti 2008: The best of my life 2010: Il mio ex - Le canzoni di Paolo Limiti vol. 2
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